How Did Joseph Smith Know All This?

This week on Mormon Newscast, an LDS apostle has some surprisingly strong words about what “real men” do and the irony will stop you in your tracks. We’ll dig into that irony, plus a packed week of Mormon news. Tommy McKay is speaking up about the Mormon Stories lawsuit, and we’ll look at what he’s… Read More »LDS Apostle Says Real Men Apologize ! The post LDS Apostle Says Real Men Apologize ! appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup.

Elder Bruce R. McConkie gave one of his most famous talks in history in 1980 named “The Seven Deadly Heresies.” RFM and Bill Reel break down this talk, exposing not only what Elder McConkie says, but why he says it; together with the things Elder McConkie doesn’t say at all! This one you won’t want… Read More »Heresy Hunters On Planet Provo! The post Heresy Hunters On Planet Provo! appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup.

Tonight on Mormonism Live, we examine a recurring pattern in Joseph Smith’s prophetic career: when he encountered something mysterious, incomplete, inaccessible, or simply unknown, he rarely seemed content to say, “I don’t know.” Instead, he supplied an answer—and often an extraordinarily detailed one. A skeleton becomes Zelph, complete with a name, identity, history, and ancient… Read More »How Did Joseph Smith Know All This? The post How Did Joseph Smith Know All This? appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup.

What happens when a religious system spends a lifetime teaching you to trust authority, obey, forgive, sacrifice, endure, distrust your own doubts, and fear the consequences of leaving? In this episode of Mormon Discussion, Teresa Hobbs leads Bill Reel and special guest Wendi Wilcock Jensen through a difficult question: Can LDS teachings and institutional structures… Read More »Trust, Obey, Endure: How Mormon Conditioning Makes Abuse Harder to Recognize The post Trust, Obey, Endure: How Mormon Conditioning Makes Abuse Harder to Recognize appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup.

This time the LDS Church has gone too far! Lying to its membership is one thing, because the members know better than to criticize the leaders of the Church, even if the criticism is true. But this is in a court of law! Judge’s are not famous for taking it well when lawyers lie to… Read More »LDS Church Caught Lying In Court: RFM: 478 The post LDS Church Caught Lying In Court: RFM: 478 appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup.

Tonight on The Mormon Newscast, we dig into several stories making waves across the Latter-day Saint world. Our lead story returns to the LDS Church’s lawsuit against John Dehlin and Mormon Stories. A recent Church filing claims a Mormon Stories guest believed the podcast was “Church affiliated”—but when we go back to what the guest… Read More »LDS Church Misrepresents Its Own Evidence Against Mormon Stories? The post LDS Church Misrepresents Its Own Evidence Against Mormon Stories? appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup.

In a strange turn of events, Mormon apologist Cardon Ellis is helping John Dehlin fight the LDS Church in the lawsuit the church is bringing to try to shut John down! It appears that religion, as well as politics, can make for strange bedfellows! You have to watch this to believe it! (Contains outtakes from… Read More »Ward Radio Helps John’s Case: RFM: 477 The post Ward Radio Helps John’s Case: RFM: 477 appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup.

In this amazing episode of RFM, we get three podcasts in one! The first deals with comments collected from apologetic podcasts that may end up being useful to John Dehlin in defending himself in court against the Mormon Church! The second deals with the 600-Year Prophecy of Christ’s Birth found in the Book of Mormon,… Read More »RFM Fixes The Book of Mormon: RFM: 476 The post RFM Fixes The Book of Mormon: RFM: 476 appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup.

Can a church become so important that no amount of bad leadership, toxic culture, or personal harm should ever cause someone to leave? Recently, Elder Lawrence Corbridge made a striking statement: “Darth Vader could be your bishop. The culture could be like Alcatraz… If you see the Church as the kingdom of God on earth,… Read More »“You Will Stay” – When Loyalty Matters More Than Abuse ! The post “You Will Stay” – When Loyalty Matters More Than Abuse ! appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup.

RFM and Bill Reel are joined by Dr. Thomas Murphy to discuss what the presence of Native American myths, individuals, and stories in the Book of Mormon means. Are these evidence the Book of Mormon is true? Or do they give us an insight into some of the creative grist Joseph was using to compile… Read More »Native American Legends in BOM! The post Native American Legends in BOM! appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup.