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2023-01-26T00:51:41-07:00

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Arguing for the Resurrection of Jesus

Last updated on: January 26, 2023 at 12:51 am By Dan Peterson

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Conference Talks: “Why Evolution and LDS Thought are Fully Compatible,” given in late 2013 by Steven L. Peck Steven Peck, a professor of biology at Brigham Young University, takes it as “axiomatic that evolution in its broad sense is the way the biological world works, although details are still being worked out and amazing discoveries will continue for centuries.” Using vivid examples, he explains both the compelling nature and the complexity of evolution. He also describes what he... Read more

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2023-01-24T22:00:29-07:00

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Slandering the Lord’s anointed

Last updated on: January 24, 2023 at 10:00 pm By Dan Peterson

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First, though: The Interpreter Foundation continues to pour out materials that, we hope, are of benefit to those who follow what we do. I’m grateful for the generosity of donors and volunteers, without which this would not be possible: Interpreter Radio Show — January 8, 2023 — In this, the 8 January 2023 episode of the Interpreter Radio Show, Terry Hutchinson, John Gee, and Kevin Christensen discuss (1) claims that the Book of Mormon was plagiarized and (2)... Read more

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2023-02-01T21:08:59-07:00

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An initial survey of the “four fundamental forces” and the “cosmological constant”

Last updated on: February 1, 2023 at 9:08 pm By Dan Peterson

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I’ve long been interested in what are called “fine-tuning” arguments for the existence of God. I’ve posted many entries here that have been devoted to them either wholly or in part. (See, for example, my several discussions of the late British particle physicist Sir John Polkinghorne, who spent his last decades as an Anglican priest, and the blog entries that I’ve based upon Geraint F. Lewis and Luke A. Barnes, A Fortunate Universe: Life in a Finely Tuned Cosmos... Read more

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2023-01-23T17:49:43-07:00

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An unpleasant reminder of home

Last updated on: January 23, 2023 at 5:49 pm By Dan Peterson

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The terrible mass shooting that occurred last night in Monterey Park, California, hit literally close to home. The Star Ballroom is located at 122 West Garvey Avenue, between Garfield Avenue and Alhambra Avenue. Garvey was effectively the southern border of my everyday, familiar world when I was a child, and Garfield was my world’s western border. The family business was located just off of Garvey, a bit to the east of Monterey Park. The first movie that I... Read more

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2023-01-31T20:19:44-07:00

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“I’m happy to say that dying was easy and pleasant”

Last updated on: January 31, 2023 at 8:19 pm By Dan Peterson

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While doing a little clean-up today — my wife is coming back tonight after two weeks in Virginia, and it’s panic season (e.g., time to do the dishes, do the wash, restore some semblance of minimal household order) — I came across the following typescript. The author is identified on the paper and I was once acquainted with him/her, although I haven’t seen him/her in several years and am not sure that s/he hasn’t died. I’m not going... Read more

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2023-01-23T17:02:26-07:00

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“Proven quality and solidarity”

Last updated on: January 23, 2023 at 5:02 pm By Dan Peterson

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But, first, I call your attention to a couple of my typically mean-spirited and buffoonish crimes against humanity: “Beautiful Patience,” written by Daniel C. Peterson. “Abstract: Believers in the God of Abraham — who include not only Jews and Christians but also Muslims — are exhorted to call upon him every day, as well as in times of need. We are promised that he will respond to petitionary prayers. Moreover, we are assured that, in the end, believers will... Read more

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2023-01-23T16:53:29-07:00

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“A Moslem fought an infidel one day”

Last updated on: January 23, 2023 at 4:53 pm By Dan Peterson

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These three pieces have gone up quite recently on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: Conference Talks: “Science and Genesis: A Personal View,” originally presented in 2013 by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw Given their status as targets of humor and caricature, the well-worn stories of Adam, Eve, and Noah are difficult for many people to take seriously. However, we do an injustice both to these marvelous records and to ourselves when we fail to pursue an appreciation of... Read more

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2023-01-22T20:16:41-07:00

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An entry on some critics

Last updated on: January 22, 2023 at 8:16 pm By Dan Peterson

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I mentioned the other day that I had responded to an online article in Newsweek entitled “Black Mormon told they can’t marry white members because “seed is cursed.”” Almost immediately, a clutch of vocal anti-Mormons showed up to target me, personally. I wasn’t surprised. It’s happened many times before. So, basically, I backed out of the “discussion,” realizing that no real discussion was ever actually going to occur. Today, though, somebody calling himself “Clarence” appeared, responding to me with... Read more

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2023-01-17T14:52:56-07:00

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On an American university’s imposing one particular version of Islamic orthodoxy on its students and faculty

Last updated on: January 17, 2023 at 2:52 pm By Dan Peterson

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By now, you may perhaps have heard of this outrageous case from Hamline University in Minnesota. (I’ve already mentioned it here in my blog entry for 30 December 2022, noting that I myself have used precisely the same image — see immediately above — in lectures that I have delivered, accompanied by exactly the same explanation about varieties within Islam and about differences of Muslim opinion with regard to images of the Prophet Muhammad.) Here is an octet... Read more

2023-01-16T23:22:42-07:00

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“Signature in the Cell”

Last updated on: January 16, 2023 at 11:22 pm By Dan Peterson

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When I was a young’un — long, long ago, in a galaxy far away — there was a rather powerful weekly magazine called Newsweek. Apparently it still exists even now, at least online. And, just today, this wonderful article went up: “Black Mormon Told They Can’t Marry White Members Because ‘Seed is Cursed'” Virtually all of the responses, thus far, have been negative toward the Church. And quite understandably so. I replied in the comments section — I... Read more

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