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John, LDS Discussions and Nemo go over the tight and loose translations of the Book of Mormon. Special Guest: Nemo the Mormon LDS Discussions Essay on Tight vs. Loose Translation Episode Show Notes _________________________ LDS Discussions is made possible by generous donors! Help us continue to deliver quality content by becoming a donor today: One-time or recurring donation through Donorbox Support us on Patreon Pick “Mormon Stories” as your charity on Amazon Smile or through the Amazon App LDS Discussions Platforms: LDS Discussions Website LDS Discussions Playlist on YouTube Contact LDS Discussions: Twitter: @ldsdicussions Facebook: @ldsdiscussion Insta: @ldsdiscussions Email: ldsdiscussions@gmail.com Contact us: MormonStories@gmail.com PO Box 171085, Salt Lake City, UT 84117 Social Media: Insta: @mormstories Tiktok: @mormonstoriespodcast Join the Discord --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mormonstories/message

Join Margi and John for our next episode of Thrive Stories tomorrow, Tuesday May 24th, at noon (MST). Marc Oslund will be joining us in the studio! Marc spent most of his young adult life and the entirety of his time in the Mormon church trying to fit in. After converting to Mormonism, Marc’s tendency to be hard on himself grew into scrupulosity--a form of religious OCD that made his self-worth plummet. Marc began to believe that he was never good enough--a belief that took a steep toll on his mental health. After years of suffering, Marc acquired skills that aligned with principles of innate worth, shame resilience, mindfulness, self-compassion that allowed him to overcome his scrupulosity. This episode conveys Marc’s experience ending the hustle to find worth and the lessons learned in the process of coming home to himself. Disclaimer: although Marc is a mental health professional and therapeutic principles are conveyed in this episode, this not meant to be considered mental health treatment or professional

Join John, Jenn and Maven as we explore the Making of Maven. She takes us through her faith crisis and reconstruction with touching stories, beautiful insight and hope. Show Notes: Mormonism live D&C Reference about Spirits: D&C 129:4-8 Emma Pt. 2 - Philippines MIssion Episode Mormon Stories Podcast of Jennifer and Steph MS David Bokovoy Episodes Tabitha’s Way Food Pantry Jordan and McKay MS Podcast Jordan and McKay Youtube video on YSA stuff Josh and Lolly Weed MS Episode Clara Dehlin - Asexuality YouTube channel A Little Book of Ace Asexual.org Jimmy Snow Youtube Channel Streeter fake apology news coverage Mormonism Live YouTube channel MS Episode on 132 with Sandra Tanner Lila Tueller Mormon Story Donna Showalter Mormon Story Dr. Michael Coe Mormon Story Thomas Murphy Mormon Story Robert Ritner Mormon Story Jennifer Blackwell Mormon Story David Bokovoy Mormon Story Natasha Helfer-Parker Mormon Story ————— We are 100% donor funded! Please click HERE to donate and keep this content comin

Tune in today at 1pm MST to join John, Jenn and Maven, from Mormonism Live, for part one of Maven's Mormon Story. Her story begins in rural Utah, next door to Fundamental Mormons, and later serving an LDS mission. In part 2, join John, Jenn and Maven as we explore the Making of Maven. She takes us through her faith crisis and reconstruction with touching stories, beautiful insight and hope. Show Notes: Mormonism live D&C Reference about Spirits: D&C 129:4-8 Emma Pt. 2 - Philippines MIssion Episode Mormon Stories Podcast of Jennifer and Steph MS David Bokovoy Episodes Tabitha’s Way Food Pantry Jordan and McKay MS Podcast Jordan and McKay Youtube video on YSA stuff Josh and Lolly Weed MS Episode Clara Dehlin - Asexuality YouTube channel A Little Book of Ace Asexual.org Jimmy Snow Youtube Channel Streeter fake apology news coverage Mormonism Live YouTube channel MS Episode on 132 with Sandra Tanner Lila Tueller Mormon Story Donna Showalter Mormon Story Dr. Michael Coe Mormon Story Thomas Murphy

What would you think if your Church Leaders were on the defendant's witness list of your child's sex abuser? In this episode, we will discuss a disturbing Mormon sex abuse case in which the Branch and Stake presidents submitted affidavits that would have aided the dismissal of new charges brought against Elders Quorum President and registered sex offender Michael Adam Davis. Join us this Tuesday evening as LDS Member Michael Benjamin walks us through the details of this alarming case in which The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, once again, chooses to protect the institution over sexually abused children. ————— We are 100% donor funded! Please click HERE to donate and keep this content coming! Click here to donate monthly: $10 $25 $50 ————— MSP on Spotify MSP on Apple Podcasts MSP Blog Instagram Patreon TikTok Discord   Contact Us! *MormonStories@gmail.com *PO Box 171085 Salt Lake City, UT 84117 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mormonstories/message

