It isn’t fair to say “You guys have Osama bin Laden, and we have Mother Teresa of Calcutta.”  Christendom has its villains, after all, and Islam has its saints. Are there dangers to acknowledging that, sometimes, we just don’t know? Even for Saints with firm testimonies. His landline phone number is (480) 443-0873 and the mobile phone number is (602) 799-8209. Are there ways in which apologists approach their efforts that can result in the unintended effects of turning off members of the Church while angering those of other faiths? You can always do that later, if you wish. (Remove the masculine plural ending of that word, -im, and you’re left with Eloh-, which should make the similarity unmistakably obvious.). The declining activity rate within the Mormon church may finally level off at 20-25%, but that’s enough. Matthew Bowen has been publishing arresting work on apparent Hebrew word plays in the Book of Mormon. The Lord is no respecter of persons, and he honors those who genuinely, sincerely seek him — as many Muslims plainly do. Although secular arguments can never replace internal spiritual conviction, having well-thought-out reasons for our beliefs can help us in advocating and defending those beliefs to non-believers. Your email address will not be published. In retrospect, I realize how remarkably tolerant and supportive they were. In my judgment, the interviews went extremely well. He is one of the great treasures of contemporary Latter-day Saint thought. He loves people and stimulating discussion. So vie with one another in good works. When the power of God is on one, they know. A graduate of Fargo South High school and Concordia College, he completed dental school and his Orthodontic Residency at the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine. I love Qur’an 5:48, which I’ll quote in my own quick translation. And with the burning bosom, the evidence really doesn’t even matter. To read more from Daniel, visit his blog: Sic et Non. Apologetics should not become combative, let alone exclusive and hateful. To my great good fortune, BYU was trying at that very time to strengthen and expand its faculty in Middle Eastern Studies — the University’s then quite controversial Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies was under construction — and I received an invitation to come to Provo. But the Muslim community offers us a good challenge to see where we might be able to do even better. I soon decided, however, that mathematics and physics weren’t my real passion. I also serve as president and chairman of the board of the Interpreter Foundation (see http://www.mormoninterpreter.com and http://interpreterfoundation.org), which publishes weekly articles in its online journal, records podcasts, publishes the occasional book and convenes the occasional conference, has now launched a regular Sunday evening radio program (at 7PM on Salt Lake City’s K-Talk, 1640 AM), and has begun to enter into film production. After graduation, wanting to spend some time in the Middle East, I participated in a BYU Jerusalem study abroad program led by my friend S. Kent Brown. There are several things that I might mention, but, in keeping with your request, I’ll limit my answer to one: I admire the willingness of many Muslims to make their faith not only a regular daily component of their lives but one that punctuates each day. Dr. Peterson was born and raised in Fargo. Unfortunately, it led to the fact that a number of Church members bore responsibility for that horrific mass murder. I felt the Spirit while the imam was talking.” Would you say something about truth as it is found in Islam and the benefits of recognizing this truth within the Mormon community? I’ve found him to be wise and thought-provoking. And philosophy — the “Big Issues” — had always intrigued me. August 3, 1999 "I believe that there is more going on here than our own merely human efforts can fully explain." Many in Sweden wanted to know the position of the Swedish Lutheran Church on the controversy, so Rev. So we began to talk about the claims of the Restoration. Could you tell us about the book you are working on dealing with Latter-day Saints and Islam? Or John Sorenson. He placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, where they succumbed to the temptations of Satan. Although Muslims deny the divinity of Christ, they do regard him as a sinless prophet, born of a virgin, who will return at the end of time as part of the Last Judgment. Dr. Daniel Peterson Related Topics: Dr. Matthew Ames… 60 talking about this. Some will fail to be converted or, even more sadly, will lose their confidence in the Gospel and the Church. While we’re overwhelmingly a volunteer operation, there are unavoidable expenses. To those ends, I write regular newspaper columns (for Salt Lake City’s Deseret News) and other articles, maintain a blog, and work, when I can spare the moments to do so, on several large manuscripts that I hope to finish before I depart this vale of tears. Even in the Savior’s case — and his was a much more persuasive voice than any of us can ever expect to have — the majority of his audience in Jerusalem and the Galilee rejected his claims. First, he said, don’t go immediately to its enemies to learn about another religion or philosophy. And having such reasons can also help believers themselves at moments when they may be feeling distant from the Spirit — as we all do, at points during our lives — or when they’re being challenged by critics or doubters. Scott Gordon has served for many years now as the impresario of remarkable activity at FairMormon. (And also about the Bible and Jesus and Christianity. Donna is related to Feliciano C Ascano and Omar E Batuhan as well as 3 additional people. The thing is, the evidence is what it is. I’m not at all surprised at the idea of a Latter-day Saint feeling the Spirit in a mosque or during a khutba sermon. A series of prophets followed, calling to repentance and, when apostasy distorted authentic teachings, restoring the truth. The word Allah, for example, is simply the Arabic equivalent of the English God, not the name of a distinctly Islamic “false god.”  