Proper Names and Foreign Words in the Book of Mormon, and, Oh Yes, Sexual Abuse in Arizona
We live in a pretty good world, on the whole — but some religiously affiliated people are among those trying their very best to ruin it.
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Daniel C. Peterson is a retired professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Brigham Young University (BYU), and the president of the Interpreter Foundation.
On Nephi, the tree of life, covering up sexual abuse, being sacked by the General Authorities, and RINOs
Several people have asked me about the AP story suggesting a coverup of sexual abuse, but I have no special insight into the case and no specific knowledge of it beyond what I've read. But here are two helpful links.
It was a feast
The 2022 FAIR Conference is now over. I think it was a strong one.
Two great opportunities to learn more about temples
The (free) 2022 Temple on Mount Zion Conference is coming up on 5 November 2022. And the new book by Jeffrey Mark Bradshaw, Freemasonry and the Origins of Latter-day Saint Temple Ordinances, is now available.
The passing of a legend who meant very much to me and my family
Vin Scully was a surprisingly important part of my growing up in greater Los Angeles, over many years. I honestly can’t remember when I first became aware of him; he was a fixture from the time I was a child
A day filled with good people
Between the excellent FAIR 2022 conference, and an evening with three generations of a remarkable family I've known since 1978, this was a day filled with good people.
In which I recommend a play and cite a song that supposedly celebrates an acid trip
As I write, I’ve been listening to music by The Byrds, who were one of my very favorite rock bands as I was growing up in 1960s California.
A Powerful and Very Private Spiritual Experience
When the great seventeenth-century French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Blaise Pascal died at the age of just thirty-nine in 1662, his servant found a small piece of parchment that had been sewn into his coat.
In which I try again
“It’s difficult to get a man to understand something,” quipped the famous American writer and “muckraker” Upton Sinclair (1878-1968), “when his salary depends on not understanding it.”
Our new film project begins, while our earlier project continues to produce
Hugh B. Brown wrote, "We should be in the forefront of learning in all fields, for revelation does not come only through the prophet of God nor only directly from heaven in visions or dreams."
Two Palestinian Christians, and a visit with one of the most interesting of Latter-day Saint historians
Latter-day Saints are scripturally obligated, in my judgment, to support the gathering of Israel. But we are not obligated to support any particular policy of the United States toward Israel, let alone any particular policy of Israel itself.
The Body as the Temple of God
Hingson argues that the connection between temples and physical bodies is more than just metaphor, with bodies able to be literally classified as temples according to various scholarly criteria.