Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 274

“A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest”

    I’ve found myself thinking of the lyrics to an old Simon and Garfunkel song today.  (See the title of this blog entry, taken from “The Boxer.”)   There is, in an odd corner of the Web, an odd message board that is devoted, to a really surprising degree, to anonymously criticizing me and […]

Geology and Third Nephi (7): “Shaking and Quaking”

    I continue with notes that I’ve extracted mostly from an article written by a longtime friend of mine, the Latter-day Saint geologist Dr. Bart Kowallis, about the natural catastrophe described in the Book of Mormon as having occurred in the New World at the death of Christ:  Bart J. Kowallis, “In the Thirty […]

“Yes, wonderful things.”

    “How Iran Became a New Epicenter of the Coronavirus Outbreak”   “Iranian clerics keep shrines open, even as virus spreads”   ***   If you go to this link, you can see the various tours to Egypt that Cruise Lady: Latter-day Adventures will be sending over during the next few months:   https://www.cruiselady.com/tour-desti... […]

Geology and Third Nephi (6): Storms and Tempests

    I’ve begun to publish a short series of notes mostly extracted from an article written by a longtime friend of mine, the Latter-day Saint geologist Dr. Bart Kowallis, about the natural catastrophe described in the Book of Mormon as occurring in the New World around the time of the death of Christ in […]

“Scriptures through the Jeweler’s Lens”

    It being Friday, a new article has appeared in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scripture.  This one is by Mark J. Johnson:   “Scriptures through the Jeweler’s Lens” Review of Terryl Givens with Brian Hauglid, The Pearl of Greatest Price: Mormonism’s Most Controversial Scripture (New York: Oxford University Press, 2019). 285 pages. […]

“Ultimate Egypt Lecture Series”

    “Ultimate Egypt Lecture Series” “Cruise Lady: Latter-day Adventures is pleased to announce a new Learn Our Religion lecture series in anticipation of The Interpreter Foundation Ultimate Egypt Tour.”   The lectures will be held at the Cruise Lady Jordan Event Center, in West Jordan, Utah. They will be open to anybody who wants […]

“Who Is Leaving the Church?” (Part Three)

    Today’s installment of my bi-weekly column in the Deseret News:   “How Mary’s ‘Immaculate Conception’ is about her origin: The Virgin Birth and Immaculate Conception can be commonly confused, yet are quite distinct”   ***   I offer a final note — a quotation — drawn from Stephen Cranney, “”Who Is Leaving the Church? […]

New “Witnesses” trailer available!

    I signed an agreement with Purdie Distribution last weekend on behalf of the Interpreter Foundation and the Witnesses film project.  Purdie Distribution has many years of experience with distributing independent films, and specifically films oriented to Latter-day Saint themes and audiences.  Accordingly, our publicity push for Witnesses begins this week.   That’s why […]

“A very skillful Watchmaker”

    I published this column in the Provo Daily Herald back on 8 June 1999, or thereabouts:   In 150 years of controversy, battle lines have too often been drawn between agnostic evolutionists, on the one hand, and biblical literalists on the other.  The debate is actually far more complex, and much more interesting. […]

“Who Is Leaving the Church?” (Part Two)

    Continued from a previous post.   I here offer some further notes from Stephen Cranney, “”Who Is Leaving the Church? Demographic Predictors of Ex-Latter-day Saint Status in the Pew Religious Landscape Survey,” BYU Studies Quarterly 58/1 (2019): 99-108:   Of those in the Pew Religious Landscape Survey — which, please recall, covers the United States […]