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2026-08-18T20:42:39-06:00

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The Veto Power of Reason

Last updated on: August 18, 2026 at 8:42 pm By Dan Peterson

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The thirtieth installment of our ongoing series of short documentary videos came out yesterday, and I think that I neglected to mention it. (If true, this will be my first mistake in at least a decade.) So here it is: The latest iteration of the series is “Educate Women? What Did Brigham Young Believe?” — Becoming Brigham, Episode 30. Were you aware, by the way, that you can actually subscribe to Becoming Brigham? Just go to the online home... Read more

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2026-08-17T16:00:53-06:00

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Racial Harmony After the Priesthood Ban

Last updated on: August 17, 2026 at 4:00 pm By Dan Peterson

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A thought occurred to me while recently reading Elder Ahmad S. Corbitt’s essay (“The Revelation that Changed the World”) in the small compilation Stay Thou Nearby: Reflections on the 1978 Revelation on the Priesthood (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2023) . Elder Corbitt, an attorney who was a member of the Nation of Islam before his conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has since served as a full-time missionary in the Puerto Rico San Juan... Read more

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2026-08-17T10:42:17-06:00

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Environmental stewardship is a perennial divine command

Last updated on: August 17, 2026 at 10:42 am By Dan Peterson

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I occasionally encounter the criticism that my involvement and that of others in “apologetics” and in public advocacy and defense of the Restoration and of the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ is illegitimate because we haven’t been appointed or ordained by the Church to act as we are. This has always struck me as, to say the least of it, an odd complaint, because I’ve never imagined that I needed an official calling from Church leaders to speak or... Read more

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2026-08-15T21:27:28-06:00

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Michael Faraday, James Clerk Maxwell, and the Open Mind

Last updated on: August 15, 2026 at 9:27 pm By Dan Peterson

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Below, I offer some notes from Carlo Rovelli, Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity, translated by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre (Penguin, 2017), mingled with some comments of my own. Carlo Rovelli is an Italian theoretical physicist who has worked in both Italy and the United States and who, at least at the time the book was published, was the director of the quantum gravity research group at the Centre de physique théorique in... Read more

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2026-08-14T16:11:32-06:00

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Lamanite Identity, Muslim Identity, and Identity Politics

Last updated on: August 14, 2026 at 4:11 pm By Dan Peterson

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Two new but somewhat related articles appeared today in Interpreter. The first of them is “Estranged No More: Covenant and a Reclaimed Identity of the Lamanites” (Interpreter A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 69 [2026]: 401-424), which was written by John E. Cochran II: Abstract: This article reexamines Lamanite identity in the Book of Mormon, arguing that in addition to referencing a specific branch of Lehi’s posterity, even more importantly, the term Lamanite can also function as... Read more

2026-08-13T19:54:50-06:00

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Will I see you on Tuesday? Wednesday? Thursday? Friday?

Last updated on: August 13, 2026 at 7:54 pm By Dan Peterson

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Two members of the Interpreter Foundation’s board of directors will be speaking at BYU Education Week 2026 in Provo on 18-21 August. That’s next week. Please check to be sure that no information changes between now and then, but I want you to be able to begin thinking already about places that you’ll want to avoid and times when you’ll desperately want to be doing something — anything — else: Peterson, Daniel C.—Professor emeritus, Asian and Near Eastern Languages,... Read more

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2026-08-12T17:56:06-06:00

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“He’s a lover, not a train.’

Last updated on: August 12, 2026 at 5:56 pm By Dan Peterson

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Back on 8 July, I posted an entry on this blog — really, a guest entry — entitled “Remote Viewing 1.” It was written by Paul Smith, a retired Major in the United States Army who holds a Ph.D. in the philosophy of science and who is a veteran of the Army’s (and then the Defense Intelligence Agency’s) remote viewing program. That blog entry was the first of what I hope will be a number of guest posts from... Read more

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2026-08-11T17:29:24-06:00

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Is the Church responsible for the surge in measles in Utah?

Last updated on: August 11, 2026 at 5:29 pm By Dan Peterson

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I came across the following quotation from the late and much-missed Elder Neal A. Maxwell the other day. It expresses my own sentiments quite accurately: All the scriptures, including the Book of Mormon, will remain in the realm of faith. Science will not be able to prove or disprove holy writ. However, enough plausible evidence will come forth to prevent scoffers from having a field day, but not enough to remove the requirement of faith. Believers must be patient... Read more

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2026-08-10T23:19:34-06:00

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More apologizing, eh?

Last updated on: August 10, 2026 at 11:19 pm By Dan Peterson

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The newest installment of our ongoing Becoming Brigham series went up this morning, weighing in at just slightly more than 19.5 minutes: “Inside the Lion’s House — Becoming Brigham, Episode 29.” I encourage you to watch it and, if you haven’t already done so, to subscribe to the series on YouTube. (Subscribing is free.) And to share it with your neighbors, your family, your friends, your dog walker, your scullery maid, and your manservant. And, while I’m at it,... Read more

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2026-08-09T22:39:03-06:00

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What matters most

Last updated on: August 9, 2026 at 10:39 pm By Dan Peterson

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I’m happy that this song, with lyrics by the great Isaac Watts (1674–1748), will be included in the forthcoming Latter-day Saint hymnal. And I was delighted that we sang it as the opening hymn of our ward sacrament meeting this morning. It’s a personal favorite of mine: 1. My Shepherd will supply my need; Jehovah is His Name; In pastures fresh He makes me feed Beside the living stream. He brings my wand’ring spirit back When I forsake... Read more

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