{"id":63169,"date":"2018-07-21T12:41:32","date_gmt":"2018-07-21T18:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=63169"},"modified":"2018-09-05T09:52:59","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T15:52:59","slug":"was-adolf-hitler-religious-and-other-burning-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2018\/07\/was-adolf-hitler-religious-and-other-burning-matters.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Was Adolf Hitler Religious?&#8221; and other burning matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37754\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37754\" style=\"width: 596px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2016\/11\/cardston-alberta-temple-exterior-1126230-gallery.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-37754\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2016\/11\/cardston-alberta-temple-exterior-1126230-gallery.jpg\" alt=\"Canada's first temple\" width=\"596\" height=\"397\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Cardston Alberta Temple (dedicated in 1923) was the first temple built in Canada (LDS.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The latest iteration of the bi-weekly Hamblin\/Peterson column in the <em>Deseret News<\/em> has now appeared:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/900025378\/was-adolf-hitler-religious.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cWas Adolf Hitler religious?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An interesting story from the official Church news site:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mormonnewsroom.org\/article\/elder-gerard-addresses-naacp-national-convention\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cElder Gerard Addresses NAACP National Convention:\u00a0Collaboration between the Church and NAACP expands\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How many would have predicted that story back in, say, 1977? \u00a0Or, even, two or three years ago?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a nice little piece from the peerless <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mormoninterpreter.com\/author\/jeffl\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jeff Lindsay<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mormanity.blogspot.com\/2018\/07\/artifact-or-artifice-orson-scott-cards.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201c\u2018Artifact or Artifice?\u2019 Orson Scott Card\u2019s Brilliant 1993 Essay Still Rings True\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A whole new world for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Church in India: Miracles Past and Present\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mormonnewsroom.org\/article\/broadway-stars-join-mormon-tabernacle-choir-for-musical-themed-concert\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cBroadway Stars Join Mormon Tabernacle Choir for Musical-Themed Concert:\u00a0Concert\u2019s program pays tribute to Hammerstein family\u2019s musical theater contributions\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairmormon.org\/conference\/august-2018\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The twentieth annual FairMormon conference<\/a> is rapidly approaching, on 1-3 August 2018:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.fairmormon.org\/conference\/august-2018<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Please note the remarkable matching donation offer that has been made in conjunction with the conference. \u00a0If you give $10 to FairMormon, it can be turned into $20, at no additional cost to you. \u00a0And, if you\u2019re quick, it can be turned into <em>$30<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, I believe, I suggested that you save the date of 21 September 2018 for a celebration of the appearance of Royal Skousen\u2019s seminal volume, part of the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project, titled <em>The Nature of the Original Language<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Scratch that.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The celebration will now take place on the evening of Tuesday,\u00a0<strong><em>25<\/em><\/strong> September 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Please make a note of that on your calendar, and try to be there. \u00a0This is an important work. \u00a0You\u2019ll be part of history if you come.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some will find this of interest:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scripturalmormonism.blogspot.com\/2018\/07\/john-gee-on-what-facsimile-3-is-not.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-item-type=\"post\" data-id=\"662752560848788233\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cJohn Gee on What Facsimile 3 is Not\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Good news for the Latter-day Saints in up here in the North:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mormonnewsroom.ca\/article\/president-nelson-to-visit-three-additional-canadian-cities\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cPresident Nelson to Visit Three Additional Canadian Cities\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mormonnewsroom.org\/article\/broadway-stars-join-mormon-tabernacle-choir-for-musical-themed-concert\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cBroadway Stars Join Mormon Tabernacle Choir for Musical-Themed Concert:\u00a0Concert\u2019s program pays tribute to Hammerstein family\u2019s musical theater contributions\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I believe that this could be very useful to some members of the Church:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ldsliving.com\/Anthony-Sweat-on-the-Sacred-Silence-of-the-Temple-and-2-Ways-to-Know-If-It-s-Okay-to-Talk-About-the-Endowment\/s\/88867?utm_source=ldsliving&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=popular&amp;utm_content=pop2180721\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cAnthony Sweat on the \u2018Sacred Silence\u2019 of the Temple + 2 Ways to Know If It\u2019s Okay to Talk About the Endowment\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hugh B. Brown (1883-1975), who served in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1958 until his death in 1975, and as an assistant to the Twelve for five years before that, was raised in Canada. \u00a0Here\u2019s a quotation from him:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>\u201cRevealed insights should leave us stricken with the knowledge of how little we really know. It should never lead to an emotional arrogance based upon a false assumption that we somehow have all the answers \u2014 that we in fact have a corner on truth. For we do not.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Posted from Victoria, British Columbia<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 The latest iteration of the bi-weekly Hamblin\/Peterson column in the Deseret News has now appeared: \u00a0 \u201cWas Adolf Hitler religious?\u201d \u00a0 *** \u00a0 An interesting story from the official Church news site: \u00a0 \u201cElder Gerard Addresses NAACP National Convention:\u00a0Collaboration between the Church and NAACP expands\u201d \u00a0 How many would have predicted that story [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Was Adolf Hitler Religious?&quot; 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