Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 783

A new website on “Religious Freedom”

    This is a new effort from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that, among other things, pretty clearly illustrates how seriously concerned the Church’s leaders are about the issue of religious liberty.  I encourage you to browse through it:   https://lds.org/religious-freedom?cid...    

A Postscript to “On Hating BYU”

    I’ve been astonished at some of the responses to my question about why a faithful member of the Church might hate BYU and wish it to do badly.   I’ve been accused of “arrogance” and “intellectual dishonesty” and of claiming that people who didn’t attend BYU or who cheer for other schools are [Read More...]

“Rich history in roots of religious terms”

    The latest installment of the bi-weekly Hamblin-Peterson Deseret News column is now up:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...        

“Muslims surpass atheists as most unpopular group in U.S.”

    http://www.sltrib.com/lifestyle/faith...   And the article contains other interesting statistics, as well.    

Liquid water on Mars (and, thus, potential for life) later than previously thought?

    http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php...   http://www.space.com/34095-mars-lakes...    

The three most important things in life.

    “Three things in human life are important:  The first is to be kind.  The second is to be kind, and the third is to be kind.”  Henry James    

On hating BYU

    Here’s a serious question for some of my fellow Latter-day Saints:   I know many Mormons who love Brigham Young University and who are passionate fans of BYU sports.  I understand them.   I also know members of the Church who are either going to other schools or who went to other schools [Read More...]

“Religion in US Worth $1.2 Trillion to Economy”

    “Religion,” declared the late Christopher Hitchens, “poisons everything.”   But he was wrong.   Spectacularly wrong.   Here’s evidence showing just one of the ways in which he was a desperately poor guide to reality:   http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article...    

“Pluto Has A Comet-Like Tail, X-Rays, NASA Discovers”

    Okay.  This new little factoid about our distant neighbor, the former planet Pluto, was something I didn’t expect:   http://www.forbes.com/sites/startswit...    

The “New Hampshire Union Leader” breaks with a century of tradition

    The Union Leader is disproportionately influential because of its importance for the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary, and its voice has historically carried a lot of weight.  So, when the newspaper’s 100-year-long streak of endorsing Republican presidential candidates came to an end yesterday, it was a relatively big deal:   http://www.unionleader.com/editorials...   By my [Read More...]