5.2 Divinization and Deity

It’s a two for one today as we look at two BYU studies articles on whether God ever has or is currently progressing, and on progression in the afterlife. Go deep with us! It’s so much fun! Plus Hadestown makes an appearance! Link to our Face in Hat discord server! https://discord.gg/MnSMvKHvwh Thanks to our sponsor! Check out Beyond the Witch's Woods: Book One of the Kingdom of Adair, by Nathan K Caulder https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BF2Q4TJX/ Two articles in this episode: What Is the Nature of God’s Progress?, by Matthew Bowman https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/what-is-the-nature-of-gods-progress/ How Limited Is Postmortal Progression?, by Terryl L. Givens https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/how-limited-is-postmortal-progression/ Both from the full issue: Yet to be revealed, open questions in Latter-Day Saint theology. Edited by Eric A. Eliason and Terryl L. Givens https://byustudies.byu.edu/journal/60-3/ Brain cells in a lab dish learn to play Pong — and offer a window onto intelligence, by Jon Hamilton https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/10/14/1128875298/brain-cells-neurons-learn-video-game-pong Heike's Void, by Steven Peck (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Heikes-Void-Steven-Peck/dp/1948218550 The Plan, a play by Eric Samuelsen https://sunstone.org/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/155-06-31.pdf Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel, by Kurt Vonnegut (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Slaughterhouse-Five-Novel-Modern-Library-Novels/dp/0385333846 Hilbert's paradox of the Grand Hotel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%27s_paradox_of_the_Grand_Hotel Infinity - Here Come the 123s, by They Might Be Giants https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=pTpEB-Y2Ai0&list=OLAK5uy_ltENVxaQXfqCtKD-WTW_t38dlM81kvy-E How To Count Past Infinity - Vsauce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrU9YDoXE88 Infinity is bigger than you think - Numberphile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elvOZm0d4H0 (Aaron) I couldn’t quite verify it, but it’s rumored that Matthew Bowman’s The Mormon People: The Making of an American Faith states that James Talmadge was one of the first Mormon’s with a Ph.D. https://www.amazon.com/Mormon-People-Making-American-Faith/dp/081298336X Talking to Dante in the Spirit World, by Daniel Cooper https://irreantum.associationmormonletters.org/talking-to-dante-in-the-spirit-world-by-daniel-cooper/ Hadestown! It’s the best. Here’s a spotify link. https://open.spotify.com/album/1J1yxODbNlqKbwRqJxYJUP Hades! Also the best. Get it on steam or it’s free right now on xbox if you have game pass! https://www.supergiantgames.com/games/hades/ Joseph Smith and the Mormons Hardcover, by Noah Van Sciver https://www.amazon.com/Joseph-Smith-Mormons-Noah-Sciver/dp/141974965X Next time! The King Follett Discourse: Pinnacle or Peripheral?, by James E. Faulconer and Susannah Morrison https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/the-king-follett-discourse-pinnacle-or-peripheral/ Our related previous episode: 2.2 Canonization and the King Follett Discourse https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/22-canonization-and-the-king-follett-discourse/