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[charlie_ego]

This Sunday I have to give a talk on Agency in the Plan of Salvation. Agency, here, means the capacity to act, to make choices. It's kind of a cornerstone of LDS theology, and even an essential part of our creation mythology (I'll explain that in a sec), that we are able to act for ourselves, that we act with responsibility and accountability, that

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[julianyap]

This is utterly fascinating. What did you end up talking about?

[charlie_ego]

I'm glad you thought it was fascinating - I thought you might be interested in it :)

My talk actually ended up fairly close to the above, though the small-choices bit sort of morphed into the topic of always being able to choose: just because you choose one way, one day, doesn't mean you can't reverse your course the next. (Simon Peter being the big example of this in the New Testament; can elaborate if desired.)