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Friday Feb 28, 2020
Friday Feb 28, 2020
Spoilers ahead! We welcome David, a fellow Berkeley Wardian, as guest to the show today to talk about the final episode of the Good Place and its parallels with LDS views on redemption and exaltation
The Good Place
https://www.nbc.com/the-good-place
Sacred time vs. profine time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_return_(Eliade)
The Seven Deadly Heresies, by Bruce R. McConkie
https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/bruce-r-mcconkie/seven-deadly-heresies/
Fair mormon question
Eternal Misfit, by Roger Terry
https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V43_N03_188.pdf
Gospel Principles, Exaltation (includes President Joseph Fielding Smith quote)
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-principles/chapter-47-exaltation
Apotheosis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apotheosis
Michael Schur: “As long as you’re trying, you’re on the right path.”
https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-good-places-moral-message-changed-as-much-as-the-ch-1837096810
Stormlight archive
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stormlight_Archive
No exit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Exit
Nothing in Heaven Functions as It Ought, by X.J. Kennedy
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Monday Feb 10, 2020
He was lookin’ for a podcast to steal. He was in a bind, ‘cause he was way behind, but we wouldn’t accept him as a sponsor for this episode, so neener neener.
Here’s some references!
Gospel topics article
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/satan
Wiki!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satan
Recency bias
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases
LDS General Conference Corpus
https://www.lds-general-conference.org/
Huckabee Is Not Alone in Ignorance on Mormonism, by Laurie Goodstein
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/14/us/politics/14mormon.html
Twitter thread from Eric
https://twitter.com/thmazing/status/1217670280069279744
Michael Ballam 4 lyfe!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ballam
BD: devil
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bd/devil
The Screwtape Letters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Screwtape_Letters
There must needs be opposition in all things
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/2.p11#p11
Perelandra
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perelandra
The Tragedy of King Leere, Goatherd of the la Sals, by Steven L. Peck
https://www.amazon.com/Tragedy-King-Leere-Goatherd-Sals/dp/1948218011
1 Corinthians 10:13
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/1-cor/10.p13?lang=eng#p13
Saturday Jan 25, 2020
Saturday Jan 25, 2020
Doubt and skepticism is a recurring theme on Face in Hat. Today we look at President Uchtdorf’s 2013 talk, “Come, Join with Us”, which includes the now famous phrase “doubt your doubts.” What does this mean and how do different people in the church interpret it?
“Come, Join with Us”, by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Oct 2013 General Conference session
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2013/10/come-join-with-us
Heisenberg uncertainty principle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty_principle
The Next Mormons: How Millennials Are Changing the LDS Church, by Jana Reese
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0190885203
The Crucible of Doubt: Reflections On the Quest for Faith, by Tera and Fiona Gibbons
Jane & Emma
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8581198/
My Testimony is My Life, by The Star-Eater
https://www.arch-hive.net/post/my-testimony-is-my-life
2nd Isaiah and the Book of Mormon
A very little bit on doubt, by Eric Jepson
https://thmazing.blogspot.com/2007/09/very-little-bit-on-doubt-svithe.html
When Doubts and Questions Arise, by Adam Kotter
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2015/03/when-doubts-and-questions-arise
(cited scriptures)
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/morm/9.27
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/6.36
Saturday Dec 14, 2019
Saturday Dec 14, 2019
Mormons have interesting proscriptions. Some are more open to interpretation than others, and how they are interpreted has changed over our history. We look at the Word of Wisdom, rated R movies, and the Sabbath day as three examples.
D&C 89: The Word of Wisdom
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/89
Word of Wisdom gospel topic
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/word-of-wisdom
Thomas G. Alexander, "The Word of Wisdom: From Principle to Requirement", Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 14:3 (1981) pp. 78–88.
http://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V14N03_80.pdf
Handbook 2 on Word of Wisdom (21.3.11)
“Vaping, Coffee, Tea, and Marijuana,” New Era article, Aug 2019
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/new-era/2019/08/vaping-coffee-tea-and-marijuana
Eric’s Twitter conversation about green tea
https://twitter.com/thmazing/status/1161372166127902720
Wow there is a lot of research about the comma in vs. 13 of the Word of Wisdom. This article especially is great: A. Jane Birch (2014). “Questioning the Comma in Verse 13 of the Word of Wisdom.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 10: 133-149
https://journal.interpreterfoundation.org/questioning-the-comma-in-verse-13-of-the-word-of-wisdom/
Hello Internet episode including discussion of The Game Changers, a documentary “about plant-based eating, protein, and strength”
http://www.hellointernet.fm/podcast/130
https://www.netflix.com/title/81157840
Kurzgesagt: Why Meat is the Best Worst Thing in the World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxvQPzrg2Wg
Word of Wisdom Wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_of_Wisdom
To the “Youth of the Noble Birthright” - President Ezra Taft Benson, Spring 1986 General Conference, Priesthood session
For the Strength of Youth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_the_Strength_of_Youth
https://www.docdroid.net/eVNYkuG/1990-for-the-strength-of-youth-lds-standards-of-conduct.pdf#page=12
Gospel topic on the sabbath day
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/sabbath-day
Decisions for Which I've Been Grateful by Clayton M. Christensen (specifically the fourth decision about basketball on Sunday)
http://www2.byui.edu/Presentations/Transcripts/Devotionals/2004_06_08_Christensen.htm
Kim Ho Jik: Korean Pioneer, by Denny Roy (starting with “Brother Kim also made a memorably bold statement of dedication to his faith..”)
