S6E12 The Book of Enoch Part 3 (TERTULLIAN!!!!)
About this episode
The episode discusses LDS doctrine on IVF, responds to anti-Mormon claims, and continues the Book of Enoch series with insights from early Church fathers.
In this episode Richard debuts a ”Fun with Numbers” segment with a rapid-fire March Madness breakdown (12-seeds win 35.6% of first-round matchups and hit in 85% of all tournaments, and that 11-seeds have won 51.8% of their games against 6-seeds since 2011) We read a heartfelt PDPB mailbag question from a couple writing in from the delivery room about LDS doctrine on IVF and embryos, with Gerrit walking through the Church handbook’s guidance, the history of when Latter-day Saints have believed the spirit enters the body (including Brigham Young’s view), and why the Church simply hasn’t revealed a definitive answer. They also respond to two Oklahoma missionaries serving in Salt Lake City West who push back on the classic anti-Mormon line ”if you knew what I knew, you wouldn’t believe”, a claim Gerrit dismantles by pointing out that the people who know the most about Joseph Smith academically are overwhelmingly believers. The episode wraps with the long-awaited return to the Book of Enoch series, as Gerrit walks through how Tertullian, Athanasius, and Augustine each wrestled with the ”sons of God and daughters of men” passage in Genesis and teases that next episode will connect…
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