It isn’t a name for a different deity, like Zeus or Apollo or Vishnu. Daniel C. Peterson. I can’t imagine that my parents were precisely thrilled with my choice of such an impractical study program. Before we begin, could you tell us a little bit about yourself and your involvement with Islamic studies and Mormon apologetics? Enter your email address to subscribe to FromtheDesk and receive notifications of new posts. Even if we don’t want to switch religions or change ideologies, is it possible that others might have something to teach us? — we headed off to Egypt, where I studied at the American University in Cairo and she was fortunate enough to land a job teaching at Cairo American College. I had a multitude of conflicting plans. Read 2 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. (It’s noteworthy, I think, that relatively few women are involved in apologetics. We who have been blessed with the Gospel should never think that that blessing, in itself, proves us better than others. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had announced the construction of a temple near Stockholm and, as always happens, there was opposition. They believe in a God who created the Earth purposefully, in order to test us. Also, Dr. Peterson’s response is copied below. Great quick synopsis about a great man. (I had a life-size poster on my dorm wall of Albert Einstein riding a bicycle.) I am in the “have” (many times) category, and won’t give it up for all the unenlightened and uninspired reasoning in the world. Shelama, You are welcome to your opinion of what the evidence indicates and if it doesn’t convince you, and you prefer not to believe in a supreme being, you will not find yourself forced to do so and you can live your life as you choose, and hopefully, as you say, without hurting anybody. Eventually, active Mormons may well comprise even less than the 0.000658 of the world’s population they now do, but that’s fine, too. Moreover, I had been captivated by a series of four public lectures by Truman Madsen at a regional “BYU Education Week” in southern California—on “existentialism,” “logical positivism,” “Marxism,” and some other “-ism” that I’ve since forgotten. It was established in 2012 by The Interpreter Foundation with Daniel C. Peterson as founding editor-in-chief. It’s an exciting time to be a believing Latter-day Saint, and I’m grateful to all of these people — and to many others whom I haven’t mentioned — for their contributions. Who was the Real Billy the Kid? Would you comment briefly on what contributions they make to the field? Dangers? These prophets include such familiar figures as Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, and Jesus. I was born in Pasadena, California, and raised in nearby San Gabriel. So, anyway, I eventually focused on classical Greek and philosophy at BYU. My own current role in apologetics is both to be an apologist myself and to use whatever capabilities I have to support, publish, and distribute the apologetic work of others. Why on earth should Lutherans oppose it? And then I found that a dorm neighbor and good friend — still a good friend today—was taking a class in ancient Greek. Although she grew up here, my mother left for Los Angeles as soon as she graduated from high school. He has published and spoken extensively on both Islamic and Mormon subjects. It will be so substantial a revision, in fact — both bringing it up to date and extending it beyond the Arabs to treat such Muslim but non-Arab countries as Turkey, Afghanistan, Indonesia, and Iran, which have become much more urgently important to an American audience since I first wrote the book — that I regard it as new enough to merit a different title. A native of southern California, Daniel C. Peterson received a bachelor’s degree in Greek and philosophy from Brigham Young University (BYU) and, after several years of study in Jerusalem and Cairo, earned his Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Plus, even with the steadily declining growth rate of Mormon membership, even that will produce real “growth” and require new chapels and new mini-temples. Later, after his baptism, he told me that it was his reading of Hugh Nibley that began to plant the notion in his mind that, in fact, Mormonism might actually be true. Hardback, $19.99. Let the Mormons build their temple, he said. We too wear particular (though less obvious) clothing designed, among other things, to remind us of our commitments and promises. But the really good things is, if Mormonism makes you happy and improves the quality of your life and death and family — and as long as you don’t hurt anybody else with it — does it really make much difference that it’s false? And some of those who had once accepted those claims eventually abandoned them. 2 (1975): 215–224. Abstract: Donald W. Parry combines a lifetime of […], Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926-2004) was a Swiss-American physician and psychiatrist and the author of, among several other things, the pioneering 1969 book On Death and Dying. Select this result to view Daniel C … Daniel C. has 1 job listed on their profile. Some will conclude that no answer is to be had, or that there is an answer and that it’s lethal to the claims of the Restoration. 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