We’re finishing The God Who Weeps by Terryl Givens and Fiona Givens. This is the first book in a trilogy of Mormon theology and we want to leave room in the year to get through it all. What does today hold for us? We start with a long discussion on the pre-mortal existence, transitioning into existence, then ascending to perfection thanks to Mormon beliefs. We didn’t realize until pretty late in the project that the 5 chapters of the book are structured around the different stages of the Mormon Plan of Salvation (PoS), but it become clear pretty early on in our discussion. All told, the book is a marker of modern orthodox Mormon belief: pray, pay, and obey. They even have an ultra-conservative take on abortion that makes the official stance of the church seem like bleeding-heart liberals in comparison. Then we talk about The Meaning of Life, a Monty Python movie from 1983 that has a much more healthy way of looking at the random cosmic soup that led to human existence. We wrap with some happy news about the success of a slightly higher tax in Massachusetts that raised a bunch of money for all the things for which taxes are used. We round out by going through some delightful listener mail from the April Fools episode!
MOGP:
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life
Happy News:
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April 2025 General Conference Sunday Afternoon session. Patrons of the show get the appendix of Saturday Evening session at the end of the record.
Ulisses Soares – Reverence; Moses and the burning bush; you-damn-kids talk; pray for guidance from the Holy Ghost for AI, don’t weaken your connection to God with AI!!!
Michael Strong Q70 – Killed a kid on a bike during his mission, was really sad that he had to spend the night in jail until a ‘compassionate’ fellow missionary stayed with him
Scott Whiting Q70 – Hazed as a deacon and sat on a cactus; Garden of Eden, “blessed Eve”, crying repentance
Christopher Kim Q70 – JS translated an ancient record, includes God’s dealings with the ancient inhabitants of the Americas; Laman and Lemuel were sooooo evil and dumb; moral agency, we can choose to harden or soften our hearts, submission vs respect
Patrick Kearon – Gifts, “you really are that you might have joy,” repent ye, repent ye
Benjamin M Z Tai Q70 – Cancellation of a sealing after divorce, pray daily, “Ask sincerely what you can do to help an individual feel god”
Rusty Nailz – The world is coming to an end; sooo many new temples that won’t be built for another 3 decades
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April 2025 General Conference Sunday Morning session.
David A Bednar – Joseph Smith totally restored the one true church; and other sundry sacrament meeting talking points
Steven Shumway Q70 – Do your callings, no matter how demanding they may be
Tamara Runia FC YW GP – Cry for repentance; Jesus is excited every time he sees us on our knees
Gerald Causse PB – Dude who controls the church’s wealth is moved by seeing people suffering in poverty
Gerrit Gong – Jesus Wept; Easter, Palm Sunday, holy week; mortal and moral agency and alignment with Bednar
John McCune Q70 – Tithing, temple attendance, the world is ending, Rusty is a terrible dad who abandoned his daughter on her death bed
Dallin Oaks – The most flacid GC talk he’s given in years; Plan of Salvation, sacrament meeting talk, returning to the Celestial Kingdom, 10 virgins, trusting in the lord will keep you safe
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April 2025 General Conference Saturday Afternoon session.
Niel Anderson – Heinous abortion is evil diatribe, the church is extreme Conservative
Steven Lund YM GP – Priesthood is awesome, men run everything in the church
S Mark Palmer Q70 – Willow tree, cut up the fallen ones
Sandino Roman Q70 – Drowning story
Dale Renlund – A dumb 6-year-old thought the second coming was real
Hans T Boom Q70 – Poor people donated their washing machine money to build a temple; Armies of Helaman
Dieter Uchtdorf – The Church isn’t perfect, come back anyway; polishing the turd of a session before him
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April 2025 General Conference Saturday Morning session.
Jeffrey R. Holland – Little boy bites a little girl, better teach her to forgive!
Camille Johnson RS GP – Waiting to be healed filling spiritual holes
Ronald Rasband – Church is DOING GREAT! Don’t check our numbers…
Quentin L. Cook – Handcart companies and tragedy
Ricardo Gemenez Q70 – Checklist Mormonism
Henry Eyring – Zombie Jesus
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It’s time to examine Joseph-Smith-polygamy skepticism. After the recent Journal of Mormon Polygamy conference, we decided to seriously consider the evidences used by this cohort of Mormon studies, leading us to understand that polygamy was a creation of Brigham Young and the Utah Mormon movement. After that we discuss O Brother, Where Art Thou? An Oddessy movie interweaving many storytelling archetypes and tropes. Then some good news about automotive subsidies coming in the form of tariffs.
