My Column in "Mormon Times"

[Daniel Peterson]

Peterson (who actually hates and fears science) pretends that faith has something to do with science, using the word faith in a way that no actual scientist ever would:

 

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865622838/Even-in-science-faith-isnt-optional.html

[Daniel Peterson]

Peterson admits that mindless slavery is the essence of his "religion":

 

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865625528/Defending-the-Faith-In-submission-is-our-salvation.html

[Daniel Peterson]

Faced with the fact that there's absolutely no evidence anywhere that supports Joe's Myth and the Book of Mor(m)on, Peterson shamelessly makes things up:

 

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865626023/The-Narrative-of-Zosimus-and-the-Book-of-Mormon.html

[Daniel Peterson]

In which Peterson, mingling absurdity with his usual ill temper, equates Palmyra with Jerusalem and implies that Joseph Smith, not Jesus, can save humanity:

 

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865628086/A-tale-of-2-holy-lands.html

[Daniel Peterson]

Archaeology, says Peterson, is worthless and of the devil:

 

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeterson/2015/05/much-left-to-discover-between-archaeology-and-the-book-of-mormon.html

[Daniel Peterson]

Peterson is forced, amid much snarling and whining, to admit that the Witnesses almost certainly lied about seeing the plates of the Book of Mor(m)on:

 

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865629099/The-plates-of-the-Book-of-Mormon-As-material-as-anything-can-be.html