Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 948

“Deification: Divine Inheritance and the Glorious Afterlife in the Book of Mormon and Ancient Mesoamerica”

    Mark Alan Wright delivered these interesting remarks at the tenth annual FAIR (now FairMormon) conference, in August 2008:   http://www.fairmormon.org/wp-content/...    

“How the Satanic temple forced Phoenix lawmakers to ban public prayer”

    Nathaniel Hancock has brought the following unpleasant item to my notice, along the way ruefully mentioning the famous comment from John Adams that “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other”:     https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/a...   Alas, I tend to agree with [Read More...]

Video Presentation: “‘These Were Days Never to Be Forgotten’: The Witnesses to the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon”

    http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/vide...    

BOM 2 Nephi 17

    Today’s reading – 2 Nephi 17 (= Isaiah 7) — contains, in verse 14, one of the most famous of all messianic prophecies:   Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.   It’s already quoted as applying to Jesus of Nazareth in Matthew 1:23, and it’s actually difficult [Read More...]

On seeking revenge

    “He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.” John Milton    

“The Night Chris Christie Killed the Romney Campaign”

    Despite his notable strengths, there are several reasons why I can’t warm up to Chris Christie.  And this episode is certainly one of them:   http://www.nationalreview.com/article...    

“Early Mormon Missionaries”

    Jabra Ghneim called my attention to this fascinating site, which many interested in family history are likely to find useful:   https://history.lds.org/missionary/   It took me all of about five seconds to locate an entry about my wife’s grandfather, whom I never met.  I learned several things from it.    

“The Soul and the City”

    I think that it may be time once again to call attention to Ralph Hancock’s excellent and always thought-provoking blog:   http://www.patheos.com/blogs/soulandc...    

“The Science of Hillary Clinton’s Coin Toss Victories”

    I’m not a big Hillary Clinton fan.   (I’m being deliberately gentle here:  I actually think she probably deserves indictment.  And that’s only on the matter of the State Department emails.  Beyond which there are many, many, many more reasons to oppose her bid for the presidency.)   But her victory in six [Read More...]

“Thomas Jefferson was a Muslim”

    Thanks to Jabra Ghneim for pointing this fascinating book review out to me:   https://newrepublic.com/article/11717...