Show notes:
Joseph Smith Wasn’t a Polygamist video playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL19uMsnpSU&list=PLmuYPN2xUIM0zw-bwR1MEAJ7gcRL9zuSH&index=5&t=745s
Journal of Mormon Polygamy
https://journalofmormonpolygamy.org/jmp
MOGP: O Brother, Where Art Thou
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190590/
Where it’s streaming: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/o-brother-where-art-thou
Other appearances: Chris Shelton interviewed us in the beginning of a series on Mormonism. Here’s the most recent episode on what Mormons can teach us about organizing a cult: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDxjD7ucajI
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We have a guest for our main segment this time. Chris Shelton is a cult expert content creator who eats, breathes, and sleeps high-demand, coercive groups. We discuss everything from what makes a group a cult, how to identify them, is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints a cult, and proper ways to approach conversations about high-demand groups. Be sure to check out our series collaborating on Chris’s YouTube channel linked below. After that we discuss Don’t Look Up, a 2021 movie about the cult of politics and a major natural disaster that affects everybody across the globe. To wrap up we have a brief chat about a gene-related study on mice and speech patterns before closing out with a review of all our listener mail from the Death Penalty series.
Next Live Show: Mon, March 31, 2025 6:00 PM (MT)
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Show Notes:
Chris Shelton:
Chris’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisSheltonMsc
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Shelton_(author)
MOGP: Don’t Look Up
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11286314/?ref_=hm_rvi_i_1
Where it’s streaming: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/dont-look-up-2021
Happy News:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56579-2
Listener Mail link: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/how-some-european-prisons-are-based-dignity-instead-dehumanization
Other appearances: Chris Shelton interviewed us in the beginning of a series on Mormonism: Speaking of Cults … Mormonism is a Compliance Culture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCeW3jvP-RE&t=2973s
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It’s time for part 2 of our Death Penalty series! Since this is a Mormon podcast, we first look into the history of Mormons and the death penalty. Joseph Smith and Brigham Young both ordered assassinations and fostered environments where random acts of violence became inevitable. The State of Deseret, Utah, has a comparatively bloody, theocratic history. Then we take a broader view of religion and capital punishment. After that, we look into the ethics/morals of capital punishment and give you a look at the Innocence project. We wrap by discussing your responses from Survey #1 as well as our own viewpoints on the subject.
Survey #2: After listening to these episodes, we’d like to hear if your insights or opinions have changed and how. https://forms.gle/Vjn48xzWgCWcJR8r8
Show Notes:
Trump v United States: Oral argument on the former president’s immunity claim: https://www.c-span.org/program/public-affairs-event/trump-v-united-states-oral-argument-on-the-former-presidents-immunity-claim/640481
23-939 Trump v United States (7/1/2024) https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf
Account of hearing between circa 3 and 9 June 1837 state of Ohio v Joseph Smith for threatening to take life: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/account-of-hearing-between-circa-3-and-9-june-1837-state-of-ohio-v-js-for-threatening-to-take-life/1#facts
Joseph, in the Elder’s Journal, discusses the Kirtland Bank and Warren Parrish and Grandison Newell’s charges against hi: https://bhroberts.org/records/5tcqZf-vSQSfc/joseph_in_the_elders_journal_discusses_the_kirtland_bank_and_warren_parrish_and_grandison_newells_charges_against_him
Orson Hyde, Life lessons learned: https://rsc.byu.edu/vol-3-no-2-2002/orson-hyde-life-lessons-learned
Danites: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/topic/danites
Danite Manifesto: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Danite_Manifesto
The Danite Constitution and Theories of Democratic Justice in Frontier America: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5074&context=byusq
Journal of Mormon History Vol 30, No. 2, 2004: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1043&context=mormonhistory
General Smith’s views of the powers and policy of the government of the United States circa 26 January - 7 February 1844: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/general-smiths-views-of-the-powers-and-policy-of-the-government-of-the-united-states-circa-26-january-7-february-1844/12#full-transcript
Journal of Mormon History Vol 33, No 1, 2007: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1049&context=mormonhistory
The Coming Storm: The murder of Jesse Thompson Hartley: https://user.xmission.com/~research/mormonpdf/storm.pdf
The wound the never healed: https://www.prestopreservation.com/uploads/5/2/5/3/52533793/morrisite_story_small.pdf
Official position on capital punishment of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/official-statement/capital-punishment
The Movement to Abolish Capital Punishment in America 1787-1861: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1847110?read-now=1&seq=8
“Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caedite_eos._Novit_enim_Dominus_qui_sunt_eius.
