Today I dissect Jacob Chapter 5: The Allegory of the Olive Tree. This chapter has been shoved down the throat of believers as an evidence of the Book of Mormon’s divine origins. Olive horticulture is unique we were told. Joseph couldn’t have possibly known the concepts therein. How one grafts, dungs, burns, plants, and nourishes […]
Audio from a Live Broadcast on March 4th 8AM Mountain Time, Bill Reel and Chris Bloxham will examine Mormonism’s long standing journey w/ racism. Elder Oaks will be making a special appearance and we will have the chance to hear the great Priesthood story of Bonky & Creeby
Today I sit down with my good friend Brittney Hartley. We discuss primarily her book Mormon Philosophy simplified. While doing so we end up exploring life. Astrology, Sam Harris, tribalism, Divine Feminine, raising children in the Church, Sapiens, myth, Christmas, spirituality, relationships, Enneagrams…the list goes on! Mormon Philosophy Simplified : by Brittney Hartley
A Listener, George, called Bill this week and asked him if he might tackle an episode dealing with Bill’s Personal experiences with the Temple. So here it is Thursday, Feb 20th, at 7:30 AM. Get ready to feel Elevation Emotion like never before!!!!
On Monday February 10th 2020, the Wall Street Journal, released a exclusive interview with Mormon Leaders regarding the Faith’s amassed 100 Billion Plus in investments. Wall Street Journal’s audio https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/the-journal/the-mormon-church-100-billion-secret-fund/124ce913-14e4-4d9e-aaa9-6e75e96f6514?fbclid=IwAR06jINGEidlav4datrnr4LY9Ovkj7AeskMgSQVkuhWWetnaIf5e93FGzsE We examine 6 sound bites from the WSJ podcast and examine whether the LDS Church is being honest about its wealth and why it avoided […]
Today we begin our first live broadcast of the Mormon Discussion Podcast. We will engage the topic of Joseph Smith’s Treasure Digging and welcome live call ins to the show and discuss the messy issue of Joseph Smith’s Treasure Hunting and use of Seer Stones. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seer_stone_(Latter_Day_Saints) https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/27599/3/Parker_Stuart_AC_201103_PhD_thesis.pdf http://undergroundnotes.com/graphics7/Dialogue_V27N03_211.pdf Palmyra Magic Timeline http://en.fairmormon.org/Joseph_Smith/Seer_stones http://en.fairmormon.org/Joseph_Smith/Seer_stones/%22Rock_in_hat%22_used_for_Book_of_Mormon_translation http://en.fairmormon.org/Book_of_Mormon/Translation/Joseph’s_use_of_the_seer_stone_as_a_youth http://fr.fairmormon.org/Joseph_Smith/Seer_stones […]
Today I share a list I having been working on. It has to do with Mormon Absurdities. The goal was to provide a list of items, that in order to believe Mormonism, one must accept these items as reconcilable, if one accepts the official narrative of their faith and the words of their prophets. These […]
Today we discuss the August 2019 New Era Article on Vaping, Coffee, Tea, Marijuana, and Opioids. Todays episode dives into the logic of why each item is forbidden and how that logic not only differs with each other thaey also make little sense when juxtaposed against other substances that are not banned and even supported […]
TRIGGER WARNING We will be discussing the topic of Sex Abuse and while not discussing the incidents specifically this episode may be triggering to some. Today we sit down with a friend Kindra Celani and discuss her experience with Sex Abuse and its connection to the LDS Church. She shares how her abuser used Mormonism […]
There are multiple examples of Joseph Smith’s manipulation of vulnerable women in order to pressure them into a polygamous relationships. The Partridge sisters, Lucy Walker, Fanny Alger, The Lawrence Sisters. Today we share the story of Nancy Rigdon and the Happiness Letter. Nancy, Daughter of Early Church Leader Sidney Rigdon is a prime example of […]
Today I talk about my navigation of the drugs as well as coffee and tea as a teenager including and my eventual abandonment of those things when I join Mormonism and follow Mormonism’s Word of Wisdom. I discuss that after losing belief in Mormonism, the Word of Wisdom becomes just arbitrary rules, no longer upheld […]
A friend messages me the other day and says, “your not going to believe this”. “what”, I ask. “The Church has removed Boyd K Packer’s Little Factory Talk”, he informs me. “That’s impossible…. deleting a General conference talk completely…. forever? no way” I tell him…….. Well he was right and today we play that talk […]
It has been a long time coming, but my wife Amanda and I sat down to have a conversation about our journey. We tell our combined story as a couple and what our life journey has looked like. Be patient with both of us, My wife is much more introverted when it comes to a […]
We sit down today with Jessica Foutz. Jessica is a dear friend of mine who I have known for several years. I have watched Jessica go from having her Mormon Shelf crash to seeing her dive into Faith and Cognitive development along with her deep interest in wise voices speaking to growth and development like […]
Today I want to talk about tribes and community. About the “we” of family and friends. The “we” of religious tribes. How intimacy is the secret ingredient of small tribes (25 or less), gossip the secret of medium sized tribes(25 to 150) and myth for large tribes (150+) I talk about leaving a tribe when […]
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