{"id":87966,"date":"2020-09-08T20:13:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T02:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=87966"},"modified":"2020-09-08T21:26:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T03:26:01","slug":"when-political-opinion-is-the-new-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2020\/09\/when-political-opinion-is-the-new-religion.html","title":{"rendered":"When Political Opinion is the New Religion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Among the ruins of ancient Beth Shemesh (\u201cHouse of the Sun\u201d)
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This item is newly posted on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:<\/p>\n

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Audio Roundtable:\u00a0Come, Follow Me<\/em>\u00a0Book of Mormon Lesson 37\u00a0\u201cArise and Come Forth unto Me\u201d<\/em>:\u00a0<\/em>3 Nephi 8-11<\/a><\/p>\n

On 16 August 2020,\u00a0Bruce Webster, Kris Frederickson, and Mike Parker were the discussants in an Interpreter Radio Roundtable for\u00a0Come, Follow Me<\/em>\u00a0Book of Mormon Lesson 37,\u00a0\u201cArise and Come Forth unto Me,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0on 3 Nephi 8-11. Freed of commercial interruptions, the roundtable was extracted from the 16 August 2020 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show.\u00a0 It has now been archived and made accessible, at no charge, for your listening pleasure and edification.\u00a0 The complete show may be heard at\u00a0https:\/\/interpreterfoundation.org\/interpreter-radio-show-august-16-2020\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Also new today, from Jonn Claybaugh, and (again) available at no charge on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:<\/p>\n

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Come, Follow Me<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 Study and Teaching Helps: Lesson 37, September 14-20: 3 Nephi 8-11 \u2014\u00a0\u201cArise and Come Forth unto Me\u201d<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cDigging Stopped in Ancient Biblical Cities: For US archaeologists, major discoveries will have to wait until next year, at least.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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He\u2019s always worth listening to:<\/p>\n

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\u201cDiscussing Politics When Opinion is the New Religion\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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And, in a few days, you can listen to him via the Wheatley Institution at Brigham Young University:<\/p>\n

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\u201c\u201cRestoring the Common Good in Divided Times\u201d: The Wheatley Institution\u2019s Truman G. Madsen Lecture with Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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I know, I know.\u00a0 It\u2019s been several days since I\u2019ve provided any items for your ravenous Christopher Hitchens Memorial \u201cHow Religion Poisons Everything\u201d File<\/em>.\u00a0 I\u2019m terribly sorry.\u00a0 But these links should tide you over and perhaps even sate your appetite, for at least a little<\/em> bit:<\/p>\n

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\u201cHelping Hands Work Over Holiday Weekend to Provide Relief in Louisiana:\u00a0Hundreds of Latter-day Saints from neighboring areas gather to help with Hurricane Laura disaster cleanup effort\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cSaving Sight in Malawi: Latter-day Saint Charities, in partnership with Sightsavers, helps children receive treatment to improve their eyesight.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cLatter-day Saints Around the World: Country Newsroom Websites, August 31, 2020\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cMask-Making Relief Society Sisters in Colombia Deliver Protection and Hope\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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And this one is rather inspiring.\u00a0 Or, I should really say, appalling and terrifying:<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou are Latter-day Saint Charities\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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This is one of the ways in which evil, wicked theists join in on such horrifying acts:<\/p>\n

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\u201cDonate to Humanitarian Services\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Here is another way, one that is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<\/a> but that is open to people of any background whatever:<\/p>\n

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Just Serve<\/a><\/p>\n

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