The convict's visitor: or, Penitential offices, (in the ancient way of liturgy) consisting of prayers, lessons, and meditations; with suitable devotions before, and at the time of execution. : [Four lines from Luke] / By William Smith, A.M. Rector of Trinity Church in Newport: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=evans;cc=evans;rgn=main;view=text;idno=N18328.0001.001
Arguments for and against the death penalty
“Under sentence of death”: The movement to abolish capital punishment in Massachusetts: https://www.jstor.org/stable/366478?read-now=1&seq=7
The 2% death penalty: Press Release: https://www.jstor.org/stable/366478?read-now=1&seq=7
10 facts about the death penalty in the U.S.: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/07/19/10-facts-about-the-death-penalty-in-the-u-s/
The Death Penalty — Your questions answered: https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/death-penalty/the-death-penalty-your-questions-answered/
Death penalty issues: https://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/Death_Penalty/Issues
10 reasons why the death penalty is wrong: https://www.humanrightscareers.com/issues/why-death-penalty-is-wrong/
Arguments for and against the death penalty: https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/high-school/about-the-death-penalty/arguments-for-and-against-the-death-penalty
Death penalty debate: https://www.britannica.com/procon/death-penalty-debate
John Brown:
John Brown: The First American to Hang for Treason: https://werehistory.org/john-brown/
John Brown (abolitionist): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown_(abolitionist)
John Brown a Biography: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/john-brown
A Look Back at John Brown: https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2011/spring/brown.html
Bleeding Kansas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleeding_Kansas
Pottawatomie Massacre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottawatomie_massacre
John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown%27s_raid_on_Harpers_Ferry
John Brown’s Provisional Constitution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown%27s_Provisional_Constitution
The Rosenberg’s
Historical Federal Executions:
https://www.usmarshals.gov/who-we-are/history/historical-reading-room/historical-federal-executions
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg
Atom Spy Case/Rosenbergs: https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/atom-spy-caserosenbergs
The Rosenberg Trial: teacher handout: chrome-extension://oemmndcbldboiebfnladdacbdfmadadm/https://www.fjc.gov/sites/default/files/trials/Rosenberg%20Teacher%20Handout.pdf
Espionage Act of 1917: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage_Act_of_1917
The Origins of the Espionage Act of 1917: Was Judge Learned Hand’s Understanding of the Act Defensible? By Geoffrey R Stone: chrome-extension://oemmndcbldboiebfnladdacbdfmadadm/https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=13818&context=journal_articles
Espionage Act of 1917 and Sedition Act of 1918 (1917-1918):https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/historic-document-library/detail/espionage-act-of-1917-and-sedition-act-of-1918-1917-1918
The Espionage Act’s constitutional legacy: https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-espionage-acts-constitutional-legacy
Hi-Fi Murders
Hi-Fi Murders: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-Fi_murders
How the Hi-Fi Murders changed life in Ogden: https://www.abc4.com/news/top-stories/how-the-hi-fi-murders-changed-life-in-ogden/
Innocence Project: https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/policy/innocence
Public Officials and Advocates Respod to SCOTUS’ Decision to Overturn Richard Glossip’s Conviction: https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/public-officials-and-advocates-respond-to-scotus-decision-to-overturn-richard-glossips-conviction
RIchard Glossip: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Glossip
Other appearances: Chris Shelton interviewed us in the beginning of a series on Mormonism: Speaking of Cults … Mormonism is a Compliance Culture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCeW3jvP-RE&t=2973s
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We begin our next series, this time on Capital Punishment. We start with the history of crimes throughout written history that justified the death penalty. Then we get into colonial history and how the death penalty was built into the foundations of racist America. Multiple Supreme Court rulings have shifted the landscape. We end with the recent EO attempting to expand the powers of the death penalty.
Death Penalty survey #1: https://forms.gle/S31MTYbM8JNsikpe9
Show Notes:
History of the death penalty: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/history-of-the-death-penalty/
Timeline of the history of the death penalty: https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/history-of-the-death-penalty-timeline
History of the death penalty in USA: https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/facts-and-research/background/history-of-the-death-penalty
Death penalty in the U.S.: https://www.findlaw.com/criminal/criminal-procedure/the-u-s-and-the-death-penalty.html
Capital punishment in the United States: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States
On Crimes and Punishment by Cesare Bonesana di Beccaria, 1764: https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/historic-document-library/detail/cesare-bonesana-di-beccariaon-crimes-and-punishments-1764 Overview of the death penalty and capital trials: History, current status, legal procedures, and cost: https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/overview-death-penalty-and-capital-trials-history-current-status
Crimes act of 1790: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_Act_of_1790 List of women executed in the United States since 1976: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_women_executed_in_the_United_States_since_1976
Amnesty International resources
https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/death-penalty/
“The Movement to Abolish Capital Punishment in America, 1787-1861” by David Brion Davis: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1847110?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Study reveals racial bias in executions: https://eji.org/news/study-reveals-racial-bias-in-executions/
“I just wanted to … stay alive” Who was WIlliam Furman, the prisoner at the center of a historic legal decision?: https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/i-just-wanted-to-stay-alive-who-was-william-henry-furman-the-prisoner-at-the-center-of-a-historic-legal-decision
Furman v Georgia: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-supreme-court/408/238.html
chrome-extension://oemmndcbldboiebfnladdacbdfmadadm/https://scholarship.richmond.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1097&context=law-student-publications
