Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 957

Deep disappointment with Jeb Bush

    I would estimate that, over the past several weeks, two-thirds of the political ads I’ve seen on television have been commercials sponsored by Jeb Bush’s super pac and dedicated to harsh criticism of Marco Rubio.   I don’t understand it.  And, truth be told, I’m disappointed and, really, irritated by it.   Jeb [Read More...]

The new temple in Philadelphia

    Cody Quirk calls my attention to this article, which was published on 15 January:   “Golden statue of angel Moroni placed atop Philly Mormon temple, marking ‘significant milestone’”   He says that the anti-Mormons are running wild in the comments section.  I wasn’t able to find the comments section, though.  Which may well [Read More...]

“Ten Little Monkeys” Parody

    I don’t read Mommy blogs, Mormon or otherwise, but I’ve heard enough about some of them, and about the sometimes rather odd thinking out there on and off blogs, that I really liked this:   http://www.kidspot.com.au/parenting/r...   Incidentally, while I’m not very sentimental and while I know that it takes no particular skill [Read More...]

“‘Yeah but’ Discipleship”

    A stimulating little piece from “The Muttering Mormon”:   https://mutteringmormon.wordpress.com...   “It is an easy thing to believe in the dead prophets, but it is a greater thing to believe in the living prophets. . . . “One day when President Grant was living, I sat in my office across the street following [Read More...]

“Physicist George Ellis knocks physicists for knocking philosophy, falsification, free will”

    An interesting Scientific American interview with an eminent mathematician, physicist, and cosmologist who also, it turns out, happens to be a Christian:   http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/c...   Some of it’s a bit rarified, but it covers a range of topics, including the question of what relationship there is, if any, between his faith and his [Read More...]

BOM 2 Nephi 6

    By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one [Read More...]

Better than wisdom

    “What is better than wisdom?  Woman.  And what is better than a good woman?  Nothing.” Geoffrey Chaucer (d. 25 October 1400)    

LDS missionary numbers declining?

    http://www.sltrib.com/blogs/3450134-1...   Some critics are chortling in triumph, but I’m not sure how significant it really is.   After all, it was entirely predictable:  There would be a period when the missionaries called under the old age guidelines (nineteen years old for men, twenty-one for women) would still be in the field while [Read More...]

How great Thou art!

      It’s appropriate, on the Sabbath, to experience feelings of awe and humility.  Here’s a short article that will help you to do precisely that today:   http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/...   Oh Lord, my God, when I in awesome wonderConsider all the worlds Thy hands have made,I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder [Read More...]

BOM 2 Nephi 5

      Critics of the Book of Mormon have often criticized the idea, contained in today’s reading (2 Nephi 5), that Nephi built a temple in the New World.  I saw a video two or three years ago for which a rabbi had been recruited to mock the notion.   No good Jew, they [Read More...]