Did you know that people studied and become experts in such a unique field? Last Wednesday, the Church History Library had a Lunch and Learn presentation by Daniel Olsen, who is the chair of the BYU Geography department and that was the topic of his presentation. He has written over 20 books or chapters of books or edited them on this general theme. He has also written many many articles and given presentations on related topics. He shared about his beginnings in the field and how he came to develop his interests and specialties in the field. Since I love geography and traveling and my religion--I loved it and found it all very interesting. I hope maybe to take a class from him someday.
It is an interesting question--why do we go to find when we visit historical sites related to our religion or those of other religions? What about trips to places we share with other religions such as Israel? What do we hope to gain--to learn-and/or to feel? Do we go for educational reasons or do we seek to declare our devotion to our God?
Our fellow human beings are all very fascinating. I love listening to people talk about things they are passionate about.
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