Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 799

God’s love

    “God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.” (St. Augustine, AD 354-430)

“Why America’s ‘Nones’ Left Religion Behind”

      Interesting data.  Those of us who are believers, and who believe in encouraging faith in others, need to understand the data.  Only then can we respond intelligently and effectively to today’s environment, which is substantially different (though not necessarily better or worse) than it was a generation or two ago.    

Useful data on the scope of LDS humanitarian efforts

    This article should be gratifying to Church members.   LDS Church Spent 1.2 Billion on Welfare and Humanitarian Efforts   A word, though, about the inevitable criticisms:   The recently most fashionable response of Church critics to such numbers is that the Church isn’t doing enough.  After all, the Church gives only x [Read More...]

“Christianity Belongs in the Middle East”

    This is an important statement.  It was co-written by Prince Hassan of Jordan, whose track record on religious tolerance and inter-religious understanding has been both distinguished and consistent:   http://gulfnews.com/opinion/thinkers/...   Thanks to Mary Thompson Vogwell for calling this article to my attention.    

“Divorce rates double when people start watching porn”

    I can’t say, if this is true, that I’m altogether surprised:   http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/0...    

NBC News: “The Future of the Mormon Church? It’s Latino.”

    An interesting perspective from NBC News:   http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/fu...    

Revelatory

    “We reveal most about ourselves when we speak about others.”  Kamand Kojouri    

“New article of faith for these Mormons: We believe Trump should never be president”

    http://www.sltrib.com/lifestyle/faith...   I’m about to board an airplane, but, when I get home, I’m signing up.   Posted from London, England    

“The Logic Tree of Life, or, Why I Can’t Manage to Disbelieve”

    A transcript of my remarks at the 2016 FairMormon conference, presented earlier this month in Provo, Utah, is now up:   http://www.fairmormon.org/perspective...   I apologize for the very oral character of the transcript.  I wasn’t reading from a text, and, since I was the concluding speaker and the conference was running considerably behind [Read More...]

“Most scientific findings are wrong or useless”

    Wow.  This article presents a troubling view, with implications for the status of science, the effectiveness of peer review, and a host of other important topics.   Posted from London, England