1812: Mormon Prophet, Russell M. Nelson's Teachings on Doubts w/ LDS Discussions Ep. 45
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2023
⏱️ 112 minutes
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Summary
In this interview, we delve into how Russell M. Nelson, the leader of the LDS Church, addresses doubt.
Nelson's 2021 talk on doubts and "lazy learners" encourages members to "choose to believe" and not dwell on doubts. He suggests applying this approach to real-world situations, reframing faith to transcend evidence, and using the bandwagon effect to suppress doubts.
The conversation also explores how Nelson portrays both fulfillment and failure as aspects of faith. The church historian in 2023 acknowledges compelling reasons for doubt, yet Kyle McKay uses Nelson's talk to instill fear of doubt in members.
LDS Discussions Essay on doubt: Overview of How the Church Handles Doubts with the Book of Mormon (ldsdiscussions.com)
Overview of How the Church Handles Doubts
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories podcast LDS discussions edition. I am John DeLin your host for today |
| 0:07.8 | It is May 17th 2023 and today |
| 0:12.2 | We are towards the end of an epic series on Mormon stories called LDS discussions for those of you who don't know |
| 0:19.7 | We are now currently on episode 45 |
| 0:24.6 | Where we are discussing as neutrally and as objectively as we can |
| 0:29.2 | Mormon Church Truth claims today the topic is |
| 0:33.7 | Mormon Prophet Russell M Nelson's teachings on doubts |
| 0:38.1 | We're in a sub-series within LDS discussions about how the church handles doubts |
| 0:43.4 | For those of you who don't know this is all based on the amazing work of Mike |
| 0:47.8 | From LDS discussions calm |
| 0:50.4 | This series builds on itself where 45 episodes in if you haven't watched the previous 44 episodes |
| 0:58.4 | Please pause |
| 0:59.9 | Go back to the beginning watch them all because these episodes build on each other and of course |
| 1:05.4 | I'll just say like I always say you can consume this series in |
| 1:10.1 | Isolation either on Spotify under the LDS discussions brand in audio or video or |
| 1:15.7 | Or on the Apple podcast app or you can go to the Mormon stories podcast playlist and |
| 1:21.6 | There's an LDS discussions play this there where you can view these episodes sequentially |
| 1:27.9 | We are joined today by two of my good friends who are both dead inside |
| 1:33.4 | We have Mike from LDS discussions and I just want to note you both sort of humbly nodded when I said dead inside |
| 1:41.6 | It's a little bit disturbing, but we're gonna just go with it |
| 1:45.1 | Welcome Mike. Hey everybody. It's good to be back. And of course we have Nemo the Mormon from the Nemo the Mormon YouTube channel |
| 1:52.8 | Hey, Nemo. Hello. Why is it you two are both okay acknowledging that you're dead inside? What is wrong with you? |
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