While God (in the D&C), Joseph Smith, and most Mormon Prophets certainly knew who the Lamanites were, DNA Science has put the modern Church in a precarious position. Today, The Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints claims not to know anything about who and where the descendants of the Book of Mormon people are even though the record was explicitly preserved for them.  Join John, Mike, and Gerardo as they discuss how the LDS Church has responded to DNA Studies that show that Native Americans are the descendants of eastern Asian populations instead of Israelites. LDS Discussions Essay on DNA and the Book of Mormon Episode Show Notes _________________________ LDS Discussions is made possible by generous donors! Help us continue to deliver quality content by becoming a donor today: One-time or recurring donation through Donorbox Support us on Patreon Pick “Mormon Stories” as your charity on Amazon Smile or through the Amazon App LDS Discussions Platforms: LDS Discussions Website LDS Discussions Playl

Join John and Anthony Miller as he shares about his Mormon Faith Crisis TEDx talk with us LIVE this coming Monday, May 16th, at 2:30 PM MST. Show Notes: Anthony’s TEDx Talk: Anthony Miller MS Episode:  Sunstone Thrive Beyond Religion Billings Mormon Spectrum group:  Mormon Discussions Kyle Ashworth MS Podcast Recovering Agency (Book) by Luna Lindsey Corben: Brene Brown books:  Mormon Faith Crisis Podcast/YouTube channel:  Mormon Faith Crisis Retreat:  Mormon Stories Discord Server:  ————— We are 100% donor funded! Please click HERE to donate and keep this content coming! Click here to donate monthly: $10 $25 $50 ————— MSP on Spotify MSP on Apple Podcasts MSP Blog Instagram Patreon TikTok Discord   Contact Us! *MormonStories@gmail.com *PO Box 171085 Salt Lake City, UT 84117 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mormonstories/message

Join our new European Producer Nemo the Mormon as he interviews Christina, who left the Mormon Church as a Youth in The Netherlands. Christina will share with us how an encounter with Dieter F. Uchtdorf planted the seed of her faith transition, what the state of the LDS church in The Netherlands is, and share the LDS experience from a Dutch perspective! Show Notes: Zelf on the Shelf YouTube Ex-Mormon Reddit Christina YouTube Nemo the Mormon ————— We are 100% donor funded! Please click HERE to donate and keep this content coming! Click here to donate monthly: $10 $25 $50 ————— MSP on Spotify MSP on Apple Podcasts MSP Blog Instagram Patreon TikTok Discord   Contact Us! *MormonStories@gmail.com *PO Box 171085 Salt Lake City, UT 84117 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mormonstories/message

Join us for another fascinating conversation with LDS discussions on the lost 116 pages of the Book of Mormon. LDS Discussions Essay on The Lost 116 Pages Episode Show Notes _________________________ LDS Discussions is made possible by generous donors! Help us continue to deliver quality content by becoming a donor today: One-time or recurring donation through Donorbox Support us on Patreon Pick “Mormon Stories” as your charity on Amazon Smile or through the Amazon App LDS Discussions Platforms: LDS Discussions Website LDS Discussions Playlist on YouTube Contact LDS Discussions: Twitter: @ldsdicussions Facebook: @ldsdiscussion Insta: @ldsdiscussions Email: ldsdiscussions@gmail.com Contact us: MormonStories@gmail.com PO Box 171085, Salt Lake City, UT 84117 Social Media: Insta: @mormstories Tiktok: @mormonstoriespodcast Join the Discord --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mormonstories/message

Join Margi and John for our next episode of Thrive Stories this coming Tuesday at noon (MST).   One of the most pressing questions parents ask after a faith shift is, “What do I do about my kids?” Without orthodoxy, the way forward feels disorienting. In this interview, Jon Ogden, co-founder of UpliftKids.org, suggests that a strong foundation already exists in the form of science and wisdom. With this foundation, we don’t have to feel like we’re starting with nothing. Thrive Stories is a new podcast series where Margi (alongside John or Jenn) will be interviewing a member of the community twice per month.  The interviews will be shorter (1-2 hours), story-based, but will be focused on a particular aspect of healing and growth AFTER a Mormon faith crisis (thus the THRIVE name).  They will happen on Tuesdays at noon (MST). Some examples of areas of thriving include:  Family Relationships, Healthy Boundaries, Finding Community, Finding Meaning/Purpose, Dealing with Grief/Death, Religion after Mormonism, Health

Join us for an epic episode on the Mormon teaching of Noah and the worldwide flood with Dr. Simon Southerton and renowned geologist Dr. David Montgomery, professor of geology at the University of Washington in Seattle. We will discuss the probability of Noah’s flood being a factual event in history and how the Mormon Church has dealt with this issue. Dr. Southerton will share an interesting Australian perspective regarding the flood. Show Notes: “Dingo genome suggests Australian icon not descended from domestic dogs,” by Alice Klein, New Scientist, April 22, 2022 From the slide presentation: “The flood and the Tower of Babel,” by Donald W Parry, Ensign, January 1998 “DNA and the Book of Mormon” on Mormon Stories The Rocks Don’t Lie by David Montgomery "Noah's flood and the development of geology," David Montgomery's TedTalk William Buckland Ice Dam on the Clark Fork River breached 14,000 years ago, National Park Service Bonneville Outflow via Red Rock Pass, Idaho, 14,000 years ago, Earth Science Picture of t

Join John, Jenn, Randy Bell and RFM as we go through Randy’s 15 steps of critical thinking for Mormons. What steps did you skip as an active believing Mormon? Show Notes: Post Traumatic Thriving Mormonism Live Heaven’s Gate Mormon Stories Podcast with Randy Bell Mormon Stories Podcast with RFM Mormon Stories "From TBM to RFM Part 1" Mormon Stories "From TBM to RFM Part 2" Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking by Richard Paul and Linda Elder Tom Phillips Case Hugh Nibley Recovering Agency Mormon Stories Luna Lindsey Combating Cult Mind Control by Steven Hassan Steven Hassan on Mormon Stories ————— We are 100% donor funded! Please click HERE to donate and keep this content coming! Click here to donate monthly: $10 $25 $50 ————— MSP on Spotify MSP on Apple Podcasts MSP Blog Instagram Patreon TikTok Discord   Contact Us! *MormonStories@gmail.com *PO Box 171085 Salt Lake City, UT 84117 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mormonstories/message

Join John Larsen, Carah Burrell, and John Dehlin for an extensive exploration of the implications of the LDS Church’s Plan of Salvation. Show notes: Mormon Expression Mormon Expression Donorbox ————— We are 100% donor funded! Please click HERE to donate and keep this content coming! Click here to donate monthly: $10 $25 $50 ————— MSP on Spotify MSP on Apple Podcasts MSP Blog Instagram Patreon TikTok Discord   Contact Us! *MormonStories@gmail.com *PO Box 171085 Salt Lake City, UT 84117 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mormonstories/message

Description: Join John, Jenn and Mike from LDS Discussions as we break down the “translation” of the Book of Mormon. Did Joseph use the “spectacles” and breastplate found with the Gold Plates? Or his seer stone and a hat? Or the “Urim & Thummim”? Or nothing at all?  Does it even matter? LDS Discussions Essay on Book of Mormon Translation Episode Show Notes _________________________ LDS Discussions is made possible by generous donors! Help us continue to deliver quality content by becoming a donor today: One-time or recurring donation through Donorbox Support us on Patreon Pick “Mormon Stories” as your charity on Amazon Smile or through the Amazon App LDS Discussions Platforms: LDS Discussions Website LDS Discussions Playlist on YouTube Contact LDS Discussions: Twitter: @ldsdicussions Facebook: @ldsdiscussion Insta: @ldsdiscussions Email: ldsdiscussions@gmail.com Contact us: MormonStories@gmail.com PO Box 171085, Salt Lake City, UT 84117 Social Media: Insta: @mormstories Tiktok: @mormonstoriespodca

Jillian Orr became a national news story last week when she flashed rainbow colors sewn into her graduation gown during her graduation from Brigham Young University - coming out as bisexual. This is her story. Show notes:  Matt Easton MS Interview Jeff Holland Musket talk MS episode Number of women in BOM Latter-gay stories "On the Record" document CES Letter Jillian’s Instagram Account Glennon Doyle - Untamed ————— We are 100% donor funded! Please click HERE to donate and keep this content coming! Click here to donate monthly: $10 $25 $50 ————— MSP on Spotify MSP on Apple Podcasts MSP Blog Instagram Patreon TikTok Discord   Contact Us! *MormonStories@gmail.com *PO Box 171085 Salt Lake City, UT 84117 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mormonstories/message

