http://www.deseretnews.com/home/ Daniel Peterson en-us Copyright 2012, Deseret News Publishing Company Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:01 MDT Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:21:58 MDT Newspapers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765578148/All-could-learn-something-from-ancestors.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765578148/All-could-learn-something-from-ancestors.html Many years ago, while my wife and I were visiting what was still known as Leningrad in what was still known as the Soviet... Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765576518/Parallels-of-prophets-not-parallel.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765576518/Parallels-of-prophets-not-parallel.html From time to time, some triumphant atheist or other challenges me with a list of supposed parallels between the biblical... Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765573094/A-simple-explanation-works-best-for-the-Restoration.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765573094/A-simple-explanation-works-best-for-the-Restoration.html We left off last week with the notion that the Book of Mormon was plagiarized from a manuscript written by Solomon Spalding,... Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765571427/Joseph-Smiths-account-of-the-Restoration-is-difficult-to-counter.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765571427/Joseph-Smiths-account-of-the-Restoration-is-difficult-to-counter.html As I see it, the single most persuasive secular argument for the authenticity of the founding events of the Restoration isn't... Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765569673/If-beginning-is-true-all-else-follows.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765569673/If-beginning-is-true-all-else-follows.html Years ago, my colleague and friend Louis Midgley drew my attention to an anecdote related by the eminent Protestant church... Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765567876/Humility-is-a-quality-all-too-lacking.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765567876/Humility-is-a-quality-all-too-lacking.html Humility seems to rank fairly low among the secular virtues, but it's at the core of what it means to be religious. Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765566003/The-gospel-truly-brings-joyful-news.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765566003/The-gospel-truly-brings-joyful-news.html One of the most memorable experiences of my mission in Switzerland came when the aunt of the Basel Ward mission leader died.... Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765563880/If-heavenly-reunions-are-true-then-what-else-matters.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765563880/If-heavenly-reunions-are-true-then-what-else-matters.html My only sibling — my half-brother, Kenneth Walters (we never thought of ourselves as half-brothers) — died... Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765557545/Religious-people-are-happier-studies-show.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765557545/Religious-people-are-happier-studies-show.html One of the most interesting and provocative social analysts in America today is Arthur Brooks, currently president of the... Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 MST http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765555334/Life-after-death-is-a-joyful-fact.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765555334/Life-after-death-is-a-joyful-fact.html I share with you a true story that my friend and former neighbor Ken McCarty shared with me. Ken has been an associate at... Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 MST