Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 987

Rainbeer Kang

    Yesterday, about to board a plane from Salt Lake City Reagan National Airport, I heard an announcement for what sounded like either “Raindeer Kang” or “Rainbeer Kang.”  I think it was the latter.  It may even have been this specific fellow.   That announcement put me in mind of two of the greatest [Read More...]

“Jesus became like us so that we could become like him”

    A nice Deseret News Christmas piece by Taylor Halverson:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...   Posted from Richmond, Virginia  

“A Fight for the Soul of Science”

    This is a fascinating — if slightly longish — article about a discussion with enormous implications, both for science and for philosophy and theology:   https://www.quantamagazine.org/201512...   Posted from Salt Lake City, Utah    

“He Is The Gift”

    This short video, from last year’s Christmas campaign of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is still very much worth watching — and very much worth sharing:   https://www.lds.org/media-library/vid...   Posted from Salt Lake City, Utah    

“The Order of the House of God: Ancient Practices and Modern Experiences”

    David J. Larsen spoke on ancient and modern temple worship at the 2015 FairMormon conference back in August, and his remarks are publicly available:   http://www.fairmormon.org/perspective...   Posted from Salt Lake City, Utah    

Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God?

    David French, for whom I have great respect and with whom I typically agree — he and his wife even headed up “Evangelicals for Mitt” during both the 2008 and 2012 primary and general election seasons — says “No”:   http://www.nationalreview.com/article...   He’s wrong.   Francis Beckwith, who has a lengthy history of [Read More...]

“2016 Gospel Doctrine Recommended Resources on the Book of Mormon”

    Ben Spackman has put together some useful suggestions for students and teachers in the approaching 2016 Church curricular year:   http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/...   I don’t disagree with any of his choices.   Posted from Salt Lake City, Utah    

To be, rather than to seem.

    The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be. Attributed to Socrates (d. BC 399) Posted from Salt Lake City, Utah

New Testament 354

    Matthew 28:11-15   This is, as a matter of fact, one of the most ancient counter-explanations for the purported bodily resurrection of Jesus.   That’s significant:  It suggests that everybody agreed that the tomb was, in fact, empty.   No small thing, that.    

“Muslim and Jewish Feminists Gather to Seek Common Ground”

    I like it any time people with very different world views learn to talk civilly and respectfully to one another.   http://forward.com/sisterhood/327510/...   Thanks to Jabra Ghneim for alerting me to this story.