Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 148

A mirthless joke, or merely yet another slander?

    ***   Today marks the anniversary of the birth of the Prophet Joseph Smith in 1805.  Which, I suppose, explains why I was awakened this morning by the distant sound of braying donkeys.  Some critics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are rolling out their annual claim that Latter-day Saints […]

“The Light of Christmas”

    ***   Interpreter Radio Show — November 28, 2021 The 28 November 2021 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show, which featured Mark Johnson, Matthew Bowen, and Kerry Muhlestein, has been purified from commercial and other interruptions, archived, and, now, made available to the general public at absolutely no charge. In the first hour […]

“This is My Work and My Glory”

    ***   I failed to mention that some new pieces went up yesterday on the website of the Interpreter Foundation.  Here they are:   Nibley Lectures: Come, Follow Me Old Testament Lesson 1 “This Is My Work and My Glory”: Moses 1; Abraham 3 During the Winter Semester of 1986 at Brigham Young […]

“Conspiring men in the last days”

    ***   As we’ve often done when we’ve been here in the Richmond area, we’ve driven past a huge Philip Morris production facility at least twice each day.  Right now, it’s brightly lit up with Christmas ornaments and Christmas trees; its six enormous towers are illuminated in alternating red and green light.  Merry […]

“The Struggle for Survival”

    In scattered moments at the beginning of the day and at its end, I’ve been reading a condensed version of Churchill — Der Kampf ums Überleben 1940/65, which is a German translation of Winston Churchill –The Struggle for Survival 1940-1965, which (in its turn) is allegedly (though somewhat controversially) based on the diary […]

An example of the witness of ancient texts for modern scripture

    ***   A new “pre-print” has appeared on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:   Enoch and the Gathering of Zion: The Witness of Ancient Texts for Modern Scripture Bradshaw, Jeffrey M. Enoch and the Gathering of Zion: The Witness of Ancient Texts for Modern Scripture. Orem, Springville, and Salt Lake City, UT: The […]

In which a vocal “Heartlander” compares me to Satan

    ***   Some who accept the common political spectrum that puts Communists on the left and Nazis on the right like to point to the fact that the two extremes often come to resemble each other.  (It’s partly for reason of precisely that resemblance that I’ve never accepted the traditional left/right spectrum, although […]

“Religious Americans Less Likely to Divorce”

    ***   I found this item in the Christopher Hitchens Memorial “How Religion Poisons Everything” File©, and thought that some here might find it delectably horrifying:   “Research: Religious Americans Less Likely to Divorce: Recent data suggests that faithful young adults can marry in their 20s without increasing the risk of separation.”   […]

“Ask the Egyptologist” — A Virtual Fireside with John Gee

    ***   Back on 1 December, Scott Gordon sat down with Dr. John Gee to interview him.  That interview was accessible live to “Sustaining Members” of FAIR.  It has now, however, been made more generally available and at no charge:   “”Ask the Egyptologist” – Virtual fireside with John Gee”   I’m impressed […]

“And the war came.”

    ***   This was another day when things didn’t go even remotely according to plan, but it turned out to be a good one anyhow.  We spent most of it walking around the pool at the western end of the National Mall.  We visited the memorials to the Korean War, the Second World […]