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Dec 17, 2018 • 36min

068-Jesus Christ the Savior of the World-The Plan of Atonement Theodicy (pt 5) - Vol 4

We discuss how Jesus' life and atonement help solve the problem of evil. https://publications.mi.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1122&index=11
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Dec 1, 2018 • 1h 13min

067-Natural Evils-The Plan of Atonement Theodicy (pt 4) - Vol 4

Natural Evils
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Nov 26, 2018 • 1h 49min

066-Radical Evils and Pre-mortal Consent-The Plan of Atonement Theodicy (pt 3) - Vol 4

Topics Discussed: • Can Radical Evils Benefit the Victims as an Essential Feature of God’s Plan of Atonement? • Is It Justifiable to Permit Consent to Personality-Destroying Evils? • Are Radical Evils Essential to the Plan of Atonement? Refer to the outline here...specifically #9 for this episode: http://www.exploringmormonthought.com/2018/10/ep65-plan-of-atonement-theodicy-pt-2.html
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Nov 18, 2018 • 54min

The Idea of Pre-existence in the Development of Mormon Thought

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V15N01_61.pdf
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Nov 11, 2018 • 31min

King Follett Discourse Reading

My father has been out of town for two weeks and we ran out of buffer episodes so for this week I thought I would perform a reading of the King Follett Discourse. This discourse is very important to LDS Doctrine and is referred to a lot on this podcast so I thought it was relevant. http://mldb.byu.edu/follett.htm https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/site/accounts-of-the-king-follett-sermon
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Oct 28, 2018 • 57min

065-The Plan of Atonement Theodicy (pt 2) - Vol 4

Topics Discussed: • Plan of Atonement Theodicy Outline http://www.exploringmormonthought.com/2018/10/ep65-plan-of-atonement-theodicy-pt-2.html
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Oct 22, 2018 • 1h 1min

064-The Plan of Atonement Theodicy (pt 1) - Vol 4

Topics Discussed: • The Nature of God's Providence • The Nature of Intelligences • The Ontological Status of Natural Laws • God's Power • God's Providential Knowledge • The Nature of the Challenge of Learning to Love
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Oct 15, 2018 • 1h 16min

063-A Mormon Process Theodicy - Vol 4

Topics Discussed: • Precedents in Mormon Thought for a Process Theodicy • Basic Commitments of A Mormon Process Theodicy • Criticisms of Process Theodicy
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Oct 7, 2018 • 1h 5min

062-God and the Natural Universe: Mormon Finitism and Transhumanism (Pt 1) - Vol 4

Topics Discussed: • God’s Relation to Natural Regularities in the Tradition. • Prospects of a Natural Law Theodicy in the Tradition of Ex Nihilo Creation. • Mormon Finitism/Transhumanism
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Sep 29, 2018 • 40min

061-What We Learn From The Problem of Evil (Pt 2) - Vol 4

Topics Discussed: • Gods Options and the Free Will Defense • The Less Evil Options Argument from Evil

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