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Mormonism LIVE: 072: Neophytes & Lamanites In The Book of Mormon Apr 21, 2022

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We sit down with American anthropologist and Author, Thomas Murphy to discuss the Book of Mormon within the context of Native American History. We explore the legends and history of the indigenous people to see if there are connections there that help us examine the historicity of the Book of Mormon and the claims of Mormonism surrounding its imposition of Lamanites

Radio Free Mormon: 240: How Jesus Became the Savior Apr 16, 2022

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Did the original Christians expect Jesus to be crucified for the sins of the world? Or did they expect something else? Something very different? And if so, how did Jesus become the Savior worshipped by Christians today? These and other fascinating questions are explored in depth by RFM in this episode.

Mormonism LIVE: 071: Nephi & Judith – Beheadings & other Similarities Apr 14, 2022

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Bill and RFM dive into the apocryphal book of Judith and point out the many similarities between that apocryphal story and the Book of Mormon’s story about Nephi and his encounter and eventual beheading of Laban.

RESOURCES:
debunking-cesletter.com/book-of-mormon-1/view-of-the-hebrews-joseph-smith-sr-dream/

http://jur.byu.edu/?p=21296

https://rsc.byu.edu/doctrine-covenants-revelations-context/joseph-smith-emanuel-swedenborg-section-76-importance-bible

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https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/manual/doctrine-and-covenants-student-manual/section-91-the-apocrypha?lang=eng

https://www.ksl.com/article/11790001/joseph-smith-family-bible-goes-on-sale

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The Late War, The Book of Mormon, and Big Data from canadaduane

http://wordtree.org/thelatewar/

https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/Question:_Did_Joseph_Smith_create_the_story_of_Nephi_and_Laban_by_plagiarizing_concepts_and_phrases_from_the_story_of_Judith_and_Holofernes_in_the_Apocrypha%3F

https://ebible.org/pdf/eng-kjv/eng-kjv_JDT.pdf

Radio Free Mormon: 239: RFM Goes Back to Church! Apr 13, 2022

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I went to the Saturday evening session of Stake Conference April 9th. So many of you wanted to know why I went and what happened, I decided to do a podcast about it!

Radio Free Mormon: 238: General Conference Post Mortem–April 2022–Saturday Morning Session Apr 09, 2022

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RFM is back to his old tricks, breaking down and analyzing General Conference as only he can!

Mormonism LIVE: 070: Critical Scholarship and Book of Abraham Historicity Apr 07, 2022

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RFM and Bill sit down once again with Dan Vogel and Brent Metcalfe to examine the problems with the Book of Abraham as a translation of an ancient document in a sacred text for Mormonism generally and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints specifically. Dan and Brent share their scholarship and help us grasp some of the messiness around this issue.

Mormonism LIVE: 069: Gaslighting From Mormon Leadership Mar 31, 2022

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Bill Reel and RFM will dive into Mormon Gaslighting. They will discuss the psychology of gaslighting, discuss its origin, and then delve into a handful of examples among the hundreds that could be explored and conclude discussing the harm that comes to the one being gaslit.
RESOURCES:
https://mormonismlive.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Gaslighting-Examples.pdf
Movie Gaslight – https://youtu.be/UYmtzaHwCKo?t=828
Elder Ballard not knowing where Baptism invitations after the first discussion came from – https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2019-06-26/president-ballard-said-missionaries-shouldnt-invite-people-to-be-baptized-without-feeling-the-spirit-heres-why-701
Where Baptism invitations after the first discussion came from – https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/bc/content/shared/content/english/pdf/language-materials/36617_eng.pdf
Mormons not getting their own planet – https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-ca.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Farticle%2Fmormonism-101-faq%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0V8Q2Ti4xp1oUJ5-xDnOrGE5oBxaP43_fLetCr31Z1Qc5n3Rhm0KlDuds&h=AT3P_IMMUNCvo18LtNAbs3zw8i7Y2LAgJk_b9y80Mw8AyOhEtDsWgZYsVoDVIM1CKJYoiKjPq3FWgcb1yhFOokdzL3D9Nh2brA5WfewMZSXAHX4UFB4loc4s4ob1hdz4XO0
Mormons getting their own planet – https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/broadcasts/article/christmas-devotional/2018/12/four-gifts-that-jesus-christ-offers-to-you?lang=eng
Mormons getting their own planet – https://youtu.be/sd52qp2mxC8?t=941
Mormons getting their own planet – https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/bc/content/shared/content/english/pdf/language-materials/31129_eng.pdf
Ronald Poelman 1984 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qIr30dtCvo
Mormonism has never been racist – https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2000/09/no-more-strangers?lang=eng
Mormonism’s Racism – https://www.mormonstories.org/other/Lowry_Nelson_1st_Presidency_Exchange.pdf
Mormonism’s Racism – https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/Mormonism_and_racial_issues/Blacks_and_the_priesthood/Statements#1949
Mormonism’s Racism – https://missedinsunday.com/memes/race/pure-blood/
Mormonism’s Racism – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_people_and_Mormonism
Elder Oaks laughing about hiding the 1832 account and Elder Ballard saying we never hid anything – https://youtu.be/Uj2VWhuW50w?t=2849
Weird Alma Song Gaslighting – https://weirdalma.bandcamp.com/track/gaslighting
Spencer Kimball Gaslighting about Adam-God Doctrine – https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/Mormonism_and_doctrine/Repudiated_concepts/Adam-God_theory?fbclid=IwAR2v60FTK6jT1Imxro1VKvhPXOx8e2HXftteH2t5iOlk2_TkRbxaxTrbFCE
Bruce R McConkie Gaslighting regarding Adam-God – https://faenrandir.github.io/a_careful_examination/bruce-r-mcconkie-misled-on-adam-god/

Radio Free Mormon: 237: The Mormon Myth that Wouldn’t Die-UNPAID MINISTRY! Mar 28, 2022

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Tonight I do a deep dive on how the LDS Church has misled its members to believe that top church leaders are not paid. Then we go into the January 2017 leak that blew the lid off this myth to the tune of six-figure base salaries for General Authorities.

The amazing thing is that, in spite of being exposed in front of the entire world, the LDS Church continues to peddle the story that there is no paid ministry!

That’s why I call this episode, “The Mormon Myth that Wouldn’t Die”!

Buckle your seatbelts! It’s going to be a bumpy night!

Mormonism LIVE: 068: Out of Africa Mar 25, 2022

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RFM and Bill Reel sit down with special guests to discuss what The LDS Church looks like in Africa and how its membership upon this continent is affected uniquely.

Radio Free Mormon: 236: Ask Me Anything!!! Mar 18, 2022

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I was recently asked to do an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Mormon Reddit. Lots of great questions were asked and I did my best to answer in the limited amount of time I had!

This episode is the audio version of the AMA, and includes some answers to questions that came in after the AMA was over!