Book of Mormon Central offers an interesting answer to that question:   https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/content/what-does-the-book-of-mormon-teach-about-the-temple   Posted from Tiberias, Israel     Read more

    “We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.”  Abraham Lincoln     Posted from Tiberias, Israel     Read more

    A review of a book that, if its argument is sound, is truly revolutionary:   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/exploring-semitic-and-egyptian-in-uto-aztecan-languages/#more-10398   Posted from Tiberias, Israel     Read more

    http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865678578/The-Bible-1-helpful-but-not-read-much.html   Many homes will have a copy of the Bible that is utterly pristine, because it’s too sacred to actually be read.  (I saw this often on my mission in Switzerland, but it’s certainly true in America and elsewhere, as well.)  In such cases, the Bible functions rather like a talisman.  I recall one exceptionally bright Catholic gentleman of my father’s generation whom I knew well (and liked) from my earliest years.  Whenever a religious question came up —... Read more

    I’m grateful to Robert Boylan for reminding me of a wonderful article by the wonderful David L. Paulsen:  “Divine Embodiment: The Earliest Christian Understanding of God.”   I recommend it enthusiastically.   Posted from Tel Aviv, Israel     Read more

    An interesting phrase.  But we know what he means:   https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2017/05/03/pope-francis-says-egypt-trip-promoted-healthy-secularism/   Posted from Tel Aviv, Israel     Read more

    A clear and interesting little article on a tool and a topic that I find profoundly useful and important:   https://cosmosmagazine.com/mathematics/bayes-theorem-the-maths-tool-we-probably-use-every-day-but-what-is-it   Posted from Tel Aviv, Israel     Read more

    It’s just my usual mean-spirited lying.  There’s no need to look at it:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865679224/Did-ancient-Israel-have-a-real-history.html   Posted from Tel Aviv, Israel     Read more

    Whatever else one thinks of Israel, whatever one’s politics, Mark Twain asks a marvelous question here, one that is worthy of reflection:   “If statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race.  It suggests a nebulous dim puff of stardust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way.  Properly, the Jew ought hardly to be heard of, but he is heard of, has always been heard of.  He is as prominent on the planet as... Read more

    I think that this analysis is on target.  Donald Trump was an eminently beatable candidate:   https://www.commentarymagazine.com/politics-ideas/liberals-democrats/the-democratic-partys-problem-democrats/   Of course, a very large share of the blame must go to Hillary Clinton herself.  Few if any other serious Democratic presidential contenders would have lost the 2016 election.  Here’s an article — please pardon the obnoxious opening sentence — that I also think basically sound.  I like one of the titles that it appears under:   “Dear Hillary:  You’re... Read more