Before we get into the episode today, I just wanted to talk to those of you who support the show through patreon.com slash naked Mormonism.

Recently, Patreon announced that they would be changing how they charge fees and shouldering cost onto those who pledge and skimming the increased profit off of the top for themselves.

This planned change was met with wide public outcry, and Patreon recently published a retraction just a few days ago, stating that they would not be putting the change into place.

In the apology announcement, they said that they'll be looking into how to address the issues this change would have fixed in the future, so I'm keeping my eye on their blog post to make sure something like this doesn't

happen again. If they threaten to do something like this one more time, it may be time to find

a different intermediary between myself and those who wish to support and fund the research

that is included in this show. If the announcement of these changes caused you to cancel or

change your patronage, I hope that you'll consider jumping back on and continue to support the show.

I apologize on behalf of Patreon and to all of you who may have been inconvenienced by this mess.

And I hope that it hasn't scared you away if you've been considering supporting the research, which goes into the show.

We'll thank new patrons or pledge edits once the dust kind of settles from this little kerfuffle.

With that out of the way, let's get into today's 20-page essay.

This is naked Mormonism.

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.

It's time to find the truth. And having set our hand to the plow, we will never look back until this work is finished.

Where's the church going?

I have faith that the Constitution will be saved as prophesied by Joseph Smith.

But it will not be saved in Washington. It will be saved by enlightened members of this church.

The explicit tag is there for a reason.

So if you get offended at what's said, it's not for you.

But most importantly,

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