Ep 54 – The Spalding Virus

Naked Mormonism Podcast

Bryce Blankenagel

Ldschurch, Christianity, Latterdaysaints, Religion, Ldschurchhistory, Mormons, Religion & Spirituality, Mormonhistory, Bookofmormon, Mormonism, Josephsmith, Mormon

4.7 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2017

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, we’ll be talking about the PR nightmare that was the Spalding theory as it embodied a new resurgence in the public eye. Spalding’s wife, Matilda Davison, and Hingepin Sidney Rigdon went at it in a public letter exchange where she laid out the theory claiming the Book of Mormon came from her late husband’s fiction and Rigdon responds with ad hominem attacks and blatant lies. After that we follow up on the conversation with Charone Frankel from last week’s episode.

Links:

B.H. Roberts The Book of Mormon pt 3
http://www.solomonspalding.com/docs2/Rob1905a.htm

Susan Black on Nauvoo population
http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3025&context=byusq

Full text of “Manuscript Story—Conneaut Creek
https://archive.org/stream/themanuscriptsto00spauuoft/themanuscriptsto00spauuoft_djvu.txt

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0:55.9	But, most importantly,
0:57.7	may you ponder the truths you've heard. May they help you become even better than you were?
1:05.7	Skeptize everything.
1:12.3	Welcome to episode 54 of the Naked Mormonism podcast, the Serial Mormon History podcast.
1:19.4	Today is Thursday, June 15th, 2017.
1:22.7	My name is Bryce Blankanagle, and thank you for joining me.
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1:34.1	it would definitely help out the show in the long run, and I deeply appreciate it. Thanks so much.
1:38.3	On this week's episode, we'll be talking about the PR nightmare that was the spalling theory,
1:44.0	as it embodied a new resurgence in the public eye. After that, we'll be talking about the PR nightmare that was the spalling theory, as it embodied a new
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