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We finally wrap up the first Armstrong Lecture! We learn all about hell, the different degrees of the Celestial Kingdom, and Mormon trickle-down heaven! After that we talk about “The Good Place,” a sitcom about heaven and hell. Then we wrap with good news about cow farts! Show links: Light of Gazelem: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-15/seaweed-for-cows-could-be-mass-farmed-reduce-methane/11414724 Show links: Website http://www.glassboxpodcast.com/index.html Find us on Facebook and Twitter @Glass Box Podcast
This week on Saints Unscripted, special guest Stephen Smoot talks with Ian and Kwaku about the Book of Mormon. Stephen graduated from BYU with a degree in Ancient Near Eastern Studies. Stephen is currently working on his Master's degree in Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations with a focus in Egyptology. As he studies, Stephen also works for Book of Mormon Central, a website for Book of Mormon scholarship (both contemporary and from the past). Check out the links below to follow Book of Mormon Central! Ian, Kwaku and Stephen first address a question regarding the seer stones. Why was a stone used as an aid in translating the Book of Mormon? The topic is controversial for many reasons. First, artwork has depicted Joseph Smith as translating the Book of Mormon without the use of stones. However, artwork isn't always historically accurate. Second, the idea of using seer stones is very strange to people today. The process of translation took place in an era that fully accepted and embraced the possibility of God using tools on the earth in order to accomplish His work. Using seer stones would not have been strange in the 1800s. Kwaku makes a joke that in the future, we'll look back to the current era and wonder why we did things, including getting implants to look like Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian. Stephen says that in the history of the world, there have been many occasions when prophets used instruments to accomplish God's work. Moses used a staff, the Israelites used the arc of the covenant, and in the New Testament, Jesus performs miracles by spitting in clay to cure people. Stephen reads a scripture in the Book of Mormon which talks about Gazelem. What is Gazelem, a servant or a stone? Joseph Smith could certainly say that the work was accomplished by the gift and power of God. God has prepared means in order for people on the earth to accomplish His work. Follow Book of Mormon Central! Website: https://bookofmormoncentral.org/
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 Consultantshttps://www.lds.org/family-history/temple-family-history-consultant?lang=eng Family Search blog posthttps://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/elder-dale-g-renlund-2019-temple-and-family-history-leadership-instruction/ Church donates $2mn to IAAMhttps://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/church-donation-2-million-international-african-american-museum-center-family-history Church sells data to Ancestry.comhttps://www.deseretnews.com/article/865585877/LDS-FamilySearch--Ancestrycom--1-billion-new-historical-records-online.html?pg=all Church data collection timelinehttps://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comments/3fi88e/exploitation_and_spin_how_the_lds_church_is/ Check out Weird Alma here: http://www.WeirdAlma.com Light of Gazelem https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/electric-power/010319-us-ev-sales-jump-725-on-year-in-2018-top-354000 Show links: Website http://www.glassboxpodcast.com/index.html Find us on Facebook and Twitter @Glass Box Podcast
On this episode, we take the opportunity to have a conversation with an armchair Mormon historian known as the host of Year of Polygamy and Color of Heaven podcasts, Lindsay Park. Lindsay has made a livelihood from communicating Mormon history, and strives daily to actively open roads of discussion between believers and ex-Mo’s which typically remain less travelled. She now works as assistant director of the Sunstone Foundation to bring Symposiums to the world. We talk about her work and the ways she’s been successful in communicating Mormon history to her believing loved ones. From there we go on to discuss the history of polygamy and how it affected the Church since 1831. Was Joseph’s polygamy all a fabrication by Bloody Brigham Young? Links: Year of Polygamy Podcast http://www.yearofpolygamy.com/ Color of Heaven Podcast http://feministmormonhousewivespodcast.org/ Connell O’Donovan – Joseph T. Ball and William Smith Boston Polygamy http://www.connellodonovan.com/boston_mormonsA-C.pdf The Fern Foundation - Colorado City Service Project http://thefernfoundation.org/ Sunstone Symposium!!! https://www.sunstonemagazine.com/2016-salt-lake-summer-symposium/ Lindsay Park’s FB page https://www.facebook.com/lindsay.park.7?fref=ts Listener Mail Links: Morris Phelps Jailbreak stories http://www.morrisphelps.org/morris/bymorriscalvin.htm http://www.morrisphelps.org/morris/morrishistory1.htm http://www.morrisphelps.org/morris/timesandseasons.htm http://www.morrisphelps.org/morris/Senate%20testimony.htm Gazelem’s music links (Watch at your risk…) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8_bLd_Xd-c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=685Y6fwMBRs Desdemona Fuller Smith on Joseph Smith’s white suit https://history.lds.org/media/maudsleydrawingaftermauds-lg?lang=eng#1 Show Links: Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com Twitter @NakedMormonism Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311 Patreon http://patreon.com/nakedmormonism Outro music by Jason Comeau http://aloststateofmind.com/ Show Artwork http://weirdmormonshit.com/ Voicemail Line (864)Nake-dMo (625-3366)
This is a piano piece I've been just starting to work with. It still has a lot of work to do on it, and I haven't mastered the rhythm yet, so keep that in mind when you hear my mistakes. I've been trying to match the interestingness of Gazelem. I'd love to have everyone's input. What does it need? What could be changed?