Something slipped through the cracks and it smells fishy. We go through some of the quality control mechanisms used in Mormon genealogy research at the ward level. The Church collects and digitizes a lot of information and history, what do they do with it? We tie a few stories together to figure out what the church is planning with a recent $2 million investment into the International African American Museum in South Carolina. After that we bring on Weird Alma to talk about the recent Masonry and Mormonism essay published by the Church. Then we talk about the uptick in EV sales in America and what it might mean.
Headlines:
Temple and Family History Consultants
https://www.lds.org/family-history/temple-family-history-consultant?lang=eng
Family Search blog post
https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/elder-dale-g-renlund-2019-temple-and-family-history-leadership-instruction/
Church donates $2mn to IAAM
https://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/church-donation-2-million-international-african-american-museum-center-family-history
Church sells data to Ancestry.com
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865585877/LDS-FamilySearch--Ancestrycom--1-billion-new-historical-records-online.html?pg=all
Church data collection timeline
https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comments/3fi88e/exploitation_and_spin_how_the_lds_church_is/
Check out Weird Alma here:
Light of Gazelem
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Even if it takes Black History Month to spur the conversation, we dive into racism in the Mormon church. We take a brief high-level overview of how non-white people have been treated throughout the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Even though the Priesthood ban was lifted in 1978, racism didn’t go anywhere. From overt examples of prophets advocating slavery, to covert and insidious racism pervading our everyday lives, if we don’t talk about it it’ll never stop being a problem. We wrap with talking about 12 Years a Slave and an initiative in New Orleans to curb homelessness in the wake of hurricane Katrina.
Links:
Racism in Mormon Scripture
http://www.utlm.org/onlineresources/racialstatements.htm
Book of Abraham 1:26-7
https://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/abr/1?lang=eng
Green Flake
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/flake-green-1828-1903/
Five Time Mormons Changed Their Position on Slavery
https://gregkofford.com/blogs/news/five-times-mormons-changed-their-position-on-slavery
Slavery in Utah
https://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/pioneers_and_cowboys/slaveryinutah.html
Be One celebration
https://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/be-one-celebration-optimism-overcoming-prejudice
Healing the Wounds of Racism by Darius Gray
https://www.lds.org/blog/healing-the-wounds-of-racism?lang=eng
MormonNewsRoom fake racism apology
https://www.apnews.com/8453dce99ccf46c2a938a4e65c5addc5
Light of Gazalem
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/02/19/new-orleans-reducing-homeless-hurricane-katrina
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Braden did a thing! We start with an interview he had with Milo and Angela about their creative muse: healing after Mormonism. It’s alright to be you, everybody! After that we talk about An Honest Liar, a documentary about The Amazing James Randi, and we wrap up with a story about science winning in a world besieged by “alternative facts”.
Light of Gazalem:
Interview show notes:
Song: https://soundcloud.com/angela-soffe/alright-to-be-you/s-laqLD
Angela Soffe: https://angelasoffe.com/about
Miles Germer (Milocraft): http://milocraft.net/music/bio
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/angelasoffemilocraft
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REVELATION! Braden and I go through the history of Mormon Temple ceremonies. Remember folks, religion has ceremonies, cults have rituals… there’s totally a difference. We use history to provide context for the ceremony changes of 2019 and the move toward equality between sexes in the passion narrative. “Between” sexes, not “among”. After that, Braden tells us about Kumare and how private citizens are making due during the Government shutdown.
Temple changes
https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comments/abwknz/summary_of_temple_changes_we_know_so_far_morning/
Summary of changes
http://www.ldsendowment.org/timeline.html
SL Trib article
https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2019/01/02/lds-church-releases/
MORMON newsroom release
https://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/temple-worship
Alonzo Gaskill post
https://www.instagram.com/p/BsHKYi1gwaK/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=10360gliwoswi
NewNameNoah Temple Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VrsFEiTpsQ&t=1765s
Media of Great Price:
Kumare (documentary)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumar%C3%A9
Light of Gazaelem:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/us/national-parks-shutdown-clean-up.html
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