Evangelical deep-dive on LDS intelligence(s) and spirits
Skyler Hamilton and Aaron Shafovaloff discuss various LDS views of pre-mortal intelligence(s), spirits, spirit birth, "literal" fatherhood, etc., and compare them with a Christian view of the eternal fatherhood and fecundity of God. Mentioned resources Distinctive Christianity podcast The Origin of the Human Spirit in Early Mormon Thought, by Van Hale (chapter 11 in Line Upon Line) The Idea of Preexistence in Mormon Thought, by Blake T. Ostler The Source of God’s Authority: One Argument for an Unambiguous Doctrine of Preexistence, by Roger Terry “The First Principles of Man Are Self-Existent with God” The Immortality of the Soul in Mormon Theology, by Brent L. Top The Origin of Man: 1909 First Presidency Message The Father and the Son (1916) What is Doctrine?: A Latter-Day Saint Systematic Theology, by Peter Carmack (two volumes) Volume 1 Volume 2 Tripartite existentialism, by Jonathan Stapley The Reconstruction of Mormon Doctrine, by Thomas G. Alexander
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