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2024-11-01T23:10:02-06:00

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“Eternity, Family, and Cosmos”

Last updated on: November 1, 2024 at 11:10 pm By Dan Peterson

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You are, sadly, running out of opportunities to see Six Days in August on a big screen. That’s deeply unfortunate and I wish it weren’t the case. But some of you—and some of your friends, ward members, and relatives—still have a shot at it. And the BYU football team has a bye this weekend, so Saturday night is open. Do you get my drift? Today has been a long day, with a lot of traveling. I’ll report on it... Read more

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2024-10-31T23:01:49-06:00

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At the Laguna de Catemaco Veracruz

Last updated on: October 31, 2024 at 11:01 pm By Dan Peterson

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I’m still attempting to catch up with my blog, reporting from this Interpreter Foundation educational tour. Our tour manager, Blake Allen, had attempted several times to make contact with the branch president in Panajachel, on the shore of Lake Atitlán, but was unable to do so. He tried again while we were there, but to no avail. We had hoped to attend church at Atitlán on Sunday, 27 October but, in the end, we decided not to do so... Read more

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2024-10-30T23:13:34-06:00

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From the highlands to the lowlands and back again

Last updated on: October 30, 2024 at 11:13 pm By Dan Peterson

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I continue my attempt to dig myself out of the hole into which I fell when my computer failed me last week. That is, I’m trying to catch up on my reports from this Interpreter Foundation educational tour to Guatemala and Mexico. We spent the first part of our first full day in Guatemala by visiting a huge open-air relief map of the country, showing its mountainous highlands and its flat jungle lowlands. Very helpful, much in the way... Read more

2024-10-30T21:47:23-06:00

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“And they did preserve the land southward for a wilderness.”

Last updated on: October 30, 2024 at 9:47 pm By Dan Peterson

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I’m still making an effort to catch up on the reporting of this Interpreter Foundation educational tour: Last Thursday, 24 October, on the morning after the catastrophic computer failure that silenced me for the better part of a week, we spent most of the day walking around a small portion of the Guatemalan Parque nacional Tikal. The ruins of Tikal, which were occupied from approximately 600 BC until about AD 750, are, quite simply, stunning. The site is surrounded by... Read more

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2024-10-29T23:48:38-06:00

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On the River Sidon, at the northern entrance to Gondor

Last updated on: October 29, 2024 at 11:48 pm By Dan Peterson

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I’m going to make a serious effort to catch up on my reporting from this Interpreter Foundation educational tour in Guatemala and Mexico. I’m several days behind because of the mysterious computer malfunction that crippled me from Wednesday night until last night, Monday night. But I think that I can compensate for that, more or less. We arrived on Sunday night in Tapachula, a city that is located in the far southeast of the state of Chiapas, México, near... Read more

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2024-10-29T00:51:39-06:00

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I’m back! (For the moment, anyway.)

Last updated on: October 29, 2024 at 12:51 am By Dan Peterson

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To the nearly giddy delight of several folks on the Peterson Obsession Board, Six Days in August has, thus far, considerably underperformed our hopes and expectations at the box office. As a consequence, it will probably not last much longer in theaters. So, if you’ve been a’thinkin’ about seein’ it someday on a big screen, you might want to take action very soon in that regard. On the Obsession Board, explanations for the film’s relatively unimpressive performance in theaters... Read more

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2024-10-23T20:22:05-06:00

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Wednesday, 23 October 2024

Last updated on: October 23, 2024 at 8:22 pm By Dan Peterson

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For the next two weeks or so, I’m not going to be able to spend as much time on my computer as I typically do. I won’t be able to manage this blog as well as I usually do, or to respond as quickly to emails and comments. I’ll miss all or almost all of the criticism and mockery aimed my way at the Peterson Obsession Board. I’ll be otherwise occupied, and I won’t always have access to the... Read more

2024-10-22T09:15:49-06:00

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Margaret Barker’s Master Classes on the Hebrew Scriptures

Last updated on: October 22, 2024 at 9:15 am By Dan Peterson

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Did you see Six Days in August last night? If not, don’t fret. Morning has broken. (Blackbird has spoken.) The sun has arisen, with healing in its wings. You can go to the movie today, and tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow. Go all three days! From the perpetually dying Interpreter Foundation: Margaret Barker’s Master Classes on the Hebrew Scriptures: November 9 and November 16 The Interpreter Foundation is pleased to offer two seminars from noted scholar Dr. Margaret... Read more

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2024-10-21T13:40:01-06:00

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Of complex biology, ancient temples, and Lehi in Arabia

Last updated on: October 21, 2024 at 1:40 pm By Dan Peterson

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Six Days in August has been out in theaters for approximately ten days now. It’s impossible to guarantee or to predict how long its theatrical run will continue. So, if you haven’t yet seen it, or if people whom you would really like to see it haven’t done so yet, now — now — is the time to act. The last time that a positive view of Brigham Young was offered on a commercial theatrical screen was in 1940.... Read more

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2024-10-20T21:17:36-06:00

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Once More, Can There Be Any Valid Criticisms of the Church?

Last updated on: October 20, 2024 at 9:17 pm By Dan Peterson

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I saw this title (or something like it) on a Latter-day Saint-related message board. I never read through the thread there and, now, I probably wouldn’t be able to find it. But I once posted something on this subject and have been attacked ever since for what I said, by people who plainly didn’t understand what I said. So I thought, What the heck? I’ll try it again. Yes, there can be valid criticisms of the Church. Both of... Read more

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