Ron Barney delivered this presentation at the August 2009 FAIR conference.  The topic is one of those most frequently raised by disaffected members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:   http://www.fairmormon.org/perspectives/fair-conferences/2009-fair-conference/2009-the-reliability-of-mormon-history-produced-by-the-lds-church     Read more

    Thanks to Jeff Chadwick for bringing this item to my notice:   http://www.timesofisrael.com/rivlin-welcomes-israels-new-sharia-judges-in-jerusalem-ceremony/   It’s interesting from several angles.  I’ll mention two:   *  Many in the United States are worried, or claim to be worried, about the possible imposition of shari‘a upon non-Muslims in America.  In striking contrast, Israel, which has a proportionally  much larger Muslim population than the United States and which experiences considerable friction with Muslim communities both foreign and domestic, doesn’t seem to be... Read more

    Just a couple of days before he speaks to Interpreter’s science and religion conference:   https://cpms.byu.edu/calendar/?event=30823     Read more

    Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity is almost exactly a century old.  And now comes important observational support for one of its last and oddest predictions:   http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/12/science/ligo-gravitational-waves-black-holes-einstein.html?_r=1   This is really, really big news, as science news goes.     Read more

    “Christianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthless and the infinite worthlessness of that which is seemingly so valued.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer     Read more

    An upcoming conference that some out there might find of interest:   http://www.uvu.edu/religiousstudies/boundaries/     Read more

    My high school physics and chemistry are soooooooo out of date:   https://www.sciencenews.org/article/physicists-find-signs-four-neutron-nucleus   Thanks to David Wills, in Australia, for calling this to my notice.     Read more

    For those who may still not grasp the depth of the evil represented by ISIS, here’s a new glimpse:   http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-execution-video-shows-british-four-year-old-isa-dare-blowing-up-car-with-prisoners-inside-a6866626.html   For an eyewitness account of what life is like in ISIS’s capital of Raqqa, Syria, see here.     Read more

    A genuinely brilliant and definitely thought-provoking article by David Blankenhorn, with whose “Malta Forum” I’ve had some memorable meetings over the years:   http://www.the-american-interest.com/2016/02/10/trumps-america/     Read more

    My latest Deseret News assault on civility and rationality has now appeared:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865647428/The-Book-of-Mormon-wasnt-what-they-expected.html     Read more