Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 942

“Day of the Demagogues”

    Mona Charen’s interesting take on the results of the most recent New Hampshire primary:   http://townhall.com/columnists/monach...    

BOM 2 Nephi 24

    In this reading, 2 Nephi 24 (= Isaiah 14), Isaiah prophesies the eventual fall of the Babylonian Empire.   Israel, Isaiah says, will be returned to its homeland, and they will take captive those who had held them captive.   This is the chapter that contains the famous reference to the fall of Lucifer from [Read More...]

George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” — on two guitars

    Thanks to Chrystine Heward Reynolds for bringing these absolutely wonderful — and stunningly impressive — sixteen minutes to my attention:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB-j_...   When The Donald and Bolshie Bernie and Clinton Inc. begin to bring me down, it’s nice to remember that there are whole worlds out there beyond politics.   And may they [Read More...]

“The Reliability of Mormon History Produced by the LDS Church”

    Ron Barney delivered this presentation at the August 2009 FAIR conference.  The topic is one of those most frequently raised by disaffected members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:   http://www.fairmormon.org/perspective...    

Israel’s new shari‘a court judges

    Thanks to Jeff Chadwick for bringing this item to my notice:   http://www.timesofisrael.com/rivlin-w...   It’s interesting from several angles.  I’ll mention two:   *  Many in the United States are worried, or claim to be worried, about the possible imposition of shari‘a upon non-Muslims in America.  In striking contrast, Israel, which has a [Read More...]

Coming up in March

    Just a couple of days before he speaks to Interpreter’s science and religion conference:   https://cpms.byu.edu/calendar/?event=...    

“Gravitational Waves Detected, Confirming Einstein’s Theory”

    Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity is almost exactly a century old.  And now comes important observational support for one of its last and oddest predictions:   http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/12/sci...   This is really, really big news, as science news goes.    

True Value

    “Christianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthless and the infinite worthlessness of that which is seemingly so valued.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer    

“Mormonism and the Art of Boundary Maintenance”

    An upcoming conference that some out there might find of interest:   http://www.uvu.edu/religiousstudies/b...    

“Physicists find signs of four-neutron nucleus”

    My high school physics and chemistry are soooooooo out of date:   https://www.sciencenews.org/article/p...   Thanks to David Wills, in Australia, for calling this to my notice.