Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 881

A new director for the Maxwell Institute

    Almost exactly four years ago, while I was here in Jerusalem, I received an email removing me as editor of the FARMS Review (which had recently become the Mormon Studies Review).  That email launched a process that, in short order, forced me altogether out of an organization to which I had given a substantial [Read More...]

In the Old City of Jerusalem

    We spent a substantial portion of the day on foot in the Old City of Jerusalem.   We began by walking up and around the Temple Mount, which was less crowded than I have ever seen it.  There was absolutely no wait.  I spoke to my group about the Dome of the Rock [Read More...]

“A 40-day gap in the New Testament”

    Does the Bible contain all of the teachings of Jesus?   Plainly, it doesn’t:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...   By the way, tomorrow (Thursday) is again Ascension Day.  It’s a relatively big deal here in this city.   Posted from Jerusalem    

Drink deep!

    “The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.” Werner Heisenberg, 1932 Nobel Laureate in Physics Posted from Jerusalem    

“A Dark Time in America”

    From the American Jewish thinker Dennis Prager:   http://www.nationalreview.com/article...   It helps, at such times as this, to know that there are more important and much more lasting things than politics and even culture.   Posted from Jerusalem    

In the little town of Bethlehem, etc.

    We crossed over into Bethlehem this morning, passing through the ghastly and lamentable Israeli security fence, with its prison-like guard towers and its aura of Cold War Berlin.   After some time at a Christian gift shop — they specialize in olive-wood carvings, icons, and jewelry, and it pleases me to support the struggling [Read More...]

“Why was Peter in Rome?”

    http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...   Posted from Jerusalem    

“Science Resurrects God”

    Thanks to Helen Condon for calling this article to my attention from nearly two decades ago:   http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB8829113...   Posted from Jerusalem    

“In Defense of BYU’s Honor Code”

    A non-Mormon who once taught for a couple of years at BYU comes to the University’s defense in a current controversy:   http://theweek.com/articles/621249/de...   Posted from Jerusalem    

“Prisoners condemned to death”

    ‎”If there is no God, then man and the universe are doomed.  Like prisoners condemned to death, we await our unavoidable execution.  There is no God, and there is no immortality.  And what is the consequence of this?  It means that life itself is absurd.  It means that the life we have is [Read More...]