1189: Scientology, and Parallels to the Beginnings of Mormonism - with Chris Shelton Pt. 1
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2019
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Today we sit down with ex-Scientologist and Youtuber Chris Shelton to discuss a brief history of Scientology - with a focus on parallels between Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and Mormon church founder Joseph Smith.
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| 0:59.2 | Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of mormas stories podcast. |
| 1:12.9 | I'm your host John Dillin. |
| 1:14.2 | It is September 26th, 2019. |
| 1:19.1 | And as always, we're very excited to bring to you another edition of mormas stories podcast. |
| 1:24.8 | And today we are continuing with the series that we began several years ago. |
| 1:31.2 | The series is on interviewing people from other religious traditions about their awakening |
| 1:38.6 | or their discoveries, their faith crises or whatever you call it and their journeys |
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| 1:51.6 | Many of you will remember interviewing Tova Mirvus, the ex-Orthodox Jew about her book, |
| 1:59.8 | the Book of Separation. |
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| 2:07.0 | the book, Leaving the Witness. |
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