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Episode 186: Live Cruise Recording: Apostates

Feb 7, 2012

Episode 186: Live Cruise Recording: Apostates

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John and Zilpha speak with a contingency of Mormon Expression listeners about what it means to be an apostate in Mormonism.

By Rich Rasmussen Uncategorized 18 Comments Tags: apostasy, apostate, ex-Mormon, freedom, friendship, Happiness, Integrity, Loneliness, misery, Sin

Episode 118a: Polygamy Manifesto for Dummies Part 1

Mar 1, 2011

Episode 118a: Polygamy Manifesto for Dummies Part 1

John Larsen, Glenn Ostlund, Tom Perry and Rich discuss the Manifesto.

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By John Larsen Uncategorized 18 Comments Tags: Abraham, Agency, apostasy, Brigham Young, celestial marriage, Co-Habitation, Crisis, D. Michael Quinn, Degrees of Glory, Edmunds Act, Gordon B. Hinckley, Holy Ghost Manifesto, John Taylor, Joseph Smith, Light of Christ, Lorenzo Snow, Lying for the Lord, Mamby-Pamby, marriage, Millennium, Obedience, Official Declaration, plural marriage, polygamy, prop-8, Prophecy, Reed Smoot, Revelation, Scripture, Second Comming, Second Manifesto, Wilford Woodruf

Episode 116: Pure Mormonism

Feb 22, 2011

Episode 116: Pure Mormonism

John Larsen is joined by Zilpha and Cody to discuss Rock Waterman’s views on “Pure Mormonism”.

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By John Larsen Uncategorized 67 Comments Tags: apostasy, Atheism, Book of Mormon, Buddhism, children, Cleon Skousen, Doctrine, Eastern Religion, God, Iraq, Joseph Smith, New Age, Paul Tuscano, polygamy, Repentance, Restoration, Revelation, The Church, The Spirit, Theology, Truth, War

Feb 3, 2011

Episode 110: A Discussion with a Current Bishop

Tom Perry is joined by John to talk to a current bishop about his belief.

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By John Larsen Uncategorized 105 Comments Tags: apostasy, Bishop, Christ, Church Discipline, doubt, faith, Guilt, Homosexuality, Internet, Leadership, Masterbation, Myth, Temple Recommend, ward

Jan 20, 2011

Episode 105: Richard Packham

John Larsen and Richard Packham discuss the state of online criticism of the Church for the last 25 years.

Richard Packham’s Website

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By John Larsen Uncategorized 24 Comments Tags: Apologetics, apostasy, Book of Mormon, Brent Metcalfe, Christianity, exmormon.org, General Authorities, google, Graduate School, Hugh Nibley, Internet, IRR, James Strang, Kerry Shirts, lies, Missionaries, Printing Press, Question, Recovery From Mormonism (RFM), temple, The Brethren, Truth

Oct 19, 2010

Episode 89a: The 14 Fundamentals of Following a Prophet for Dummies Part 1

John, Glenn, George, Mike and Wes discuss the Ezra Taft Benson talk on following the prophet

14 Fundamentals of Following the Prophet (lds.org)

14 Fundamentals of Following the Prophet (lds-mormon.com)

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By John Larsen Uncategorized 43 Comments Tags: 1971, Adam-God, apologists, apostasy, Apostates, authority, Bible, Boyd Packer, Brigham Young, Bruce McConkie, BYU, Catholic, Christianity, Constitution, Correlation, cult, Evolution, Ezra Taft Benson, Fallacy, False Doctrine, Gordon Hinckley, Government, Holy Ghost, Jesus Christ, Joseph Fielding Smith, Logic, Morality, Obedience, Pearl of Great Price, Peter, Pope, Prayer, President, Pride, Prophecy, Prophet, Quorum of the Twelve, Reason, religion, Scripture, temple, Truth, Warren Jeffs, Wilford Woodruff, World

Jul 20, 2010

Episode 71b: The King Follet Discourse for Dummies Part 2

On the 7th April 1844 Joseph Smith gave one of the most important discourses of Mormonism. Join Tom, Mike, Glenn and John Larsen for the discussion.

