1758: The Problems with Mormon Personal Revelation | LDS Discussions Ep 39
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2023
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
In this thought-provoking interview, Mike, Nemo, and John Dehlin delve into the controversial topic of personal revelation in Mormonism. The discussion covers a range of doctrinal problems and contradictions that challenge the idea of personal revelation, from the dangers of blind obedience to leaders, confirmation bias, silencing dissenters and emotional manipulation. The conversation ultimately questions who has the authority to decide what constitutes valid personal revelation.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories podcast. I am your host, |
| 0:05.1 | John DeLin. It is April 13th, 2023 and we are here for another episode in our amazing and |
| 0:14.2 | important LDS discussion series where we examine Mormon Church truth claims. We are currently |
| 0:21.9 | on, if my numberings write, we're on episode number 39 of this series. It's going to be |
| 0:29.2 | dealing with the topic of personal revelation and patriarchal blessings. It's a really important |
| 0:35.6 | topic and just to remind all of you that this series is best consumed in sequence. So there's at |
| 0:44.5 | least 38 episodes previous to this one. You can find them on Spotify under the LDS discussions |
| 0:51.0 | podcast label. You can find them on Apple podcasts. You can find them on the Mormon Stories podcast. |
| 0:56.8 | Playlist option under LDS discussions. But what we're trying to do here with our good friend Mike |
| 1:02.4 | and today with our good friend Nemo is to as objectively as possible, as neutrally as possible. |
| 1:08.7 | And of course, that's difficult to examine the Mormon Church of Truth claims and to help people |
| 1:15.1 | who are looking to just figure out what's true for them so that they can make informed life decisions. |
| 1:21.2 | Just provide them with with evidence and with information and with questions that can facilitate it. |
| 1:27.6 | It's an extremely successful series. Check us out on all the platforms and of course, |
| 1:32.1 | it's integrated into the Mormon Stories podcast feed as well. But joining us for today's discussion |
| 1:37.8 | is the amazing Mike from LDS discussions.com. Hey Mike. Hey everybody. How's it going? It's great to have you Mike. |
| 1:46.5 | To be back. And of course, we have the amazing Nemo from the Nemo the Mormon YouTube channel. Hey Nemo. |
| 1:53.2 | Hey everyone. It's great to have you. Great to be here. |
| 1:57.7 | All right. Well, I guess let's go ahead and launch in Mike. This is part five in a five part series |
| 2:05.6 | just on revelations. And we've talked about Joseph Smith's backdated prophecies, problematic |
| 2:12.0 | Joseph Smith revelations failed revelations and then revelations after Joseph Smith. And I have to say |
| 2:17.1 | the revelations after Joseph Smith episode may be one of those most popular LDS discussions |
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