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Ph.D. in astronomy
John P. Pratt was raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has always loved science and math. As a youth, he discovered prime numbers when he was four, studied dinosaurs like a maniac in fourth grade, and raised several pet reptiles and amphibian, and even ant lions. He placed second in the Salt Lake City science fair in junior high, and graduated first in his class from high school. He was chosen the outstanding student of physics at the University of Utah, spent two years in Southern Brazil as an L.D.S. missionary, and received his Ph.D. in astronomy from the U. of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona.
John married Ruth McOmber of Pocatello, Idaho, and they have five children. Their first married years were in Tucson, after which they lived in Kaysville, Utah, where John did computer programming at Hill Air Force Base for the Minuteman Missile program (yes, I suppose that would make him a “rocket scientist”). He has written over seventy articles on science and religion for the Meridian Magazine which are all found on his website (www.johnpratt.com). His real specialty is doing research in ancient calendars and chronology, and has had some papers published in those fields. He has many side interests, including outdoor survival, hapkido, table tennis, playing guitar, gardening and tennis.
Author Papers
- Priesthood Pattern of Seven
- Abraham’s Three Truths of Astronomy
- Answering Objections to Gospel in the Stars
- Constellations Testify of Seven Angels
- Coordinates for the Constellations
- Daniel’s Prophecy Foretells Date of Crucifixion
- Dead Sea Scrolls May Solve Mystery
- Decision Days Ahead?
- Defense of April Sixth
- Devouring Fire: Volcanoes and Scripture
- Did God Write the Laws of Physics?
- Did the Fish Die in the Flood?
- Divine Calendars Testify of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
- Enoch Calendar Testifies of Christ
- Enoch Calendar: Another Witness of the Restoration
- Enoch’s Constellations Testify of Christ
- Exodus Date Testifies of Christ
- Fleeing the Comforts of Eden
- From Martyrdom to Celebration!
- Geological Evidence for the British Throne of David
- Hard-wired for God?
- Has Satan Hijacked Science?
- Hidden Treasures in the Scriptures
- How Can We Know Truth?
- How Did the Book of Jasher Know?
- Is God Speaking in Natural Disasters?
- Joshua’s Seventieth Jubilee
- Jubilee Calendar Testifies of Christ
- Lehi’s 600-year Prophecy of the Birth of Christ
- Lost Constellation Testifies of Christ
- Mapping Time
- Millennial Science
- New Proposed Location for Solomon’s Temple
- Newton’s Date For The Crucifixion
- Parallel Universes and Warning Revelations
- Passover: Was it Symbolic of His Coming?
- Petrified Wood: Days or Millions of Years?
- Petroglyphs: Rock Art or Rock Writing?
- Prairie Dog Language?
- Protecting Our Families with the Lord’s Security Methods
- Religious Chronology Summary
- Review of Gospel in the Stars
- Sacred Calendars Q/A
- Science and Religion Turf Wars
- Science and the Light of Christ
- Scientifically Dating the Constellations
- Scientists and Belief in God
- Seven Sacred Calendars Testify of Christ
- Seven Trumpets
- Sir Isaac Newton Interprets Daniel’s Prophecies
- Spectacular Meteor Shower Might Repeat
- Strengths and Weaknesses of Science
- Synchronicity as a Sign
- The Constellations Testify of Christ
- The Hebrew Calendar Testifies of Latter-day Events
- The Hebrew Calendar Testifies of the Creator
- The Lion and Unicorn Testify of Christ Part I: The Cornerstone Constellations
- The Lion and Unicorn Testify of Christ Part II: The Four Royal Stars
- The Lord’s Science in the New Millennium
- The Nephite Calendar
- The Planet Uranus Testifies of Christ
- The Planets Testify of the Creator
- The Prophetic Dream That Saved Martin Luther
- The Restoration of Priesthood Keys on Easter 1836 Part 1: Dating the First Easter
- The Restoration of Priesthood Keys on Easter 1836 Part 2: Symbolism of Passover and of Elijah’s Return
- The Sahara: An Act of God?
- The Scapegoat Dilemma
- The Star of Bethlehem’s Forerunner
- The Timing of David and Solomon’s Reigns
- The Zodiac Testifies of Christ
- Tsunami on the Feast of Trumpets
- Twelve Sons, Twelve Constellations
- Twelve Sons, Twelve Stones
- Venus Resurrects This Easter Sunday
- Venus Testifies of Christ
- Venus and the Beginning of Mortality
- What Every Mormon Should Know About Astronomy
- What is Creation?
- When Was Judah’s 70-Year Babylonian Captivity?
- Why Does the Whole World Reckon Time from the Birth of Christ?
- Worlds Without End
- Yet Another Eclipse for Herod
- April 6 Celebration of the Planets
- Celestial Witnesses of the Meridian of Time
- Celestial Witnesses of Christ Breaking the Bands of Death
- Astronomical Event of the Century
- A Native American Easter: How the Ancient American Calendar Testifies of Christ
- Comet Holmes: “Once in a Lifetime”
- Blindness Conditioning
- Astronomical Witnesses of the Great Flood
- What Fiery Flying Serpent Symbolized Christ?
- Limhi, Alma, and Passover Patterns
- Genealogy from Adam to the Twelve Tribes
- A Volcanic Highway for the Lost Tribes?
- Antioxidants and Isaiah