{"id":66138,"date":"2018-10-09T10:59:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T16:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=66138"},"modified":"2018-10-09T10:59:31","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T16:59:31","slug":"we-recognize-what-is-lovely-because-we-have-seen-it-somewhere-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2018\/10\/we-recognize-what-is-lovely-because-we-have-seen-it-somewhere-else.html","title":{"rendered":"“We recognize what is lovely because we have seen it somewhere else”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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The nearly completed Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0(Image used by permission of Intellectual Reserve, Inc.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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New, from the Interpreter Foundation:<\/p>\n

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\u201c\u2018Abound in Hope\u2019:\u00a0Stories of the Saints in the DR Congo, Part 6\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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For those who like to keep adding to their files, here are two new items.<\/p>\n

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First, for the already bulging \u201cUtah is a provincial backwater and a Mormon-riddled hell on earth\u201d file, there is this from a while back, brought to my attention just recently:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe fastest growing (and shrinking) states: A closer look\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Second, for the richly furnished \u201cBrigham Young University is an academic joke and an international laughing stock\u201d file:<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnimation nabs top ranking\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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If you can muster just under thirty-seven minutes (either at one time or in incremental installments), I think you\u2019ll find the October 2018 World Report of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of real interest. \u00a0I surely did:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe World Report\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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I can\u2019t express how delighted I am to see such conversations still going on:<\/p>\n

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\u201cChurch and NAACP Leaders Meet in\u00a0Salt Lake City:\u00a0Joint education and employment efforts continue\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s essential that we get the history right, and that we be completely honest about it. \u00a0The Church can withstand the truth, because its claims are true. \u00a0We needn\u2019t fear historical investigation. \u00a0And those who build their testimonies upon a denial of true history may well eventually find themselves or their children in serious difficulty, as pertains to their faith:<\/p>\n

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\u201cYes, Joseph Smith Really Did Use a Seer Stone in the Translation of the Book of Mormon\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Did everybody see this? \u00a0The Church opposes Utah Proposition 2, but it does not<\/em> oppose the medical use of marijuana:<\/p>\n

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\u201cMormon church backs deal to allow medical marijuana in Utah\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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You might find this helpful:<\/p>\n

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\u201cIs There Evidence for Book of Mormon Highways in Ancient America?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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We recognize what is lovely because we have seen it somewhere else, and as we walk through the world, we are constantly on the watch for it with a kind of nostalgia, so that when we see an object or a person that pleases us, it is like recognizing an old friend; it hits us in the solar plexus, and we need no measuring or lecturing to tell us that it is indeed quite perfect. It is something we have long been looking for, something we have seen in another world, memories of how things should be. \u00a0(Hugh Nibley,\u00a0\u201cGoods of First and Second Intent,\u201d\u00a0Collected Works of Hugh Nibley\u00a09:528)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 New, from the Interpreter Foundation: \u00a0 \u201c\u2018Abound in Hope\u2019:\u00a0Stories of the Saints in the DR Congo, Part 6\u201d \u00a0 *** \u00a0 For those who like to keep adding to their files, here are two new items. \u00a0 First, for the already bulging \u201cUtah is a provincial backwater and a Mormon-riddled hell on earth\u201d […]<\/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-66138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n"We recognize what is lovely because we have seen it somewhere else"<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"    New, from the Interpreter Foundation:   "'Abound in Hope':\u00a0Stories of the Saints in the DR Congo, Part 6"   ***   For those\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, 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