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2023-01-06T18:59:38-07:00

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Meditations and Reflections

Last updated on: January 6, 2023 at 6:59 pm By Dan Peterson

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I first read the Meditations of the Stoic Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) back when I was in high school. (I belonged to some sort of book club through which I bought fairly inexpensive hardback editions of classic works; I still own the copy that I bought and read when I was about fifteen or sixteen.) I’ve had a deep fondness for him ever since, and (although he himself was a pagan and not particularly friendly toward... Read more

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2023-01-04T21:30:14-07:00

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“I made a mistake in growing weary of the Gospel.”

Last updated on: January 4, 2023 at 9:30 pm By Dan Peterson

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New material on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: Conference Talks: “From All Eternity to All Eternity: Deep Time and the Gospel,” written and presented by Bart J. Kowallis in November 2013 Geology professor Bart J. Kowallis takes readers to the realm of “deep time,” referring to that vast length of time it took for the earth and heavens to reach their current form and station. On the way, he discusses three myths about time and creation:... Read more

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2023-01-04T14:04:42-07:00

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Benedictus est

Last updated on: January 4, 2023 at 2:04 pm By Dan Peterson

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His death has received (to me) surprisingly little coverage, probably because he was no longer the reigning pope and because he had gone into fairly complete seclusion since resigning the papacy nearly a decade ago. Those are, of course, very much the reasons why his funeral — although it will take place in St. Peter’s Basilica and although the currently reigning Bishop of Rome, Pope Francis, will preside over it (which is, to put it mildly, a rarity)... Read more

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2023-01-02T17:16:04-07:00

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Incomprehensibly Old, but Not Infinitely So

Last updated on: January 2, 2023 at 5:16 pm By Dan Peterson

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Gotcha. Its title notwithstanding, this is not an autobiographical essay. In the writing project for which these preliminary notes are intended, I need to do a fair amount of “setting up,” which, in this portion of the project, means that I need to lay out some general background on certain issues of physics, astronomy, cell biology, paleontology, and the like. Therefore, not being a scientist myself, I’ll be drawing for those general discussions on actual scientists and... Read more

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2023-01-02T11:08:34-07:00

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“Rejoice, the Lord is King!”

Last updated on: January 2, 2023 at 11:08 am By Dan Peterson

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Today, 1 January 2023, is a Sunday — and that fact seems wholly appropriate to me as those of us who attended sacrament meeting today were able to renew our covenants in the ordinance of the Lord’s supper. It also seemed exceptionally appropriate that our opening hymn, the very first hymn of this new year, was “Rejoice, the Lord is King!” by the prolific eighteenth-century Methodist hymn writer Charles Wesley, who was the younger brother of the great... Read more

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2023-01-01T21:36:51-07:00

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The Passing of a Pope, and of a Year

Last updated on: January 1, 2023 at 9:36 pm By Dan Peterson

He’s been out of view for quite a while now, but this is still a big story in the world of religion and beyond: Deseret News: “The former pope has died. What will happen next? Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died Saturday at age 95” And here are some short items from a politically conservative and conservative Catholic point of view: “Pope Benedict XVI Dies at 95” “Benedict’s Legacy: Dominus Ieusus” “Benedict’s Legacy: Jesus of Nazareth” “Benedict’s Legacy: Introduction to Christianity”... Read more

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2022-12-30T14:00:01-07:00

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Stained Swords, False Prophecy, and Accurate History

Last updated on: December 30, 2022 at 2:00 pm By Dan Peterson

The Interpreter Foundation has published its last articles for 2022; absolutely no more new 2022 articles will ever appear. I expect, therefore, that some of the Foundation’s critics will stay up late tomorrow night, partying in celebration. Here are the two articles that finish out the year: “Stained Swords: A Psalm of Redemption,” written by Loren Blake Spendlove Abstract: The author proposes a novel idea for understanding the stained swords of the Anti-Nephi-Lehies that involves repetition, parallelism, and metaphoric... Read more

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2022-12-29T19:06:24-07:00

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Cosmological 1

Last updated on: December 29, 2022 at 7:06 pm By Dan Peterson

A recording of this lecture and its text were posted yesterday on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: Conference Talks: “The Outer Solar System: A Window to the Creative Breadth of Divinity,” originally presented in November 2013 by Professor Jani Radebaugh In this article, planetary scientist Jani Radebaugh explores the creative side of our Creator with a breathtaking photographic tour of the unusual planets and moons in the outer solar system. Emerging discoveries have helped open our minds... Read more

2022-12-28T23:49:54-07:00

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Out with the old and in with the new

Last updated on: December 28, 2022 at 11:49 pm By Dan Peterson

I’ve just returned with two of my sons from watching Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans. (My wife chose, instead, to spend the time with our visiting three-year-old granddaughter, who is, I readily admit, irresistibly adorable.) Although Indiana Jones doesn’t appear in the film and although it’s somewhat different from Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and Jurassic Park, we enjoyed it quite a bit. Earlier in the day, my wife and I drove up... Read more

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2022-12-27T20:50:49-07:00

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Religiosity, Depression, and Life Expectancy

Last updated on: December 27, 2022 at 8:50 pm By Dan Peterson

But, first, these three new items went up today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation: Nibley Lectures: Time Vindicates the Prophets — “Prophets and Ritual” Between 7 March 1954 and 17 October 1954, Hugh Nibley delivered a series of thirty weekly lectures on KSL Radio that were also published as pamphlets. The series, which was called “Time Vindicates the Prophets,” was given in answer to those who were challenging the right of members of the Church of... Read more

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