Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 135

This should make both sides angry . . .

    ***   Many, many, many years ago, a friend — a former missionary companion — persuaded me to go up for a small protest when Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter visited Salt Lake City during his ultimately successful 1976 presidential campaign.  The direct impetus for the protest (beyond, of course, general opposition to the […]

“Let us not mock God with metaphor”

    ***   In the 13 March 2022 episode of the Interpreter Radio Show, Terry Hutchinson, John Gee, and Kevin Christensen discuss the Interpreter Foundation’s latest film project, Undaunted: Witnesses of the Book of Mormon, as well as a recent Interpreter journal paper on fiery flying serpents and various aspects of the story of […]

Seventeen Years

    ***   Yesterday, 10 April, would have been my mother’s birthday.  Today is the seventeenth anniversary of her passing.  Continuing my annual tradition, I repost here the remarks that I delivered (very, very poorly) at her funeral in 2005.  It’s not much.  It’s not anything, really.  But it’s an attempt, grossly inadequate, at […]

Entering into Easter Week

    ***   Virtually all historians, of all religious opinions, agree that Jesus was crucified. The New Testament says that he died just prior to Passover.   One of his inner circle of twelve apostles betrayed him, nine fled at his arrest, and another — Peter — pretended not to know him. The last, […]

“But why are the damned in hell?”

    ***   I’ve enjoyed the work of Stephen T. Davis, Russell K. Pitzer Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College in California, for a long time.  Some time ago, I read his 2015 book After We Die: Theology, Philosophy, and the Question of Life after Death.   Latter-day Saints don’t believe in […]

“Experiential Knowledge”

    ***   It’s Friday!  Accordingly, two new articles — both of them from authors with strong ties to Canada (whence the flimsy rationale for the photograph that I’ve chosen above) — appeared just a few minutes ago in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship:   “Experiential Knowledge and the Covenantal […]

In defense of Christianized Passover seders

    ***   I came across a little piece online yesterday in which a rabbi declared that Christianized Passover meals or seders are anti-Semitic.   It got me to thinking, and I’m afraid that I’m going to disagree with him.  Full disclosure:  I myself have led perhaps half a dozen such Christianized seders, though […]

A news dispatch from the Galilee

    ***   I’m pleased to report that, probably on 25 June this year and barring unforeseen circumstances, I’ll be one of the speakers at the Joseph & Polly Knight 2022 Family Reunion .  The meeting will largely, I’m told, also be available online, but it will be held at the East Millcreek Stake […]

An important event in the history of the Book of Mormon

    ***   I received an email earlier this morning from my friend Royal Skousen, letting me know that 10 May 2022, slightly more than a month from now, has been set by Amazon.com as the shipping date for the second edition of  The Book of Mormon: The Earliest Text, which is published by […]

An appeal from this blog’s author and proprietor

    ***   Until just a few weeks ago, I didn’t know that my blog posts can be (and often are) ranked on a one-to-five-star system that’s built into the platform.  When people post comments here, they’re invited and provided an opportunity to choose a rating.  (Whether they can do so with every comment […]