Gregg v Georgia: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-supreme-court/428/153.html
HIstorical Federal Executions: https://www.usmarshals.gov/who-we-are/history/historical-reading-room/historical-federal-executions
Judiciary Act of 1789: https://www.usmarshals.gov/who-we-are/history/historical-reading-room/judiciary-act-of-1789-charter-us-marshals-and-deputies
EO on expanded Death Penalty
https://prismreports.org/2025/02/10/death-penalty-undocumented-immigrants-trump/
Equal Justice Initiative
https://eji.org/issues/death-penalty/
Texas Department of Criminal Justice on DP
https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_facts.html
McCleskey v. Kemp
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/481/279/
EJI on McCleskey v. Kemp
https://eji.org/news/the-legacy-of-mccleskey-v-kemp/
Racial bias in death penalty
https://eji.org/news/study-reveals-racial-bias-in-executions/
Furman v Georgia
https://www.oyez.org/cases/1971/69-5030
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/408/238/
Wilkerson v Utah
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/99/130/
The Movement to Abolish Capitla Punishment by David Brion Davis
https://www.jstor.org/stable/1847110?read-now=1&seq=7#page_scan_tab_contents
Abraham Johnstone address
https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/johnstone/johnstone.html
Slave Executions in the US
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0362331999800019
Execution statistics in US
Thomas Paine opposing execution of Louis XVI
https://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/paine-opposes-executing-king-1793/
History of lynching in America
Confronting hte legacy of lynching in America
https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/report/
Other appearances: Chris Shelton interviewed us in the beginning of a series on Mormonism: https://youtu.be/gDCeSOr3U-s?si=bjxiWo-jaYtIESKP
Recent Live Show Book Club on Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCxAsGWNVXo
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3 lawsuits against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We discuss the class action suit, Judson et al v. LDS, the recently tossed case of Huntsman v. LDS, and the civil RICO suit Gaddy v. LDS. Where do they stand? How likely are they to prevail? What are the next steps? We go over them and discuss the implications and steps forward. Then we chat about the 2015 movie Spotlight about the Boston Globe journalists who reported on Cathlolic sex abuse in the early 2000s. We wrap with some happy news about a new solar plant being built in Oregon!
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Show Notes:
Gaddy v. LDS
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/utah/utdce/2:2019cv00554/116009/141/
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.utd.116009/gov.uscourts.utd.116009.135.3.pdf
https://www.mormondialogue.org/topic/75208-gaddy-lawsuit-judgement/page/2/
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-utd-2_19-cv-00554/pdf/USCOURTS-utd-2_19-cv-00554-3.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0UQYzFYaxc
Judson et al v. LDS
https://dockets.justia.com/docket/utah/utdce/2:2024cv00296/147894
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.912925/gov.uscourts.cacd.912925.1.0_1.pdf
https://www.abc4.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/01/Judsons_v_Church-et.-al.pdf
Huntsman v. LDS
https://www.seegerweiss.com/news/lds-church-members-file-class-action-suit-over-misuse-of-donations/
https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/lds-church-federal-court-tithing/
https://becketnewsite.s3.amazonaws.com/20250131123631/21-56056.pdf
https://www.deseret.com/faith/2025/01/31/huntsman-tithing-lawsuit-dismissed-9th-circuit-panel/
Other related resources:
https://www.uua.org/re/tapestry/adults/river/workshop9/178594.shtml
https://supreme.justia.com/cases-by-topic/religion/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._Shelby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAOqZHyxbtg
https://www.mormonstories.org/church-on-trial-history-fraud/
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp2/121/1327/2505205/
https://www.churchlawcenter.com/church-law/when-churches-own-a-business/
MOGP:
Spotlight (2015): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1895587/?ref_=tttrv_ov
Where it’s streaming: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/spotlight
Articles:
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_(film)
Wired: https://www.wired.com/2015/11/spotlight-journalism-movies/
LA Press Club Veritas award: https://lapressclub.org/veritas/
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It’s time to start a new year and new book for our long-form deep dive reviews of terrible Mormon books. And this one is… not terrible? The Givens present a form of Mormon theology which tries to “make sense of life” and we’re here for any Mormon theology that doesn’t include discrimination, sexism, and anything holding it over from its past. We dive into the introduction and first chapter of the book. But, what would a book review be without some due diligence about the authors? We spend the first portion talking about Terryl and Fiona Givens, their histories, publishing careers, and try to get a sense for what we can expect throughout this book.
Terryl and Fiona Givens:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiona_Givens
https://www.fionagivens.com/about
https://www.dialoguejournal.com/articles/missing-and-restoring-meaning/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terryl_Givens
https://www.terrylgivens.com/about
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA7kdkzW09c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yecCget_CNM
Sword of Laman:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_Bonhoeffer
https://www.gotquestions.org/did-Jesus-go-to-hell.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthyphro_dilemma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-suvkwNYSQo
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BYU and SLC anti-vice. We discuss the history of Charles A. Callis, his career in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and politics, and his final assignment before death, creating a sexual purity surveillance and counseling/therapy program for Mormons in the 40s. After his death, Spencer W. Kimball took the reins and vastly expanded the reach and purposes of the program, resulting in The Miracle of Forgiveness. Cleon Skousen was running raids on gay clubs and anybody else seen as commie enemies of god’s country. The systems they created have adapted, evolved, and conformed to the times, but never gone away, as evidenced by the recent SL Tribue piece about BYU’s retrenchment and culture of fear. Then we chat about Minority report, a Tom Cruise sci-fi flick with surprisingly profound concepts. We wrap with happy news about the first openly transgender congressperson in American history.
