Maxwell Institute Podcast #154: The Necessity of God, with Adam S. Miller (2022 Neal A. Maxwell Lecture)

Maxwell Institute Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, Education, Christianity

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🗓️ 4 December 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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In Adam S. Miller’s lecture, “The Necessity of God: First person, Present Tense, Imperative Mood” Miller talks about Tim Farnsworth, a man who cannot stop walking from the fictional book The Unnamed. Miller said that everyone has different crosses to bear, and although we cannot change them, like Farnsworth cannot stop walking, we have to learn […]

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0:00.0	Hi friends, this is the audio version of Adam S. Miller's Neill-A Maxwell Lecture,
0:06.7	which you can also find on YouTube at YouTube.com slash BYU Maxwell.
0:12.0	I'll give you a little bit of a warning that the audio is a little bit rough here because of our
0:15.9	recording circumstances, but we've cleaned it up as best we can. The audio is a little bit better
0:20.8	on the audio
0:21.4	version. And if you're interested in receiving a copy of Professor Miller's words, they'll be printed
0:27.5	in the Maxwell Institute's annual report, which you can find at MI.bYU slash edu slash about. You can also
0:36.2	see our past annual reports there and sign up to receive a free copy of the annual report.
0:41.0	One of the things that we're most proud of and you can read all about the things that we've done this year.
0:45.3	Without any further ado, here's Professor Miller. God bless.
0:50.8	I can't stop thinking about this man who couldn't stop walking.
0:56.2	I keep rereading his story.
0:59.5	Sometimes I dream about him.
1:02.4	One day he's fine.
1:04.4	He does what he pleases.
1:06.1	He sits.
1:07.4	He eats.
1:08.2	He works.
1:09.3	He sleep.
1:10.5	And the next day he starts walking and can't stop.
1:14.6	Rob did any control, he just keeps walking and walking like an automaton for decades, for the whole rest of his life,
1:23.6	away from everything he wants and everyone he loves until he dies.
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