My Book of Mormon

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King Follett Discourse, Not A Eulogy? Mar 16, 2019

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We wrap up the King Follett Discourse and it's all about the man who passed away, oh wait it's still mostly about Joseph Smith. We get the source phrases for No Man Knows My History, and Infants on Thrones.

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King Follett Discourse, Infinite Regression of Gods Mar 09, 2019

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Marie's inherent belief structure gets tossed to the wind as we delve into the infinite regression of gods. The Plan of Salvation is involved, sort of.

Fair Mormon's non-answer to the god regression is here.

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King Follett Discourse, It Begins Mar 02, 2019

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King Follett died in 1844 when a bucket of rocks fell on his head while he was helping dig a well. Joseph Smith spoke at his funeral, for hours, and 4+ people wrote notes of his speech. Let's read it!

All The Links

The church's official information is here

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FBM 7: Reign of Judges - Title of Liberty

Non-Canon Revelation 8: Two repeats and an arson attempt Feb 23, 2019

Show notes

We've heard the first two before! The second one is a treasure trove of little-heard stories.

All the links!!!

Patron-only bonus: Deep thoughts on feedback

Read the full text at JosephSmithPapers.org

The death of Alvin Smith

Joseph Smith's feelings on doctors, April 1843

Mormon Political Involvement in Ohio

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Non-Canon Revelation 7: A Song (of Bigfoot) Feb 16, 2019

Show notes

Draft 1 of a song via the gift of tongues, translated by Sidney Rigdon, definitely "written" by David W. Patten and not Frederick Williams.

All the links!!!

Song, February 27, 1833

Linda Shelley Whiting, author

David W. Patten's blessing from Joseph Smith

Bigfoot, in Deseret News

Encyclopedia of Mormonism's info on David W. Patten

A Selection of Early Mormon Hymnbooks, by Shane Chism

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Non-Canon Revelation 6: Shaker, Quaker, Paper Maker Feb 09, 2019

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Indexes from here to there, Jesse Gause gets dumped, Minerva Gause is amazing, and we need more paper.

Lincoln Haskins revelation

Jesse Gause gets removed

Revelation Book 1 Index

Long division in Revelation Book 1

Revelation Book 2 Index

Non-Canon Revelation 5: Enochian, Paper, and $$$ Feb 02, 2019

Show notes

Maybe Joseph was trying to speak Enochian? He definitely was having money problems.

Sample of Pure Language

Printing press page purchases

Reserve $3,000 (somehow)

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Non-Canon Revelation 4: Testimony of the D&C Witnesses Jan 26, 2019

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Sometimes all you need is to have a group of guys tell you that your words are true.

Testimony 2 (Joseph Smith Papers)

Lost Commandment Found (Deseret News)

Non-Canon Revelation 3: May 1831 (Give us your house) Jan 19, 2019

Show notes

The prophet convinces Frederick G. Williams to give over his house and farm to Joseph Smith, Sr. This plot eventually turned into the plot of land where the Kirtland Temple was built.

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Frackin' Bad Mini is back! Marie and Bryce review a kickstarter promo of a concept film for a movie franchise called Reign of Judges: Title of Libery, and it's the best/worst retelling of Moroni they've ever seen.

Non-Canon Revelation 2: Early 1830, Go to Canada Jan 12, 2019

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Joseph Smith commands his inner circle to take his not-yet-published Book of Mormon and sell the copyright up in Canada. That copyright was never sold, so this revelation was never printed.

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