Today John is joined by LDS Discussions and Nemo to review the history of the "Golden Plates" as they relate to the creation of the Book of Mormon.  Who did the first accounts come from of the existence of these plates? Were they real? What became of attempts to see, show, or steal them? What implications do these stories have on Mormon origins and beliefs regarding encounters with celestial beings, including the God supposedly at the center of their coming forth? Special Guest: Nemo the Mormon on YouTube LDS Discussions Essay on the Golden Plates Episode Show Notes _________________________ LDS Discussions is made possible by generous donors! Help us continue to deliver quality content by becoming a donor today: One-time or recurring donation through Donorbox Support us on Patreon Pick “Mormon Stories” as your charity on Amazon Smile or through the Amazon App LDS Discussions Platforms: LDS Discussions Website LDS Discussions Playlist on YouTube Contact LDS Discussions: Twitter: @ldsdicussions Faceboo

Join Margi and John for our next episode of Thrive Stories this coming Tuesday at noon (MST). Come listen and participate in the conversation as we talk to Dre Robinson, cofounder of BeautyLab.  Dre will  talk a bit about her life growing up as a smart, assertive, and driven woman existing in a structure and culture that had a very limiting beliefs about women and their roles in the home, life, and the world. As things began to fall apart, Dre came into her own and began embracing and redefining herself in ways that have allowed her to show up in her relationships and in life in an integrated and honoring way. .Join us in a conversation about gender roles and the limiting structure of the gender binary! Thrive Stories is a new podcast series where Margi (alongside John or Jenn) will be interviewing a member of the community twice per month.  The interviews will be shorter (1-2 hours), story-based, but will be focused on a particular aspect of healing and growth AFTER a Mormon faith crisis (thus the THRIVE nam

Join John and Jenn for part two of our interview with popular Mormon podcaster Radio Free Mormon, wherein he shares with us the story of how he lost his Mormon faith. Listen to Part 1 of this interview by clickig the links below:  On Apple Podcasts On Spotify Show Notes: Radio Free Mormon podcast Mormonism Live with RFM and Bill Reel "A Treasured Testament," by Russell M. Nelson, Ensign, July 1993; one of few early examples of the Church admitting Joseph used a rock in a hat to produce the Book of Mormon New Testament Scholar Bart Ehrman on Mormon Stories Discuss Mormonism forum (RFM uses the handle "consiglieri") RFM's first interview on Mormon Stories Cleanthes' "Hymn to Zeus" Secular Buddhism podcast "Race and the Priesthood," Gospel Topics Essay "How About an Apology for the Priesthood Ban?" on Radio Free Mormon Bishop Bill Reel on Mormon Stories "Bill Reel Discusses His Falling Out with FAIR and Faithful Dissent of LDS Policy" on Mormon Stories "Bill Reel's Evolution" on Mormon Stories "Bill Reel's Pr

Mormon Stories Donors, We are super excited to let you know that we have organized a special event for you next week in Salt Lake City. Beloved Mormon podcaster Radio Free Mormon (RFM) (Radio Free Mormon podcast and Mormonism Live Podcast) will be in town, and so we have scheduled an intimate evening with him...and YOU (our beloved donors)! The event will be held on April 26th at 7pm in American Fork, Utah.  There will be some treats, RFM will be preparing some remarks, and then we will invite you to ask RFM any question you want. It should be a fun evening, and most importantly, it will be your/our chance to let RFM know how much he has meant to you/us over the years. Please join us if you are able. Seating will be limited (150 max).  Cost is $15/person and proceeds from the event will go to cut RFM a big fat check to thank him for his amazing work.  You can register for the event here.  The exact address for the event will be emailed to you register, a few days before the event. We hope to see some of you t

Join Margi and John for our next episode of Thrive Stories this coming Tuesday at noon (MST). Come listen and participate in the conversation as we talk to Holly Ashton Wallin. Holly will talk about the role of passion in her life, beginning as a young girl where she was a dreamer, a lover and a fighter. She will take us through how she lost herself along the way--and with that, her passion. Holly eventually came to experience the loss of her marriage, her faith, her career path, and her health. Witness how Holly rebuilt her identity and her life after loss by connecting back to that fire within. What does it mean to live “a life on fire?” Join us to find out! Thrive Stories is a new podcast series where Margi (alongside John or Jenn) will be interviewing a member of the community twice per month. The interviews will be shorter (1-2 hours), story-based, but will be focused on a particular aspect of healing and growth AFTER a Mormon faith crisis (thus the THRIVE name). They will happen on Tuesdays at noon (MST