Finally, the long-awaited deep-dive of Paul H. Dunn! Dunn was a General Authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a consummate liar. He tweaked or fabricated dozens of stories with a spiritual bend which caused Mormons to feel the spirit that what he was saying was true. He also committed financial fraud by cashing in on his high church rank and grandiose public personality. When all this came to light, shelves of believing Mormons came crashing down worldwide, and he was sent to a pasture up north by the apostles. He was, however, successfully insulated by church leadership from any legal repercussions. After that we review Plan 10 From Outer Space, a 90s Mormon sci-fi flick! We round out the episode highlighting the newly created 3-digit number for mental health resources.
Show links:
Oral traditions: https://ich.unesco.org/en/oral-traditions-and-expressions-00053
Douglas Stringfellow: https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1901-1950/The-controversial-career-of-Representative-Douglas-Stringfellow-of-Utah/
Paul H Dunn:
Lying for the Lord: The Paul H Dunn Stories, by Lynn H. Packer
What Hast Thou Dunn? By Jerald and Sandra Tanner
FAIR response: https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/Mormonism_and_church_leadership/Criticisms/Paul_H._Dunn%27s_baseball_and_war_stories
Newspaper reports on Dunn:
Deseret News: https://www.deseret.com/1991/2/16/18906053/arizona-paper-alleges-many-stories-were-exaggerated
Sunstone: https://ia804506.us.archive.org/6/items/storiesof_Dunn/Dunn.pdf
The only clip from Plan 10 you NEED to watch!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BA3SO1sokA
Happy News: https://apnews.com/article/mental-health-hotline-988-ac50f02b74b8b89be5592be3f3605ff5
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Yes, it’s time for our next installment of the Millennial Messiah by Bruce R. McConkie. Before that, however, we’re doing a deep-dive into the history of the BYU center in Jerusalem. We discuss how it came to be, the hurdles overcome, and the strange and mysterious ways in which Mormon God works. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints punched far above its weight class in the sphere of international politics to shoehorn this place onto the Mount of Olives! Then we round out the episode with some happy news about scrap wood being used more sustainably.
Show Links:
Interview of David Galbraith
https://rsc.byu.edu/vol-9-no-1-2008/jerusalem-center-near-eastern-studies-reflections-modern-pioneer
Orson Hyde: A Life of Lessons Learned by Roy Huff
https://rsc.byu.edu/vol-3-no-2-2002/orson-hyde-life-lessons-learned
Eliza R. Snow 1875 Jerusalem trip journal
https://archive.org/details/palestietourutah00smit/page/260/mode/2up
The Haifa German Cemetary and the Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center
Mormon Missionary Miracle in Jerusalem
https://historyofmormonism.com/2012/10/11/mormon-missionary-miracle-in-jerusalem/
In the Footsteps of Orson Hyde by Blair Van Dyke, LaMar Berrett
Provo becomes Sister City
https://www.newspapers.com/image/469494086/?terms=byu%20jerusalem&match=1
Couple Donates $267,992 to BYU Jerusalem Center
https://www.newspapers.com/image/286499702/?terms=byu%20jerusalem&match=1
Israeli Jews Fight New Mormon Center by William Claiborne 12/24/1985
Three sets of brothers…
Happy News:
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/reforestation-hubs-trees-landfills
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