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1988/07/kim-ho-jik-korean-pioneer
Church Updates Temple Recommend Interview Questions
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/october-2019-general-conference-temple-recommend
Sunday Nov 24, 2019
Sunday Nov 24, 2019
Albert Einstein, C. S. Lewis, Carl Sagan, Paul. Talking about evolution, Adam and Eve, death, and the March of Progress takes us on quite the journey!
Wiki on Mormon views on evolution
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_views_on_evolution
Meanwhile, in Ohio… https://local12.com/news/local/ohio-house-passes-bill-allowing-student-answers-to-be-scientifically-wrong-due-to-religion
Paul’s teaching about faith
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/heb/11.1-40
See also, Alma and the seed
https://churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/alma/32
Intro to evolution
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution
Peppered moth evolution
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppered_moth_evolution
Antibodies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibody
Speciation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speciation
Carl Sagan
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/954415-the-secrets-of-evolution-are-death-and-time-the-deaths-of
Carl Sagan - COSMOS - Evolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZpsVSVRsZk
Scriptures on death, Adam and Eve, and the fall
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/pgp/moses/6.48
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/2.22
Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers, Episode 3, The First Storytellers
Perelandra, by C. S. Lewis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perelandra
QI, Season 15, episode 10, on the March of Progress (timestamp 26:13)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B078KJ8DKJ
Beyond the Block podcast, What God Hath Cleansed
https://beyondtheblockpodcast.com/episodes/what-god-hath-cleansed-s1!78d3b
Einstein’s quote, “God does not play dice with the universe”
https://www.businessinsider.com/god-does-not-play-dice-quote-meaning-2015-11
Scopes Monkey Trial
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_Trial
Drunk history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tyD8qtB4xE
Summer for the Gods by Edward J. Larson https://amzn.to/37yEmuS
1911 Brigham Young University modernism controversy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1911_Brigham_Young_University_modernism_controversy
Ark Baby by Liz Jensen
Evolving Faith by Steven L. Peck
Origin of species
Monday Nov 11, 2019
Monday Nov 11, 2019
How do LDS works get canonized? Should the King Follet Discourse be scripture? What about other teachings of Joseph Smith or more recent prophets? Lots of references in the show notes for this one. Check them out!
The King Follett Discourse
http://mldb.byu.edu/follett.htm
Mormon Literature Online Anthology Sampler, Selections from various genres and periods of Mormon Literature
http://mldb.byu.edu/mlitsamp.htm
Wiki for the King Follett Discourse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Follett_discourse
Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, by Joseph Fielding Smith (1938)
https://scriptures.byu.edu/tpjs/STPJS.pdf
Gospel Principles, Ch. 47 Exaltation
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-principles/chapter-47-exaltation
Wiki standard works
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_works
Wiki common consent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_consent
Proclamations, declarations clarify, reaffirm LDS doctrine, by Julie Dockstader (includes quote from Edward J. Brandt)
Proclamations of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, by Robert J. Matthews
Closing Remarks, by President Russell M. Nelson, Sunday Afternoon session, October 2019 General Conference (includes information about upcoming Spring 2020 General Conference)
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2019/10/57nelson
The Family, A Proclamation to the World
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Family:_A_Proclamation_to_the_World
Women across the globe hope to follow and change LDS Church, their families as they unleash their influence, by Karissa Neely (includes quotes by Melissa Inouye)
More by Melissa Inouye: Crossings: A Bald Asian American Latter-day Saint Woman Scholar's Ventures Through Life, Death, Cancer, and Motherhood (2019)
David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism, by Gregory Prince and Wm. Robert Wright (2005)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._McKay_and_the_Rise_of_Modern_Mormonism
“The perfect union of man and woman”: reclamation and collaboration in Joseph Smith’s theology making, by Fiona Givens
https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V49N01_99.pdf
Female Ritual Healing in Mormonism, by Jonathan A. Stapley and Kristine Wright. Journal of Mormon History Vol. 37, No. 1, Winter 2011, pp 1-85 (see page 57)
Sunday Sep 29, 2019
Sunday Sep 29, 2019
For the start of season 2, Aaron and Eric chat about the Millenium, signs of the second coming, transhumanism, and what % of the world is going to what % of hell in what % of a handbasket :)
Gospel topics second coming/millennium
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/second-coming-of-jesus-christ
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics/millennium
5 myths about the millennium by Robert L. Millet
http://www.ldsliving.com/5-Millennium-Myths-You-Thought-Were-True/s/76486
Gospel principles
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
War
Parasites
Overpopulation
Our world in data
D&C 19
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/19
Transhumanism links
https://transfigurism.org/mormon-transhumanist-affirmation
Paradisiacal Glory by Katherine Cowley
https://lit.mormonartist.net/2019/07/paradisiacal-glory-katherine-cowley/
Brigham Young quote (from twitter :)
https://twitter.com/Keepapitchinin/status/1167127582489206785
Joel Pett climate summit cartoon
http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/store/add.php?iid=41786
Nephi Anderson’s novel Added Upon
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17249
Gospel of Thomas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Thomas
Isaiah 64:4
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/isa/64.4
Saturday Jun 08, 2019
Saturday Jun 08, 2019
What do mummies, papyrus, and a great fire have to do with modern scripture? Join us as we look at the broad meaning of the word translation and how it can be applied to Joseph Smith’s work and the Pearl of Great Price.
