Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 32 “Preserved by His Marvelous Power” Alma 53-63 The participants in the Interpreter Radio Roundtable for Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 32, “Preserved by His Marvelous Power,” on Alma 53-63, were Terry Hutchinson, John Gee, and Kevin Christensen. That roundtable has now been extracted from the 12 July 2020 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show. It has been stripped of commercial and other interruptions, and is accessible at no charge. The complete show may be… Read more
August 5, 2020
“How the Pandemic Defeated America,” and Other Evils of Science
August 5, 2020 By Dan Peterson
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It’s time, yet again, to share some of the COVID-19-related links that I’ve gathered together over the last little while. Perhaps some of you will find them interesting. Whether you find them interesting or not, though, I must press forward with my self-appointed mission — a mission of which I was informed by a hostile total stranger a couple of weeks ago — of calling out The Evils of Science: “Coronavirus: How New Zealand went ‘hard and… Read more
August 5, 2020
Revision 3.3 “The Meccan Chapters of the Qur’an”
August 5, 2020 By Dan Peterson
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Muslims and Western scholars agree upon a division of the suras or chapters of the Qur’an between those received at Mecca and those later received at the oasis town of Medina. There are differences between the two groups that go considerably beyond the mere time of the reception, however, extending to questions of theme, style, and content. I shall examine the two groups in order. The revelations of the earliest (Meccan) period of the Prophet’s career have certain… Read more
August 4, 2020
“Remarkably well adjusted in our favor”
August 4, 2020 By Dan Peterson
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First, here’s a fun bit of science news: “This is the first picture of a sunlike star with multiple exoplanets: Unlike our solar system, this one has two massive gas giants with far-out orbits” *** I share a couple of passages from Douglas Groothuis, Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith (Downers Grove: IVP and Nottingham: Apollos, 2011) that caught my attention a while back: “[American philosopher Robin] Collins is particularly impressed with the… Read more
August 4, 2020
What I was up to today for FairMormon 2020 and BYU Education Week 2020
August 4, 2020 By Dan Peterson
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The 2020 FairMormon conference begins on Wednesday, 5 August 2020 — as I write, that’s tomorrow (i.e. mañana) — and it will be done virtually. Which isn’t altogether a good thing, obviously, since many of us enjoy the social aspects of it and the sheer power of gathering in a group. But it has this good aspect: You can watch it from anywhere. I encourage you to consider doing so: 2020 FairMormon Conference Those who register for… Read more
August 4, 2020
Revision 3.2 “Muhammad in Mecca”
August 4, 2020 By Dan Peterson
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Muhammad in Mecca Within a few years of his birth at Mecca in 570 A.D., Muhammad, the future prophet of Islam, became an orphan. He had been born into an important clan of the Quraysh, known as the Banu Hashim. (That is why Jordan, whose king claims descent from the Prophet, is even today officially known as “The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.”) But, though the Banu Hashim were important, by this point they had also fallen on somewhat… Read more
August 3, 2020
Question: “Is Decrypting the Genetic Legacy of America’s Indigenous Populations Key to the Historicity of the Book of Mormon?”
August 3, 2020 By Dan Peterson
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Up today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation, by Ugo A. Perego and Jayne E. Ekins: “Is Decrypting the Genetic Legacy of America’s Indigenous Populations Key to the Historicity of the Book of Mormon?” Abstract: Some critics of the Book of Mormon suppose that the DNA characteristics of modern Native Americans should be compatible with “Israelite” rather than with Asian genetics. The authors point out that while DNA is a valid tool to study ancient and modern… Read more
August 3, 2020
“Heavy drinking drove hundreds of thousands of Americans to early graves”
August 3, 2020 By Dan Peterson
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Raymond Barfield, who holds both an M.D. and a doctorate in philosophy from Emory University in Atlanta, is a pediatric oncologist at the medical school of Duke University and a professor of Christian philosophy in Duke University’s Divinity School. Here, I cite five passages that I marked while reading the text of his 2011 Veritas Forum address at the University of Oklahoma, as given in Ray Barfield, Pascal’s Wager: What Is It To Be Human? (n.pl.: The Veritas… Read more
August 3, 2020
Revision 3.1 “Mecca and the Quraysh”
August 3, 2020 By Dan Peterson
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On 23 September 1855, Elder George A. Smith of the Council of the Twelve stood up in the Bowery in Great Salt Lake City—the Tabernacle had not yet been built—and delivered what was, for the time and place, a very well informed and astonishingly positive sermon on Islam. “I am aware,” he said, “that it is a difficult matter to get an honest history of Mahometanism translated into any of the Christian languages.” He was reminded, when he… Read more
August 3, 2020
The Teachings of Enoch, a Gift-Giving Idea, and an Anecdote Involving Cleon Skousen and Olivia de Havilland
August 3, 2020 By Dan Peterson
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On the website of the Interpreter Foundation, a new item (including an audio download) from the staff at Book of Mormon Central, Jeffrey Bradshaw, and Matthew Bowen: Book of Moses Insights #14: The Teachings of Enoch: Enoch as a Teacher (Moses 6:51–68) *** And don’t forget about the latest book from the Interpreter Foundation, Sacred Time, Sacred Space, & Sacred Meaning. There are, after all, only 143 shopping days left until Christmas as I write and,… Read more
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