Analyzing Mormonism

Jul 02 2024 53 ep. 66 mins 14
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Analyzing Mormonism seeks to discuss the life of Joseph Smith and the teachings of the Mormon Church, properly called The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. My intention is to share sources and details about the church to help members and non-members take an honest look at the history and theology of the Church. In many ways it is my aim to make every listener a Mormon historian.

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53 Joseph Smith and Captain Kidd

Jul 02 2024 39 mins  
Captain William Kidd (or Robert Kidd) was a Scottish privateer. He was likely born in Dundee and later settled in New York City. But 1690, Kidd had become a highly successful privateer, commissioned to protect English interests in North America and the West Indies. In 1695, Kidd received a royal commission to hunt down pirates and enemy French ships in the Indian Ocean. Later, Engl

52 M*sturbation and the Mormon Church w/ Natasha Helfer

Jan 23 2024 81 mins  
We are here with certified sex therapist Natasha Helfer to talk about masturbation! Join us as we talk a little bit about the Mormon mindsets and myths around masturbation as well as the health benefits for it and more! ___________________ Welcome to Analyzing Mormonism! Our aim is to help teach accurate Church history and to help our listeners become, in many ways, Mormon historia

51 Evolution of the Mormon Temple Ceremony w/ Unpacking Mormonism

Jan 23 2024 213 mins  
Here with the Unpacking Mormonism Podcast, Julia and America go over the evolution and changes of the Mormon Temple Ceremonies. ___________________ Welcome to Analyzing Mormonism! Our aim is to help teach accurate Church history and to help our listeners become, in many ways, Mormon historians. Help us continue to deliver quality content by coming a donor today One-time or r

50 Responding to the Church's concerns about the Equal Rights Amendment

Jan 23 2024 151 mins  
Join with America and Julia as they discuss the Equal Rights Amendment with Kelly Whited Jones of Utah's ERA Coalition. Utah ERA Coalition Website https://utahera.org/ Utah ERA Coalition - Facebook / utaheracoalition National ERA Coalition https://www.eracoalition.org/ Generation Ratify https://www.generationratify.org/ NOTE: We are aware of the audio complications in this episode

49 A Brief History of the Family Proclamation

Jan 23 2024 75 mins  
The Family: A Proclamation to the World was published in 1995. Join with America and Julia as they discuss the background of the document and it's contents. To full proclamation can be seen here: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/s... ___________________ Welcome to Analyzing Mormonism! Our aim is to help teach accurate Church history and to help our listeners become, in ma

48 Why is the Mormon Church Against the Equal Rights Amendment?

Jan 23 2024 54 mins  
Join with Julia as she reads the 1980 booklet released by the Church titled "The Church and the Proposed Equal Rights Amendment: A Moral Issue." The booklet can be found here: https://archive.org/details/the-church-2/page/n1/mode/2up ___________________ Welcome to Analyzing Mormonism! Our aim is to help teach accurate Church history and to help our listeners become, in man

47 History of the Relief Society

Nov 16 2023 59 mins  
While the Relief Society started in 1842, it ended in 1844, and did not start up again for twenty years. The Relief Society once stood for women's rights and women's education, while maintaining their own autonomous structure -earning their own money, storing their own grain, writing their own periodicals, etc., little by little the leaders of the Church chipped away at the structu

46 The Mormon Church and the Equal Rights Amendment

Nov 16 2023 60 mins  
The Equal Rights Amendment was written in 1923 by Alice Paul. It is only twenty-four words long and has still to this day NOT been ratified. The Amendment reads: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” Despite the support from leading Mormon women in the early days of the church, the church is ve

45 Class Action Lawsuit Against the Mormon Church

Nov 03 2023 39 mins  
On October 31, 2023, a lawsuit was filed against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Daniel Chappel, Masen Christensen and John Oaks. U. S. News summarized it this way: "They claim the three of them combined have donated about $350,000 to the church over the past decade. Their lawsuit seeks class-action certification, potentially involving millions of church members,

44 Angel Moroni’s Confusing History

Nov 03 2023 53 mins  
Join with us as we discuss the origin and history of the angel Moroni. Was he an old man? A hiker? A toad? Wade through the historical documents with us and find out!