Ep 68 – Motivations of a Broken Mind

Naked Mormonism Podcast

Bryce Blankenagel

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

4.7 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2017

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, we jump right in to adding an incredible well of depth to the character of Joseph Smith by reading a number of excerpts from William Morain’s “The Sword of Laban, Joseph Smith and the Dissociated Mind”. The excruciating pain from his childhood leg surgery coupled with the death of his eldest brother in his late teens had significant impacts on Jo’s psyche, baggage he would carry for the rest of his life. Maybe we can understand the inner-workings of a broken mind by viewing decisions Jo made through child’s eyes. Jo calls the Quorum of the Twelve home from their mission in England but permits Parley P. Pratt (P-cubed) to tarry a bit longer to continue his publishing duties with the Liverpool Book of Mormon and the Millennial Star. The economic outlook for Nauvoo looked good on the surface at the end of 1840, but the whole thing was built on credit and there was a jobs vacuum affecting every Mormon who chose to settle roundabout. After that we invite recurring correspondent, Ryan McKnight, for a Mormon Leaks Minute before dealing with some listener feedback.

Links:

The Sword of Laban by William Morain M.D.
https://www.amazon.com/Sword-Laban-Joseph-Smith-Dissociated/dp/0880488646

Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt
http://www.boap.org/LDS/Early-Saints/PPPratt.html

MLM BYU Francis Bernard Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShoZxwE7Wr4&feature=youtu.be

John Whitmer History Association
https://www.jwha.info/annual-conference

Mythicist Milwaukee
http://www.mythicistmilwaukee.com/mythinformation-conference/

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Transcript

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0:00.0	I am Ryan McKnight, and this is Naked Mormonism.
0:05.7	I pledge my life, all that I may have, I will strive to the utmost of my ability to be what you would want me to be.
0:16.6	It's time to find the truth.
0:19.0	And having set our hand to the plow, we will never look back until this work is finished.
0:31.8	Where is the church going?
0:33.1	I have faith that the Constitution will be saved as prophesied by Joseph Smith.
0:42.0	But it will not be saved in Washington.
0:45.7	It will be saved by enlightened members of this church.
0:50.4	The explicit tag is there for a reason, so if you get offended at what's said, it's not for you.
0:55.0	But most importantly...
0:57.0	You ponder the truths you've heard.
0:59.0	May they help you become even better than you were?
1:03.0	Skepticize everything.
1:16.1	Welcome to episode 68 of the Naked Mormonism podcast.
1:18.5	This is the Serial Mormon History podcast.
1:22.2	Today is Thursday, September 14th, 2017.
1:25.4	My name is Bryce Blankanagle, and thank you for joining me.
1:28.3	On this episode, we jump right into adding an incredible well of depth to the character of Joseph Smith by reading a number of extracts
1:34.4	from William Moraine's The Sword of Laban, Joseph Smith, and the Dissociated Mind. The excruciating pain
1:40.7	from his childhood leg surgery, coupled with the death of his eldest brother and his late teens, had significant impacts on Joe's psyche, baggage that he would carry for the rest of his life.
1:51.7	Maybe we can understand the inner workings of a broken mind by viewing decisions Joe made through a child's eyes.
1:59.3	Joe then goes on to call the quorum of the 12 apostles home
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