1025: The Excommunication of Mormon Bishop and Podcaster Bill Reel Pt. 1
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2018
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
On December 2, 2018, Mormon Bishop and podcaster Bill Reel was excommunicated from the Mormon church for apostasy. In this Mormon Stories Podcast episode we speak with Bill about the disciplinary council. We will play the recording of his disciplinary council defense, and allow Bill to offer a play-by-play commentary. We will conclude by discussing Bill's reactions to the verdict, and talk about what comes next for Bill and Mormon Discussions.
Hat tip to Miles Germer for editing the disciplinary council audio.
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| 1:22.0 | I hope you'll be wasn't. Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories Podcast. |
| 1:31.0 | I'm your host John DeLin. It is December 12, 2018 and we are very excited to bring back |
| 1:38.0 | on our show Bishop Bill Reel and podcaster Bill Reel. He is the host of Mormon discussions podcast. |
| 1:45.0 | He's been doing that for several years. We've featured that work on Mormon Stories in the past. |
| 1:51.0 | I feel a little bit of pride in helping discover Bill Reel in the sense that I brought him on Mormon Stories podcast. |
| 1:58.0 | While he was a sitting Bishop, we've had him on a few times since then. In some ways, Bill Reel filled the gap |
| 2:06.0 | when Mormon, when I got excommunicated in Mormon Stories, probably turned a little bit more critical |
| 2:14.0 | and a little bit less objective as a result of my own issues in my own journey. Bishop Bill Reel filled that whole |
| 2:22.0 | with his Mormon discussions podcast and for many years led a podcast that he sub titled Faith Seeking Understanding |
| 2:29.0 | where he sought to be that moderate faithful voice within Mormonism. And he did that for many years, |
| 2:36.0 | but of course had his own journey of his own faith journey that many of us have where it's just harder and harder to fill that role. |
| 2:47.0 | I think when you see the pain and the difficulty that so many experience as a result of Mormonism. |
| 2:53.0 | And so as Bill's podcast became a little bit more edgy, a little bit more strident, a little bit more critical. |
| 2:59.0 | He ended up receiving a very similar fate as did I, which was receiving a letter in the winter of 2018. |
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