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Mormon Stories Podcast

1763: Patriarchal Blessings - A Discussion | LDS Discussions Ep 40

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

4.55.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2023

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Discover the truth behind Mormon Patriarchal Blessings in this eye-opening interview with hosts Mike, Nemo, and John. From reflections on their own blessings to the harmful effects of this mechanism of control over members, the hosts delve into the nuanced nature of these individualized messages from God. With insights on how even past prophets have framed patriarchal blessings, and the agelessness of their messages, you won't want to miss this deep dive into revelation in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

LDS Discussions essay on personal revelation 

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories podcast LDS Discussions edition.

0:05.0

I am one of your hosts for today, John Delin. It's April 20th, 2023. That's when we're recording.

0:11.0

And we are here today to talk about Page Dark of Blessings as part of the LDS Discussion

0:18.0

series. Those of you who are listening are probably well aware by now that the LDS Discussion

0:24.0

series is all about our attempt to create a 50-60 episode series where we try to discuss the

0:32.0

evidence for Mormon Church truth claims from and is objective as a lens and as a discussion

0:38.0

as we possibly can. We're trying to just target this for people trying to learn the truth and

0:45.0

discover the truth about the Mormon Church and its truth claims so that they can make informed decisions

0:50.0

under the principles of informed consent. So that's the spirit of LDS Discussions.

0:55.0

Some weeks we probably do better job than others at neutrality. But today we're at part six in a

1:01.0

mini series within the series on revelation and personal revelation, et cetera. And that's what

1:08.0

we're going to be covering today. And with us for the LDS Discussion series is Mike from

1:15.0

the LDS Discussions.com website. Hey, Mike. Hey, everybody. How's it going?

1:20.0

It's good to see you, Mike. Good to be back. And the final part.

1:24.0

Absolutely. And we have Nemo from Nemo the Mormon YouTube channel. Hey, hey, got a bit

1:30.0

spicy last week. I'll reign it in this week.

1:33.0

Well, I'm honored to have you both. And for those who are just brand new, we'll just remind

1:41.0

you that this is part 40 in the series. And we really do believe that you'll be best served

1:48.0

to go back to part one of the LDS Discussion series and watch them in order because these episodes

1:54.0

build on each other. You can access the LDS Discussions feed in numerous ways. There is a

2:01.0

playlist on the Mormon Stories podcast YouTube channel where we've got them all listed sequentially.

2:06.0

You can also go to Spotify. There's an LDS Discussions podcast that's dedicated there in

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