Show Notes:
https://mormonstudies.as.virginia.edu/gay-rights-and-mormonism/
https://mormonstudies.as.virginia.edu/gay-rights-and-mormonism/05-the-miracle-of-forgiveness/
https://mormonstudies.as.virginia.edu/gay-rights-and-mormonism/16-the-cure-2-0/
https://mormonstudies.as.virginia.edu/gay-rights-and-mormonism/07-salt-lake-city-gay-scene/
https://archive.org/details/spencerwkimballt00kimb/page/271/mode/2up?view=theater
https://ourphoenixfoundation.org/includes/about.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergreen_International
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/topics/gay/individuals?lang=eng
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/topics/transgender/understanding?lang=eng
https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2025/01/05/byu-blue-why-these-are-dark-days/
https://fairnessforall.org/the-utah-compromise/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Cleon_Skousen
https://police.slc.gov/about/history/
https://lris.com/recent-developments/2012/05/salt-lake-city-vice-squad-disbanded/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._Talmage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_Smoot_hearings
https://prophetsseersandrevelators.wordpress.com/2021/10/31/the-political-manifesto/
https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/DE2/id/201100
https://news.google.com.au/newspapers?nid=Aul-kAQHnToC&dat=18961109&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/e/ELECTIONS.shtml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Utah)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_United_States_presidential_election_in_Utah
https://archive.org/details/improvementera3707unse/page/434/mode/2up?view=theater
https://archiveviewer.org/collections/en/improvement-era#1934
https://mormonstudies.as.virginia.edu/david-o-mckay-diary-excerpts/w-cleon-skousen/
https://www.qsaltlake.com/news/2009/09/28/the-oppressive-50s/
http://www.nomorestrangers.org/timeline-of-mormon-thinking-about-homosexuality/
http://www.elisarolle.com/queerplaces/fghij/Jack%20Pembroke.html
https://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/sensibilities/utah.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Utah#Conversion_therapy
https://books.google.com/books?id=rlC1DgAAQBAJ&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Brigham_Young_University_LGBTQ_history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pack
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_A._Callis
https://thesingleleaf.com/tag/charles-albert-callis/
https://rsc.byu.edu/prophets-apostles-last-dispensation/charles-albert-callis
https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/2d1fb5a0-211a-4908-baca-5e3dd9e145eb/0/178?lang=eng
https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/individual/charles-albert-callis-1866?lang=eng
Article Shannon brought up: The Role of the LDS Church in Utah Politics: An Insider’s Look https://www.mrm.org/utah-politics
MOGP: Minority Report: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/?ref_=tttrv
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You know the time of year!
Next Live Show: Monday 12/30/24 https://www.youtube.com/@bryceblankenagel7707
Show Notes:
Starship Troopers: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120201/?ref_=tttrv
Movie:
Book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Troopers#
Robert A Heinlein: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein#Politics
District 9:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_9
The Island: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399201/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_The%2520Island
Viral by Robin Cook:
Robin Cook: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Cook_(American_novelist)
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury : chrome-extension://oemmndcbldboiebfnladdacbdfmadadm/https://lexiconic.net/english/F451.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451
Animal Farm: A Fairy Tale by George Orwell:
George Orwell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell#
Animal Farm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm
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We are finally finishing up the Huge Niblet! We cover the last two chapters of Approaching Zion by Hugh Nibley followed by our own conclusions about Nibley and what he accomplished. We then finish with some happy news about an environmental lawsuit in North Carolina.
Show notes
Approaching Zion, by Hugh Nibley
The Closing of the American Mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Closing_of_the_American_Mind
Haldeman-Julius and their Little Blue Books: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Blue_Book
John Dewey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dewey
Pragmatism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatism
Progressive education: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_education
Functional psychology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_psychology
Modern liberalism in the United States: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_liberalism_in_the_United_States
The Muses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muses
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur
What is Yom Kippur?: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/177886/jewish/What-Is-Yom-Kippur.htm
Yom Kippur: https://www.jewfaq.org/yom_kippur
Rosh Hashanah: https://www.jewfaq.org/rosh_hashanah
Ten Days of Repentance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Days_of_Repentance
Dura-Europos: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dura-Europos
Dura-Europos Synagogue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dura-Europos_synagogue
Predestination: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predestination
Paradox of Free Will: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_free_will
Nibley review by Kent Jackson
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2587&context=byusq
Happy News:
https://www.ecowatch.com/carrboro-north-carolina-duke-energy-climate-lawsuit.html
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Here in the USA, it’s right before Thanksgiving and right after a bad election so it’s time to talk about Gaslighting. We discuss what it is, how to spot it, and how to fight it. For Media of Great Price, we talk about the 1944 movie Gaslight, which is where the term originates. We close out with happy news about a new way to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere. Enjoy!
