1777: Current Mormon Bishop Loses Literal Belief - Bishop Moroni Ortiz
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2023
⏱️ 291 minutes
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Summary
Today we break new ground on Mormon Stories Podcast - we are interviewing a currently serving Mormon bishop who no longer believes in the core truth claims of the Mormon church (e.g. that it is the "one true church," that the Book of Mormon is historical, that Joseph Smith as a prophet in the way we are taught, in paying tithing, etc). Join us now as we learn about how he became a Mormon bishop, how he lost his literal Mormon faith as bishop, why he chose to "come out" on Mormon Stories Podcast while serving as bishop, and what he thinks the consequences will be for his actions.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories podcast. |
| 0:03.9 | What I think is a breaking news episode. |
| 0:07.2 | We're kind of breaking new ground here on Mormon Stories podcast today. |
| 0:11.1 | We are going to be interviewing a currently serving Mormon bishop who frankly no longer |
| 0:16.5 | believes in the Mormon Church's literal truth claims. |
| 0:20.6 | So you know, things like whether or not this is the one true church, whether or not |
| 0:24.9 | Joseph Smith was a prophet in the way we were all taught, doesn't believe in a historical |
| 0:29.4 | literal Book of Mormon, Golden plates, and isn't paying tithing. |
| 0:34.9 | And I think his state president knows, but we'll get into it. |
| 0:39.1 | So I guess we'll be answering a lot of questions today. |
| 0:42.7 | How did he become a Mormon bishop? |
| 0:44.7 | What was his church experience like prior to being a Mormon bishop? |
| 0:48.1 | How did he lose his literalistic faith as a Mormon bishop? |
| 0:51.5 | Why he decided to come out on Mormon Stories podcast? |
| 0:54.8 | Because a non-believer slash non literal believer. |
| 0:58.6 | Why he chose Mormon Stories to do that. |
| 1:00.8 | And then maybe we can all speculate on what the ramifications might be for him once he |
| 1:06.2 | goes home because he's going to be leading ward conference for his ward this Sunday. |
| 1:11.7 | Is that right, Moroni? |
| 1:12.7 | And that's correct, yes. |
| 1:14.7 | So his name is Moroni Ortiz. |
| 1:18.8 | He is currently living in Monterey, Mexico. |
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