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Seth Garrett
Seth Garrett

The Trickster God of D&C 19

D&C 19
6 Nevertheless, it is not written that there shall be no end to this torment, but it is written endless torment.

Translation: "Ackchyually, it's not 'no end' its 'endless' - this is key, because I don't actually mean 'no end', I mean something completely different."


*Even though God is apparently too stupid to realize that it actually IS written as "no end" at least 3 times in just the BOM.


7 Again, it is written eternal damnation; wherefore it is more express than other scriptures, that it might work upon the hearts of the children of men, altogether for my name’s glory.

Translation: "I intentionally said 'endless' and 'eternal' in order to be more stimulating and manipulate people into a greater degree of fear and urgency."


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Seth Garrett
Seth Garrett

Dao 道 Etymology

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Reference:

https://hanziyuan.net/


Search for: 道 Dao,目 eye, 首 head/leader, 人 person, 水 water,草 grass, 鹿 deer,眉 eyebrow

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Seth Garrett
Seth Garrett

Book of Mormon on Hell

Verses describing hell (neighboring verses are sometimes included in grey when they aren't explicitly about hell, just to add context, the darker the color the more explicitly descriptive about hell):


Word Count

Hell: 50


ETERNAL DURATION:

Everlasting: 11 Forever: 10

Endless: 8


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Seth Garrett
Seth Garrett

Agency Anachronism Argument


The concept of agency was introduced to the West by Aristotle (as ‘entelechy’) around 350 BCE [1]. This conception of agency was oriented around a drive that guides one’s development and pushes one towards voluntary actions in the direction of a telos. Aristotle understood that everything has a cause and formulated the concept of the need for a first mover, or an unmoved mover to initiate the universe. This means his conception of agency was largely compatible with determinism.


In 1689 CE, John Locke published “Essay Concerning Human Understanding” with over 400 pages largely focused on explicating the relationship between agency and free will [2]. John Locke’s central message was that traditional conceptions of free will were absurd, but a compatibilist notion of free will (free agency) was the coherent way to approach the topic. His conception of liberty or free agency was able to provide moral responsibility while not…


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