Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 922
March 10, 2016
BOM Mosiah 1
It’s been a very long day, what with preparing for and teaching my own classes, substituting in a colleague’s class, delivering a lecture to its major donors for the International Center for Law and Religion Studies, attending the reception and dinner for the President’s Leadership Council at BYU, and so forth. So I’ll [Read More...]
More progress in physics than in theology?
“If the physicists seem to achieve their ends more successfully than the theologians, that is simply a reflection of how much easier science is than theology.” Sir John Polkinghorne
“Another Endorsement for Brian Hales”
It’s customary, among certain critics of the Church, to dismiss Dr. Brian Hales — who has published extensively on questions surrounding early Mormon polygamy but who is a professional physician — as not a real historian, merely an amateur, and, therefore, as someone whose work doesn’t need to be seriously engaged but can [Read More...]
Do you intend to vote for Donald Trump because he’s a brilliant businessman?
He’s told you that he is, and that ought to be enough. Right? He tells it like it is. Right? He’ll bring his legendary business acumen to bear on the federal government. Right? Let’s pray that he doesn’t. Here’s some truth about his business skills: http://www.npr.org/2016/03/09/4697753... And [Read More...]
Getting to know the real Donald Drumpf
Trumpism — or maybe, for the sake of accuracy, we should now be calling it Caesarodrumpfism — seems to be an irresistible juggernaut. But this nearly 21-minute video is an absolutely devastating put-down of Trumpism’s impresario, Mr. Donald Drumpf: Two caveats: (1) Be warned that there is some quite ripe language here. [Read More...]
“Thinking about religion and science, Thursday through Sunday afternoon”
The latest installment of my weekly Deseret News column: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86... This one is partially time-sensitive.
An ancient rule
When the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. (Proverbs 29:2)
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