1534: From Mormonism to Progressive Christianity - Randy Bell Pt. 2
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2022
⏱️ 191 minutes
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Summary
In part 2 of Randy Bell’s Mormon Story, we dive into Randy’s faith post-Mormonism, his experiences with people of other religions around the world including Hindus, Muslims, Jews, and Christians. Among some of the topics we cover are his reasons for becoming a non-denominational Christian, feelings vs science, and the common ground we share.
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Show Notes:
- The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blind_Watchmaker
- The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins: https://www.amazon.com/God-Delusion-Richard-Dawkins/dp/0618918248
- Axis agnostic/gnostic and theism/atheism https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-easiest-way-to-explain-agnostic-gnostic-and-theism-atheism
- Bart Ehrman - Misquoting Jesus:https://www.amazon.com/Misquoting-Jesus-Story-Behind-Changed/dp/0060859512
- Bart Ehrman Mormon Stories episode: https://www.mormonstories.org/podcast/bart-ehrman/
- Gospel of Mark Mormon Stories episode - John Larsen: https://www.mormonstories.org/podcast/the-gospel-of-mark-john-larsen/
- The Language of God - Francis Collins: https://www.amazon.com/Language-God-Scientist-Presents-Evidence/dp/1416542744
- Saddleback Church: https://saddleback.com/
- Rick Warren church: https://pastorrick.com
- www.gaychurch.org
- Red letter bible: https://www.amazon.com/Full-Size-Burgundy-Leather-Ribbon-Version/dp/1432132881/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3UDBGFUT28BHR&keywords=red+letter+bible&qid=1642465477&s=books&sprefix=red+letter+bible%2Cstripbooks%2C94&sr=1-4
- God the most unpleasant character in all fiction By Dan Barker: https://www.amazon.com/God-Most-Unpleasant-Character-Fiction/dp/1454918322
- The case for Christ By Lee Strobel: https://www.amazon.com/Case-Christ-Journalists-Personal-Investigation/dp/0310345863/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1NSAA65NP7E22&keywords=The+case+for+Christ&qid=1642465603&s=books&sprefix=the+case+for+christ%2Cstripbooks%2C104&sr=1-1
- The End of Science By John Horgan : https://www.amazon.com/End-Science-Knowledge-Twilight-Scientific/dp/0465065929
- The Demon Haunted World By Carl Sagan: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=the+demon+haunted+world+carl+sagan&i=stripbooks&crid=2FYTBHR74WRI8&sprefix=the+deamon+%2Cstripbooks%2C134&ref=nb_sb_ss_sc_1_10
- Boy Scout Payout: https://youtu.be/bnxaPEdDZys
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of Mormon Stories podcast. I'm your host Dr. John Delin |
| 0:04.9 | It is January 17th |
| 0:07.4 | 2022 and we are here back for part two of our epic interview with Dr. Randy Bell |
| 0:14.5 | Hey, Randy Bell Randy my friend. Thank you friend John Delin. How was lunch? It was terrific and thanks for having me back |
| 0:21.4 | Yeah, it's good to have you for those of you who did not join us for part one or who are just jumping in now |
| 0:27.6 | Based on the thumbnail or the title which is from Mormon to Christian. We are in part two of our interview with Randy Bell |
| 0:33.4 | We spent three hours with him in the previous episode where we talked about him kind of being born |
| 0:39.1 | Into the Mormon Church in Orange County, California being raised as one of seven children the second youngest of seven |
| 0:45.7 | Doing the Mormon Orange County thing |
| 0:48.0 | Growing up knowing the fender family |
| 0:50.5 | Enjoying his Mormon experience as a youth doing the Mormon seminary thing in high school |
| 0:54.7 | Graduating high school serving the Mormon mission in the UK in specifically the home of Led Zeppelin |
| 1:01.2 | Which is where Birmingham England? |
| 1:03.8 | Birmingham England and |
| 1:06.2 | eventually going to BYU and |
| 1:09.0 | Settling back in California |
| 1:11.0 | marrying at age 30 |
| 1:13.6 | 31 yeah somewhere around there in the Mormon Temple having raised in four kids Mormon |
| 1:18.0 | We talked briefly about his first marriage ending he did re-marry and then we ended by Randy talking about his |
| 1:25.2 | Mormon faith crisis and kind of how he lost his Mormon faith |
| 1:28.4 | That's how we ended what we also were able to |
| 1:31.9 | Enter mingle inter mix into his story was his fascinating career and Randy |
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