1581: From TBM to RFM Pt. 2 - How Radio Free Mormon Lost his Faith
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2022
⏱️ 252 minutes
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Summary
Join John and Jenn for part two of our interview with popular Mormon podcaster Radio Free Mormon, wherein he shares with us the story of how he lost his Mormon faith.
Listen to Part 1 of this interview by clickig the links below:
Show Notes:
- Radio Free Mormon podcast
- Mormonism Live with RFM and Bill Reel
- "A Treasured Testament," by Russell M. Nelson, Ensign, July 1993; one of few early examples of the Church admitting Joseph used a rock in a hat to produce the Book of Mormon
- New Testament Scholar Bart Ehrman on Mormon Stories
- Discuss Mormonism forum (RFM uses the handle "consiglieri")
- RFM's first interview on Mormon Stories
- Cleanthes' "Hymn to Zeus"
- Secular Buddhism podcast
- "Race and the Priesthood," Gospel Topics Essay
- "How About an Apology for the Priesthood Ban?" on Radio Free Mormon
- Bishop Bill Reel on Mormon Stories
- "Bill Reel Discusses His Falling Out with FAIR and Faithful Dissent of LDS Policy" on Mormon Stories
- "Bill Reel's Evolution" on Mormon Stories
- "Bill Reel's Pre-Excommunication Interview" on Mormon Stories
- "The Excommunication of Mormon Bishop and Podcaster Bill Reel" on Mormon Stories
- "John Larsen interviews RFM" on Radio Free Mormon
- "The Adam-God Historical Subterfuge," on Mormon Discussion podcast
- Robert Ritner's interview on Mormon Stories
- RFM vs. Midnight Mormons Debate
- The Church is Not True podcast, with Mike Norton
- "Rodney Meldrum Founder of the Heartland Model" on Mormon Stories
- Rodney Meldrum and the Heartland Model, Pt 3" on Mormon Stories
- Upcoming Events at Mormon Stories
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories podcast. I'm your host Chandeland. It is still April 25th |
| 0:06.1 | It's actually not another edition. It's the same edition. But wait |
| 0:10.0 | It is the same edition of Mormon Stories podcast April 25th |
| 0:14.6 | 2022 and I am super excited to have with this in studio the one the only the myth the legend |
| 0:22.8 | The miracle worker the mystery |
| 0:24.8 | Some would overweight the enigma shrouded in mystery shrouded in a conundrum radio free Mormon everybody |
| 0:32.4 | That's a lot of shrouds, but I'll take them. Thank you very much John the Lynn Dr. John the Lynn |
| 0:37.1 | It's so great to be here in Utah where you always are. Yeah, it's great to have you and of course |
| 0:42.8 | We're joined by the one the only Gen camp. Hey Jen. Hi everybody. Thanks for being here. It's good to be here again |
| 0:50.2 | Yeah, yeah |
| 0:51.8 | Okay, so we have a very quick announcement for those of you who happen to live in the Utah area |
| 0:57.5 | We are hosting a special event in celebration in honor of |
| 1:03.0 | Radio free Mormon. He didn't want me to use that language. I hated if there's nothing good on TV show up |
| 1:08.9 | That's gonna be Tuesday night here in Utah County |
| 1:13.6 | American fork, I believe and if you want to come there probably we actually |
| 1:18.3 | Exceeded the capacity got 50 more chairs and there's probably like 20 seats left maybe 25 go to donor box.org slash |
| 1:26.8 | RFM if you want to buy a ticket to meet RFM in person proceeds from the event are gonna go to RFM |
| 1:32.6 | So this is not a money making a venture for us. It's a money-making venture because we love and want to support |
| 1:38.7 | RFM financially because we have a goal of RFM being able to podcast full-time |
| 1:43.8 | That's a personal goal of mine. I think that might be a goal of yours. Is that true? Haley from the prosecutor's office |
| 1:49.6 | We probably be glad to hear that |
| 1:54.1 | Maybe not we actually get along very well. It could be a goal of mine even if it's not a goal for you |
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