Show Notes:
Gaslighting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting
— https://health.clevelandclinic.org/gaslighting
— https://themendproject.com/gaslighting/
— https://www.helpguide.org/relationships/domestic-abuse/gaslighting
Domestic Abuse Hotline, What is Gaslighting: https://www.thehotline.org/resources/what-is-gaslighting/
What is gaslighting abuse: https://www.newportinstitute.com/resources/mental-health/what_is_gaslighting_abuse/
What is Narcissistic Gaslighting?: https://themendproject.com/narcissistic-gaslighting/
History of Gaslighting: https://woventraumatherapy.com/blog/history-of-gaslighting
Gaslighting signs: https://www.healthline.com/health/gaslighting#signs
How to deal with gaslighting: https://www.healthline.com/health/how-to-deal-with-gaslighting#confirm
Is Someone Gaslighting You?: https://www.verywellmind.com/is-someone-gaslighting-you-4147470
Zersetzung: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zersetzung
Gaslighting in the Workplace: https://business.wisc.edu/news/combatting-gaslighting-in-the-workplace/
How to Combat gaslighting in the workplace: https://business.wisc.edu/news/combatting-gaslighting-in-the-workplace/
Religious/Spiritual Gaslighting: https://anchoredcounsellingservices.com.au/i-dont-know-what-to-believe-anymore-the-impact-of-spiritual-gaslighting/
How to Deal with Gaslighting by Ariel Leve, Ted talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4P2Qwh1QCU
Gaslighting: What is it and how do we fight back?: https://www.mga.edu/news/2023/04/what-is-gaslighting-and-how-to-fight-back.php
Mindfulness: https://www.mindful.org/what-is-mindfulness/
MIndfulness: The surprising skill you can use to stop gaslighting: https://www.joinonelove.org/learn/mindfulness-the-surprising-skill-you-can-use-to-stop-gaslighting/
Recommended books:
On Gaslighting by Kate Abramson
Gaslighting: The Double Whammy, Interrogation, and Other Methods of Covert Control In Psychotherapy & Analysis by Theo L. Dorpat
The Gaslight Effect Recovery Guide by Dr. Robin Stern
MOGP:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036855/
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Welcome to another Huge Niblet episode. And yes, it’s a bit huge. (You saw the time stamp!) In the A segment, we discuss Hugh Nibley’s 1969 diatribe titled Science Fiction and the Gospel as well as the article that likely triggered his rage induced lecture. Then we move into our penultimate Approaching Zion discussion. Following that, we have some excellent news about Gen Z women leaving religion. Enjoy!
Show Notes:
https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/hugh-nibley/science-fiction-gospel/
Sword of Laman:
Approaching Zion, by Hugh Nibley
Books and poems mentioned:
1984 by George Orwell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four
In the Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Name_of_the_Rose
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy
Egyptian and Mesopotamian lamentation literature: lamenting lost glories and looking forward to a return of the same under a messianic king
Lycurgus by Plutarch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycurgus
Eunomia by Solon:https://archive.schillerinstitute.com/fid_91-96/fid_932_solon.html
Republic by Plato: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_(Plato)
Eclogues by Virgil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclogues
Utopia by Thomas More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(book)
The City of the Sun by Thomas Campenella: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_of_the_Sun
Nova Atlantis by Francis Bacon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Atlantis
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_(Hobbes_book)
The Commonwealth of Oceana by James Harrington: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Commonwealth_of_Oceana
The Adventures of Telemachus, son of Ulysses by François Fénelon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Aventures_de_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9maque
Other references:
1984 US Presidential Election: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election
Ronald Reagan scandals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandals_of_the_Ronald_Reagan_administration
Cry Havoc: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dogs_of_war_(phrase)
Utopia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia
Rekhabite/Rechabite/Rekabite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rechabites, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Order_of_Rechabites
Joachim of Fiore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_of_Fiore
Benedict of Nursia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_of_Nursia
Mendicant orders: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendicant_orders
Potemkin Village: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potemkin_village
Happy News: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/08/13/gen-z-women-less-religious/74673083007/
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Kang, Lydia; Pedersen, Nate. Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything. Workman Publishing Company.
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It’s October and so you finally get a Halloween themed media episode to round out the month. First we talk about Robert Louis Stevenson and his book Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. We discuss some of the major themes as well as some of the many, many, MANY movie depictions that have been done of it. Then we talk about the incredibly amazing metal album by A Wake in Providence titled I Write to You, My Darling Decay. And we end with happy news about the increase in early voting. Enjoy and have a happy Samhain!
