{"id":89104,"date":"2020-11-10T19:29:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T02:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=89104"},"modified":"2020-11-10T20:52:16","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T03:52:16","slug":"the-case-for-ancient-roots-in-the-book-of-moses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2020\/11\/the-case-for-ancient-roots-in-the-book-of-moses.html","title":{"rendered":"“The Case for Ancient Roots in the Book of Moses”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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From Jeff Lindsay<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0\u201cVideo of My Presentation with Noel Reynolds, \u201c\u2019Strong Like Unto Moses\u2019: The Case for Ancient Roots in the Book of Moses\u201d\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Up today on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:<\/p>\n

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Audio Roundtable:\u00a0Come, Follow Me<\/em>\u00a0Book of Mormon Lesson 45\u00a0\u201cThat Evil May Be Done Away\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Ether 6-11<\/a><\/p>\n

The discussants in the\u00a0 Interpreter Radio Roundtable for\u00a0Come, Follow Me<\/em>\u00a0Book of Mormon Lesson 45,\u00a0\u201cThat Evil May Be Done Away,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0focused on Ether chapters 6-11 were Terry Hutchinson, John Gee, and Kevin Christensen. This roundtable was extracted for your pleasure and edification from the 11 October 2020 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show.\u00a0 It has been freed of commercial and other interruptions. The complete show may be heard at\u00a0https:\/\/interpreterfoundation.org\/interpreter-radio-show-october-11-2020\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Come, Follow Me<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 Study and Teaching Helps: Lesson 45, November 16-22: Ether 6-11 \u2014\u00a0\u201cThat Evil May Be Done Away,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>by Jonn Claybaugh<\/a><\/p>\n

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A bit more on Lord Jonathan Sacks, who died on 7 November 2020, not less than two months after delivering the Truman G. Madsen Distinguished Lecture (on \u201cMorality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times\u201d<\/a>)\u00a0to the Wheatley Institution at Brigham Young University:<\/p>\n

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\u201cRemembering a Great Leader and Thinker\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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A Latter-day Saint perspective:\u00a0 \u201cRabbi Sacks, the Snow, and Our Common Humanity: As the election dust settles and the snow falls, some thoughts on something deeper than our many differences \u2013 a witness born most eloquently by the remarkable and recently deceased Rabbi Sacks.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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On the religious liberty front:\u00a0 \u201cMy Child Deserves First Amendment Freedoms. Her School Disagrees.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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This will please some . . .\u00a0 and infuriate others:<\/p>\n

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\u201cHow Pres.-elect Joe Biden, late Utah Sen. Bob Bennett shared their religious faiths with each other\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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From the Christopher Hitchens Memorial \u201cHow Religion Poisons Everything\u201d File<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cA Look at How the Church of Jesus Christ Will #LightTheWorld This Christmas: Giving Machines will not be used, but many other service options are available\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cMormon Church \u2018Reach Out\u2019 with \u20ac20,000 Rescue Package\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cReport: People who are highly spiritual tend to be more civic-minded: The Fetzer Institute-sponsored study also found that the more spiritual people said they were, the more inclined they appeared to be to volunteer and donate. But only 36% said their spirituality influences their political actions.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cNew Saints Studio Channel series connects people of faith through music and personal struggles\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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And, speaking of the late Christopher Hitchens:<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy Encounter with Christopher Hitchens\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Finally, with Mr. Hitchens still very much on my mind:<\/p>\n

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\u201cChristianity Shaken To Its Core As Atheist Refers To God As \u2018Magic Invisible Friend'\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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