513: A Non-Member Reads the Book of Mormon -- David Michael and his "My Book of Mormon Podcast"

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2014

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

In this episode J. Nelson-Seawright interviews David Michael about his experience creating his new podcast "My Book of Mormon" where David shares his thoughts and witty comments on each chapter of Mormonism's central book of scripture.

With no background in Mormonism, David is reading the Book of Mormon cover to cover for the first time in an attempt to discover why millions of people have come to believe in its writings.

As a result, David offers an insightful and entertaining "outsider's perspective" on the characters, stories, and lessons he encounters. The two discuss David's christian upbringing, his thoughts on spirituality and religion, his observations on Mormonism, and review his experience reading key stories in the Book of Mormon up to Alma 57.

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0:00.0	Mormon Stories is a production of the Open Stories Foundation and relies solely
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0:34.1	We kindly light a myth in circling glue.
0:43.1	Lead thou me on, the night is dark and I am far from home.
0:53.1	Lead thou me on.
0:56.1	Hello and welcome to Mormon Stories.
0:58.1	I'm Jane Essencee right, and with me this evening is David Michael,
1:01.1	the host of the popular podcast, My Book of Mormon,
1:04.1	in which he reads the Book of Mormon chapter by chapter and discusses it on his first exposure.
1:10.1	David, welcome to Mormon Stories.
1:12.1	Well, thank you for having me on, Jason.
1:14.1	Well David, to start out, I'd like to ask you a little bit about your background.
1:17.1	I mean, you are not Mormon.
1:20.1	That is correct.
1:21.1	So how were you raised, religious or otherwise?
1:24.1	Very religious, so was raised in a very evangelical Christian household.
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