Show Notes:
Robert Louis Stevenson:
Robert Louis Stevenson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Louis_Stevenson
RLS website: https://robert-louis-stevenson.org/
Fanny Stevenson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Stevenson The Lighthouse Stevensons: https://www.historyhit.com/the-lighthouse-stevensons-how-one-family-lit-up-the-coast-of-scotland/
The Speculative Society: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Speculative_Society
William Henley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ernest_Henley
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson
Project Gutenberg ebook of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/42/pg42-images.html
Gothic fiction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_fiction
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Case_of_Dr_Jekyll_and_Mr_Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: https://www.britishlibrary.cn/en/works/jekyllandhyde/
Dualism in the Victorian Age: https://britlitsurvey2.wordpress.com/2013/11/22/dualism-in-the-victorian-age/
MOGP:
I Write to You, My Darling album stream w/lyrics in video description
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWMc1tGG-JA&list=PLMJGV7p_FGBW2JGxXjBphgPzyrP-VJXby
Interview with vocalists D’Andre Tyre and Adam Mercer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7fnnin_99w
Sundry links to magical grimiores referenced in the album
https://archive.org/details/ac_goetia/page/n19/mode/2up?view=theater
https://archive.org/details/lesserkeysolomo00laurgoog/page/n7/mode/2up
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It’s that time of year again! We go through the entirety of General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Brad Wilcox was an idiot, Oaks was legalistic, and Bednar fawned over Ezra Taft Benson. But there were so many other talks that slipped through the cracks; that’s why we’re here. Yes it’s long, and yes it’s thorough. And now we don’t have to think about it for another 6 months!
Are you registered to vote?!
Links:
Exponent II article by Jen Morrison
https://exponentii.org/blog/the-lgbtq-community-and-general-conference/
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Fear! What is it? How does it work? How can it be used to control us? That’s our main segment, fear and mind control. Then we dive into the next installment of Huge Niblet and Approaching Zion for 2 essays/talks about fear and Nibley’s envisioned perfect society. We wrap with happy news about coal power taking another hit.
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Show Notes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_ybzC2wP7Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31wjVhCcI5Y&t=1704s
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7788451/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-main-ingredient/202004/fear-lifesaver-or-manipulator
https://lageneralista.com/how-fear-conflict-manipulate-you/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fearmongering
https://www.icip.cat/perlapau/en/article/fear-management-as-a-political-instrument/
https://www.eiu.edu/historia/Lauerman2000.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment
https://www.jstor.org/stable/i23562431
https://www.webmd.com/brain/amygdala-what-to-know
https://www.liberties.eu/en/stories/political-propaganda/43850
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Thought_They_Were_Free
Sword of Laman:
Approaching Zion, by Hugh Nibley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticism
https://www.britannica.com/topic/gnosticism
Happy News:
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cq5e4n5z888t?post=asset%3A108a5e5f-b319-4599-b6c9-0ce31ae836a8#post
Kang, Lydia; Pedersen, Nate. Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything. Workman Publishing Company.
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Shannon talks about books again! We are back on the subject of dystopian literature today and we deliberate over the 1992 book Children of Men, written by PD James. We also watched the movie based on the book and we talk about the differences and similarities to each. After that we share some happy news about nuclear power. Enjoy!
Show Notes:
The Children of Men, by PD James: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Children_of_Men
PD James: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._D._James
MOGP: Children of Men
Film: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206634/?ref_=ttpl_ov
Where film is streaming: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/children-of-men
Happy News: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/09/climate/nuclear-warheads-haleu/index.html
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The weirdest chapter in Approaching Zion makes for a kinda’ weird A segment about intelligence and genius. We talk about the history of ranking intelligence and its influence on eugenics before discussing more modern conceptions of intelligence and genius from a nature AND nurture perspective. Then we get into Hugh Nibley’s eulogy of Donald Decker. It’s a standalone chapter, very different from every other chapter in Approaching Zion, and provides a wealth of interesting discussion, including why it was even included in the book to begin with. Then we wrap with happy news of Sweden hitting carbon emission targets ahead of schedule while boosting their economy.
Are you registered to vote?!
Utah Fungi Fest
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John Whitmer Historical Association Conference
Show Notes:
https://www.etymonline.com/word/genius
https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/10-child-prodigies.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Galton
https://archive.org/details/inquiriesintohu00galt/page/316/mode/2up?view=theater
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.222974/page/n5/mode/2up
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3181994/
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/24831-grey-matter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_of_Albert_Einstein
Hedy Lamarr: https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/snapshot/hedy-lamarr-golden-age-film-star-and-important-inventor
Sword of Laban:
Approaching Zion, by Hugh Nibley
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare: https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/a-midsummer-nights-dream/read/
“The Tempest” by William Shakespeare: https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/the-tempest/read/
Happy News: https://www.dailyclimate.org/sweden-shows-how-to-slash-emissions-while-boosting-the-economy-2668966746.html
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Yes, it’s time to dissect this horrific document telegraphing the downfall of American democracy. We examine bits and pieces to see what the cabal of Christian nationalists want to turn the nation into over the next conservative presidency. Then we chat about the Mike Judge movie Idiocracy and it’s prophetic warnings. We wrap with happy news about the Harris-Walz campaign polling quite well among voters.