Changes to the Lord’s Prayer
Joseph Smith’s translation of the Lord’s Prayer
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/jst/jst-matt/6.14
Wiki: Joseph Smith’s translation of the Bible
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Smith_Translation_of_the_Bible
Gospel topics essay: Translation and Historicity of the Book of Abraham
Abraham 3:22-23
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/pgp/abr/3.22-23?lang=eng#p22
Wiki: Critical appraisal of the Book of Abraham
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_appraisal_of_the_Book_of_Abraham
Letters to a Young Mormon (pages 32 and 34), by Adam S. Miller
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20427135-letters-to-a-young-mormon
South Park!
Saturday May 04, 2019
Saturday May 04, 2019
Let’s talk about aliens! Our hosts discuss the Fermi paradox, Drake’s equation and SETI, and then cover how Mormon doctrines about many worlds relate to the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
Wiki links!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_cosmology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Follett_discourse
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
The Fermi Paradox — Where Are All The Aliens? Parts 1 and 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNhhvQGsMEc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fQkVqno-uI
60 minutes interview with President Hinckley. Note this video doesn’t have the quote we mentioned which was actually from a Time article. We include here a FairMormon article discussing how President Hinckley was actually taken a bit out of context in that article.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK0PxT5Vm4g
https://www.fairmormon.org/archive/publications/does_president_hinckley_understand_lds_doctrine
Literature!
Leviathan Wakes, by James S. A. Corey
https://www.amazon.com/Leviathan-Wakes-James-S-Corey/dp/0316129089
"Avek, Who Is Distributed" (story about baptizing an AI)
online:
https://lit.mormonartist.net/2016/02/avek-who-is-distributed/
Original discussion page:
https://motleyvision.org/2012/10/26/discuss-avek-who-is-distributed-by-steven-peck/
Collected here: https://amzn.to/2JbcZx8
Monsters & Mormons: https://www.amazon.com/Monsters-Mormons-Wm-Henry-Morris/dp/0982781245
"Let the Mountains Tremble for Adoniha Has Fallen" by Steven L. Peck (medieval Mormons on Mars)
"Bokev Momen" by D. Michael Martindale (aliens rescue adducted missionary)
"That Leviathan Whom Thou Hast Made" by Eric James Stone (aliens that live in the Sun)
not included in discussion: "First Estate" by Katherine Woodbury: Mormon Ruth and her alien Boaz
Johnson, Hollis R. (1992), "Worlds", in Ludlow, Daniel H (ed.), Encyclopedia of Mormonism, New York: Macmillan Publishing, pp. 1595–96, ISBN 0-02-879602-0, OCLC 24502140
Saturday Apr 20, 2019
Saturday Apr 20, 2019
Our hosts discuss the book “The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy,” by Carol Lynn Pearson.
The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy: Haunting the Hearts and Heaven of Mormon Women and Men, by Carol Lynn Pearson:
https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Eternal-Polygamy-Haunting-Hearts/dp/0997458208
Eric’s literary works:
The Widower: https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V42N02_137.pdf
The Prophetess of Mars: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NSJMQBV
Book review by Rebecca J
Privileged, by Kyle Korver
https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/kyle-korver-utah-jazz-nba
Too sacred for public consumption -or- Disgusting the prophet’s wife, blog entry by Eric
The panel honoring Carol Lynn Pearson: AML Conference 2019. Quote from 1:28:57-1:31:25:
http://associationmormonletters.org/blog/2019/04/carol-lynn-pearson-2019/