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In the Land of the Long White Cloud

    A new article, this one a review article, has been published in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: “In New Zealand: Even More Faithful Latter-day Saints,” written by Louis C. Midgley Review of Selwyn Kātene, ed., Let Their Light So Shine: Mormon Leaders in New Zealand (Wellington, NZ: Huia Publishers, 2021). “Foreword” […]

“Joseph Smith and the Architecture of Genesis”

    More than a few of you, I think, will find this enjoyable: Conference Talks:  “Joseph Smith and the Architecture of Genesis,” presented by David Calabro Dr. Calabro’s interesting remarks were originally delivered on 25 October 2014 at the Interpreter Foundation’s 2014 Temple on Mount Zion Conference.     And, speaking of Genesis, how […]

You should probably sit down for this

    But, first, these items are (relatively) newly up on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:   Interpreter Radio Show — February 26, 2023 The 26 February 2023 installment of the Interpreter Radio Show is now available at your convenience, at no charge, and for your listening pleasure.  Moreover, it has been freed from […]

A sentient puddle comes out in favor of cosmic “fine-tuning”

    Recently, I’ve published four blog posts — see my “An initial survey of the “four fundamental forces” and the “cosmological constant” and “Initial Conditions and ‘Brute Facts’” and “Local” Planetary Conditions and “Three More “Local Planetary Conditions”” — that have been based on the online “List of Fine-Tuning Parameters” posted by Jay W. Richards.  These four […]

Fear and Loathing in a Very Strange Place

    There is virtual certainty over at the Peterson Obsession Board that Stephen Smoot, going by the pseudonym of “Peter Pan,” is the author and proprietor of the invaluable Neville-Neville Land blog. But I know for a fact that he is not.  Up until about two years ago (or thereabouts) I myself was unaware […]

Hijacking the Book of Mormon for the Satanic Cause of Anti-Semitism

    I don’t monitor blogs or websites connected with the so-called “Heartlander” movement.  In fact, I don’t think that I’ve ever actually looked at any of them.  They haven’t interested me.  I’m familiar enough with Heartlander books and arguments to know that I’m not persuaded by their model of Book of Mormon geography and, […]

“Blessed are the pure in heart”

    “Blessed are the pure in heart,” says Matthew 5:8 in the King James Version of the Bible, “for they shall see God.” Whenever I think of this particular beatitude, I always think of the title of a devotional essay or sermon by the great Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855):  Purity of Heart is […]

Conspiracy Fantasies and Anti-Semitism in the Heartland?

    A friend sent the material below to me earlier today and, with that friend’s permission I share it here.  Apparently, the FIRM Foundation blog has been down for the past couple days — I have no idea why — but I think that others should be aware of what has evidently been posted […]

Lehi and Ishmael in Antiquity

      The Interpreter Foundation continues to flourish, much to the disgust of at least a few vocal critics:   “Nephi’s “Bountiful”: Contrasting Both Candidates,” written by Warren P. Aston Abstract: In May 2022, George Potter published an article that makes the most comprehensive case to date that Khor Rori in southern Oman is the […]

“The Chosen”

    I continue with my reading of Andrew Loke, Investigating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ: A New Transdisciplinary Approach (Routledge, 2020).  Dr. Loke, a native of Singapore who is currently an Associate Professor at Hong Kong Baptist University, was a practicing physician before he returned to school first in the United States and then […]