Show notes:
Are you registered to vote?!
Project 2025 links
https://www.project2025.org/about/advisory-board/
https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
MOGP: Idiocracy
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_Idiocra
Where it is streaming: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/idiocracy
The Movie Hollywood Doesn’t Want You To See: Idiocracy, the feel-bad comedy of the year: https://slate.com/culture/2006/09/reviewing-mike-judge-s-idiocracy.html
Idiocracy: a disturbingly prophetic look at the future of America – and our era of stupidity: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/jul/19/idiocracy-a-disturbingly-prophetic-look-at-the-future-of-america-and-our-era-of-stupidity
Happy News: Kamala Harris in the polls
Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/harris-trump-poll-latest-updates-2024-election-states-b2597984.html
Trump Vs. Harris 2024 Polls: Harris Leads In 2 Major Surveys—Up 6 Points In 1 Poll: https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/08/18/trump-vs-harris-2024-polls-harris-tops-trump-in-two-major-surveys-up-6-points-in-one-poll/
2024 Kamala Harris v. Donald Trump battleground-state estimates: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2024-harris-trump-polling-michigan-wisconsin-arizona-nevada-north-carolina/
What the Latest Presidential Polls Say and What They Might Be Missing: https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/what-the-latest-presidential-polls-say-and-what-they-might-be-missing
Trump vs. Harris: Latest polls show these 3 key issues could sway the election: https://www.silive.com/politics/2024/08/trump-vs-harris-recent-polls-show-economy-immigration-abortion-issues-could-decide-the-election.html
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Just that! We talk Sunstone because it’s the best Mormon Con around and we want to spread the good word! We discuss a few of our favorite sessions, some fascinating things we learned, and how Sunstone recharges our batteries in the Mormon studies space. Then we talk about Lego helping PTSD sufferers. We wrap with a brief chat about some changes we’re making to the Patreon page; long story short, now is a great time to sign up to financially support the podcast!
Happy News: https://www.thecanary.co/opinion/2024/04/17/lego-trauma/
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We do a quick dive into moral agency and free agency in Mormon culture. Leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have recently changed the definition of agency to suit their totalitarian needs. We explore the evolution of the phrase ‘free agency’ into ‘moral agency’ and springboard into a discussion about Ernest L. Wilkinson, the most influential BYU president in the institution’s history. After that we chat about The Last Temptation of Christ, a Scorsese film about a VERY human Jesus. We wrap with happy political news, adoring our new DNC candidate, Kamala Harris.
Don’t forget to check our Patreon page to find deets about our hangout during Sunstone on 8/03/2024!!!
Show notes:
“Using our free agency” Delbert Stapley, April General Conference 1975: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1975/04/using-our-free-agency?lang=eng
“Weightier Matters” Dallin Oaks, BYU Devotional Feb 1999, reprinted in Ensign March 2000: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2000/03/weightier-matters?lang=eng
Agency in Mormonism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agency_in_Mormonism
“On the wings of eagles” Dieter F Uchtdorf, Ensign July 2006: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2006/07/on-the-wings-of-eagles?lang=eng
“Free agency or moral agency” Ensign Oct 2014: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/new-era/2014/10/free-agency-or-moral-agency?lang=eng
“Moral agency” D Todd Christofferson, BYU devotional Jan 2006 reprinted Ensign June 2009: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2009/06/moral-agency?lang=eng
Ernest Wilkinson links:
https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/ernest-l-wilkinson/america-1776-1976/
https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V26N02_103.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_LWilkinson#citenote-FOOTNOTEBergera1993a94-19
Media of Great Price: The Last Temptation of Christ
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Happy News: Kamala Harris!!!
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Since this is another Huge Niblet episode, we decided to talk a little bit about philosophy. More importantly, we discuss Diogenes the Cynic and what the philosophical meaning of the word “cynic” is. Then we cover 3 chapters in Approaching Zion, all while keeping the question, “Was Hugh Nibley a modern day cynic?” in mind.
Show notes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism_(philosophy)#cite_ref-dudley5_8-0
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/740/the-life-of-diogenes-of-sinope-in-diogenes-laertiu/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeCKQnWogxI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EM_cfYcDjY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xl_7Ivi2og
Sword of Laban:
Approaching Zion, by Hugh Nibley
Pages from Hopi History by Harry C James: https://archive.org/details/pagesfromhopihis0000jame
The False Gods We Worship, by Spencer W. Kimball: http://www.nauvoo.com/library/kimball-false.html
Black Mesa Peabody Coal controversy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mesa_Peabody_Coal_controversy
Happy News: https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/small-island-nations-maritime-court-pollution-ruling
In case you want to see where Shannon got the product placement information: https://www.onegreenplanet.org/vegan-food/mcdonalds-french-fries-truth/
Next Live Show! Book club meeting: July 22, 2024, 6:00 pm (MST)
Book: No Nonsense Spirituality: All the Tools No Faith Required by Brittney L. Hartley. Patrons come prepared to discuss the book!
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