The King Follet Discourse: A Newly Amalgamated Text

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By John Larsen Uncategorized 64 Comments Tags: apostasy, Bible, BYU Studies, children, Correlation, Council of 50, Doctrine, Fawn Brodie, Glory, God, Gordon B. Hinckley, hebrew, Holy Ghost, Hubris, Human Beings, intelligence, John D. Lee, Joseph Smith, Law of Adoption, Nauvoo, Obedience, Resurrection, Revelation, Son of Perdition, Speculative Theology, Spirit, Stan Larson, Thomas Bullock, William Clayton

Jul 20, 2010

Episode 71a: The King Follet Discourse for Dummies Part 1

On the 7th April 1844 Joseph Smith gave one of the most important discourses of Mormonism. Join Tom, Mike, Glenn and John Larsen for the discussion.

The King Follet Discourse: A Newly Amalgamated Text

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By John Larsen Uncategorized 58 Comments Tags: apostasy, Bible, BYU Studies, children, Correlation, Council of 50, Doctrine, Fawn Brodie, Glory, God, Gordon B. Hinckley, hebrew, Holy Ghost, Hubris, Human Beings, intelligence, John D. Lee, Joseph Smith, Law of Adoption, Nauvoo, Obedience, Resurrection, Revelation, Son of Perdition, Speculative Theology, Spirit, Stan Larson, Thomas Bullock, William Clayton

Apr 6, 2010

Episode 50b: 180th Annual General Conference Sunday Review

Tom is joined by Mike, Glenn and Jim to discuss the Sunday morning session. John is joined by Andrew, Rich, Seth and Jon B to talk through the afternoon session.

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By John Larsen Uncategorized 44 Comments Tags: apostasy, Apostle, Atonement, Big Love, children, Christ, Conformation Bias, Cows, Databases, death, Easter, Emotion, empathy, End Times, Ezra Taft Benson, family, Family History, Gay Marriage, Genealogy, Gospel, Guilt, Haiti, Hope, Humanitarian, Intelligent Design, Jesus, Journal of Discourse, Kindness, Less-active, Martha, metaphor, Motherhood, Obedience, Offense, Parents, Patriarchy, Pornography, priesthood, Priesthood Ban, Proclamation on the Family, prop-8, Respect, Salvation, Saturday's Warrior, Scouting, Second Anointing, Sin, Stephen R. Covey, Symonds Ryder, tautology, Temple work, Terry Pratchett, Thank-you, Tsunami, Vandalism, Wayward Children

Mar 9, 2010

Episode 45: Faithful Spouses

John is joined by Brian, Charlene, and Kristene. Each talk about their own struggles dealing with their spouses’ lose of belief and discuss their online project, Faces East.

Faces East Discussion Board: http://www.faceseast.org/

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By John Larsen Uncategorized 77 Comments Tags: apostasy, argument, belief, children, counselling, Debate, divorce, faith, family, Garments, God, marriage, NOM, prop-8, spouse, Stages of Faith, Study, Teaching, temple, Truth

Oct 6, 2009

Episode 17b: 179th Semiannual General Conference Sunday Review

This episode is a review of the 2 Sunday sessions of the 179th Semiannual General Conference of the Church which aired on October 4th, 2009. John Larsen and a group of special guests to help us out in our review of each session. Special thanks to Dennis, George, Kate, Mike, Jon B, Mark, Ashley and Wes.

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By John Larsen Uncategorized 40 Comments Tags: apologists, apostasy, belief, Book of Mormon, Cleon Skousen, Conservatism, Ezra Taft Benson, family, Geln Beck, Happiness, John Birch Society, Manti Temple, Nepotism, Noahic Flood, Norwegian, Personal Revelation, Pioneers, Plan of Happiness, Repentance, Revelation, Salvation, Service, temple, The World, Us and Them, Virtue

Sep 8, 2009

Episode 12: Ex-Mormon Exit Narratives

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The panel is joined by Seth Payne to discuss his work on the phenomena of Ex-Mormon exit narratives. Topics discussed include the sociological research on such narratives, exit narrative’s formulas and structures, the communities playing into the narratives and narrative purpose and intent. Seth’s paper on exit stories can be had here: http://www.sethpayne.com/?p=691

By John Larsen podcast 29 Comments Tags: apostasy, Armand Mauss, authority, captivity, convert, credibility, Exit Narrative, exmormon.org, faithful history, Internet, Leaving the Church, missionary, narrative, Richard Bushman, Second Anointing, secularism, Sociology, testimony

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