Who Felt or Saw the Plates?
I am concerned about IANDS, to see a mingling of what I regard as pretty solid material with other things that seem to me rather dubious at best.
DanPeterson.Blog
Daniel C. Peterson is a retired professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Brigham Young University (BYU), and the president of the Interpreter Foundation.
A Transcendent Light
I’ve just completed reading William J. Peters (with Michael Kinsella), At Heaven’s Door: What Shared Journeys to the Afterlife Teach About Dying Well and Living Better. Here are a few of the passages that I marked during my reading.
On Two Women in the Old Testament, and regarding Heavenly Mother
Heavenly Mother should be joyful, not another cultural battle. Is it possible to treasure what has been revealed about Heavenly Mother without descending into the kind of acrimonious debate we see online? Of course, it is, say Bethany and McArthur.
Coming up on 5 November 2022
In anticipation of the 2022 Temple on Mount Zion Conference on Saturday, 5 November 2022, we begin a new series of articles: Conference Talks.
Seeking help from readers in Canada, the UK, and beyond
Streaming services Deseret Video+ and Living Scriptures seem to work differently in different countries — as, of course, do DVDs. I could use your feedback.
An infallible formula for never lapsing into inactivity in the Church
When he first shared his formula I thought, "That's it?! Really?" But decades later it seems a little bit less empty to me, and a little bit wiser, than it did when I first heard it.
Don L. Lind, RIP
A faithful Latter-day Saint, Don Lind was a retired NASA astronaut with a doctorate in high-energy nuclear physics. Here are my stories with him.
At IANDS
My wife and I spent much of the day at the annual conference of the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS), which is being held (through Sunday morning) in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was fascinating, as I expected it to be.
An ancient idiom in 2 Nephi 4:33, as well as a demonic attack in Lancashire
Wrote Heber Kimball, "I then sat on the bed and could distinctly see the evil spirits, who foamed and gnashed their teeth upon us. We gazed upon them about an hour and a half".
"What You Didn’t Hear About the LGBT Pamphlet at BYU"
This article, written by the forthright and courageous Cassandra Hedelius, is both extremely important and extremely concerning.
Into Thin Air?
Full-throated denunciations of the Church over recent incidents have been obviously eager. As more details come to light, will critics adjust their views to align with facts?
Controversies Past and Present
In my years of experience at BYU — which represent most of my adult life, as either student or faculty member — I did not find racism endemic or even very common. (As a matter of fact, although I assume that it existed, I never saw it at all.).