Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 50

Gathering lessons from the past, both good and ill

  I’m pleased to report that Jeff Bradshaw and others working on the Interpreter Foundation’s Not by Bread Alone film project are safely landed in Africa, where they have already begun their work. I’m also pleased to note the appearance of a new article on the website of the Interpreter Foundation — which, according to […]

Of Decision-Making and Ignorance

  I finished an important and good book the other day:  Samuel T. Wilkinson, Purpose: What Evolution and Human Nature Imply About the Meaning of Our Existence (New York and London: Pegasus Books, 2024).  I’ll have more to say about the book later, but I enjoyed reading it and I recommend it to others who […]

The Bells of Las Vegas

  A new article of mine went up yesterday in Meridian Magazine.  Enjoy it, if you can:  “The Heavenly Sign: Brigham Young’s Transfiguration at Nauvoo” Some of the objections that are being raised against construction of the proposed Lone Mountain Nevada Temple in Las Vegas are, at least outwardly, quite legitimate and worthy of being […]

Contra Calvinism 1

  Interpreter Radio Show — May 5, 2024 In the 5 May 2024 episode of the Interpreter Radio Show, Spencer Kraus, Hales Swift, Brent Schmidt, and Martin Tanner discussed Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon lesson 22 and various topics related to the Book of Mormon. Their conversation is now available to you at your […]

Differing cultures, seeing the world differently

  I’m gratified to report that Jeffrey Mark Bradshaw, the Interpreter Foundation’s Vice President for Special Projects, is headed at this very moment to Cotonou, Benin, in west Africa, where he will join with a few associates for further work on the Foundation’s Not By Bread Alone film project, on which see here and here. […]

An introduction to Pascal and his wager

  The intrepid archaeologists over at FAIR Latter-day Saints recently uncovered a 2001 FAIR conference address and posted it to YouTube.  It was given by a devilishly handsome fellow who is nearly a quarter of a century younger than I am, and is titled  “The Divine Source of the Book of Mormon in the Face […]

“Mormon and Moroni’s Rhetoric”

  Fair warning, so that you can avoid these places on the dates indicated below.  In company with others, I will be speaking in the following locations during the first half of June: Saturday, 1 June 2024 — Rome, Italy Saturday, 8 June 2024 — Salzburg, Austria Saturday, 15 June 2024 — Göteborg, Sweden Tonight, […]

Thaïs

  I want to remind everyone out there again of the gathering tomorrow night — Friday night, 10 May 2024 — in honor of the contributions of George L. Mitton.  The event will take place at 7 PM in the large room upstairs at Legacy Village, 4146 North University Avenue, Provo, UT 84604. A new […]

“The Hello Girls”

  As prophesied by critics, the long-dead website of the long-dead Interpreter Foundation continues to do absolutely nothing and to show no sign of life.  Want proof?  See, for just four examples, these new entries: “Conference Talks: The Doctrine and Covenants and the Book of Moses: An Outpouring of Revelations and the Beginning of Joseph […]

They just keep on saying these things!

  A new self-published book advocating a novel theory for the origin of the Book of Mormon has recently appeared — the previous theories having, umm, not exactly swept the field before them.  It claims to have found the sources that were used to create the text of the  Book of Mormon.  Alas, though, this […]