It’s that time again! Every 6 months we review every talk given over the pulpit in General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This Mormon Con sees the best and brightest in Mormon hierarchy speaking in 10-30 minute segments, accompanied by the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square. In total, we review all 10 hours of talks “to see what slipped through the cracks”!
Other Appearances:
We both appeared on Jimmy Snow first ever Exmormon General Conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULXZyjyI1EQ
Bryce was on The Scathing Atheist 503: Dead End Job Edition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtJqethHMMo
Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. This link is for the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf
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What does Joseph Smith’s book say about Joseph Smith’s church? We take a look into the Book of Mormon to see what it has to say about the modern Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The BoM has a lot to say about organized, wealthy religion so how does a religion based on it accumulate so much wealth into its organization? After that we discuss the SMBC book Religion; Ruining Everything since 4004 B.C. and discuss a recent speech by Biden about abortion health care.
MOGP:
Religion: Ruining Everything Since 4004 B.C. A collection of religious themed comics by, Zach Weinersmith. (SMBC): https://hivemill.com/products/religion-ruining-everything
The Holy Bible: Abridged Beyond the Point of Usefulness: https://hivemill.com/collections/smbc/products/pocket-bible
Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. Bryce showed up for episode 7 and Shannon was added in on Episode 8. They will be on Sunday’s. This link is for the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf
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Girl’s Camp! We talk about the history of how it came to be, the experiences of many folks who attended, and discuss the evolution of the program since its inception. What happens there? Who gets (has) to attend? Why don’t young women get to do the same kind of stuff Scouts do? Tune in and all answers shall be revealed! After that we review the most recent Tarzan movie and wrap the show with a new paper proposed as forthcoming EU legislation to reduce slave labor.
Show links:
History of LDS Youth Programs: https://juvenileinstructor.org/history-of-lds-youth-programs/
Changes made in 1993: https://www.thechurchnews.com/1993/2/20/23258666/new-young-women-camp-manual-written-for-today
Young Women of Zion: An Organizational History: https://rsc.byu.edu/firm-foundation/young-women-zion-organizational-history
Young Women Organization Timeline: https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/training/library/young-women-organization/young-women-organization-timeline
A Century and Counting: How Girl’s Camp Has (and Hasn’t) changed Since 1912: https://utahvalley360.com/2016/07/15/century-counting-girls-camp-changed-since-1912/
Changes made in 2018: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/news/changes-to-young-women-camp-detailed-in-new-guide?lang=eng
Camp Dress codes: https://www.the-exponent.com/oh-those-girls-camp-dress-codes/
Camp (1972 article in New era) https://abn.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/new-era/1972/05/camp?lang=eng
True Stories of Girl’s Camp: https://bycommonconsent.com/2006/05/23/true-stories-of-girls-camp/
MOGP:
The Legend of Tarzan: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0918940/?ref_=hm_rvi_tt_i_1
King Leopold II of Belgium: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_II_of_Belgium
Force Publique: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_Publique
Congo Free State: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_Free_State
George Washington Williams: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Williams
Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. Bryce showed up for episode 7 and Shannon was added in on Episode 8. They will be on Sunday’s. This link is for the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf
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What a fun grouping of topics! We do a relatively long deep-dive into the history of how the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has dealt with organic evolution and how the stance has changed over time. Of course, the Book of Mormon is predicated on eugenics, as is the history of Utah, so we also include this more controversial subject as it is related. Then we dive into Bruce R. McConkie’s Millennial Messiah where he continues to harp on his favorite topic, the end times. Turns out the book title is very revealing of the subject matter. We wrap the episode with a new press release from the White House about government-funded research.
Show links:
Improvement Era article (Official publication on organic evolution) https://archive.org/details/improvementera28011unse/page/1088/mode/2up
Organic Evolution (current Church official) https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/topics/organic-evolution?lang=eng&fbclid=IwAR2JSViKt8X5b58lHFTGwP223jzjn9pm5Vi9Y1j2kz94QC8bjCHNrhuPpMk
Pew Research interview with Russel M. Nelson https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2007/05/16/in-focus-mormonism-in-modern-america/
Ben Spackman analysis of Official Church essay https://benspackman.com/2022/06/an-annotated-version-of-the-new-church-history-evolution-topic/?fbclid=IwAR2AhOens_H9jWsIZVzw9YZCro0syh7TsHuZ-G4C44BX9p46z2lMDwRs_CY
How Darwin’s Book holds up 150 years later https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-darwins-descent-man-holds-150-years-after-publication-180977091/
Descent of Man http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F937.1&viewtype=text&pageseq=1
Orson Pratt’s statement possibly favorable to theological evolution https://bycommonconsent.com/2015/04/30/orson-pratt-and-god-emergence-as-fundamental-mormonism/
Man; His Origin and Destiny by Joseph Fielding Smith http://www.sainesburyproject.com/mormonstuff/Man%20His%20Origin%20and%20Destiny.pdf
“BYU Packet” https://biology.byu.edu/00000172-29e6-d079-ab7e-69efe5890000/byu-evolution-packet
Mormons and Genetics by Mary V. Rorty Sunstone 2003 https://web.stanford.edu/~mvr2j/mormons.html
Millennial Messiah
Blood moon: https://www.space.com/39471-what-is-a-blood-moon.html
Babylon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon
Babylonia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonia
Dragonheart (metal music): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMaLY2wF94c
Happy News: Delivering equitable access to all government funded research to the public: https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2022/08/25/breakthroughs-for-alldelivering-equitable-access-to-americas-research/
Come see us on Aron Ra’s YouTube channel! He’s doing a series titled Reading Joseph’s Myth BoM. Bryce showed up for episode 7 and Shannon was added in on Episode 8. They will be on Saturday’s. This link is for the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXJ4dsU0oGMKfJKvEMeRn5ebpAggkoVHf
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