Ep 94 – Purging Any Opposed Plus Lydia Finch

Naked Mormonism Podcast

Bryce Blankenagel

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

4.7 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2018

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, we dive into our historical timeline by examining the power of the press in early Mormonism. From the BoM to the Times and Seasons, the Mormons were publication fiends in absolute control of the information going out of Nauvoo through public literature. Ebenezer Robinson, Robert B. Thompson, and Don Carlos Smith work as editors for the Times and Seasons which goes off without a hitch until August 1841. Polygamy starts to be taught to various members of trusted Mormon elite without Common Consent of the average chapel-attending Mormon. After that, we have on Lydia Finch to discuss cults, how to identify them, and what mechanisms they use to exert control over their members. Stick around after the interview to hear about the upcoming Protect LDS Children march at the end of this month.

Links:

D&C 101 1835 ed. (monogamy revelation)
http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/doctrine-and-covenants-1835/259#facts

Agnes Coolbrith Bio
http://josephsmithspolygamy.org/plural-wives-overview/biographies-of-josephs-plural-wives/#back_ajs-fn-id_5-5600

Eliza Snow Funeral Procession Poem
https://erslexicon.wordpress.com/poems-15-20/

Identifying the Earliest Mormon Polygamists
https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V38N03_13.pdf

The Saintly Scoundrel by Andrew F. Smith
https://books.google.com/books?id=BWM7yHuIyAUC&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=don+carlos+smith+poisoned&source=bl&ots=WGurq2Rtvh&sig=1ekNbvnj8FSheAvpdG9smv9FVos&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjOubDPuO3ZAhVBz2MKHbzNBGEQ6AEIZjAH#v=onepage&q=don%20carlos%20smith%20poisoned&f=false

John C. Bennett History of the Saints
https://ia800204.us.archive.org/32/items/historysaints00benngoog/historysaints00benngoog.pdf

Ebenezer Robinson Biography
http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/ebenezer-robinson

History of Nauvoo Printing Office
http://www.josephsmithpapers.org/place/printing-office-nauvoo-illinois

Joseph Smith’s Brothers by Richard Lloyd Anderson
https://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/09/joseph-smiths-brothers-nauvoo-and-after?lang=eng#note8-

Lydia Finch:
https://www.facebook.com/lydia.finch
https://twitter.com/FinchLydia

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0:00.0	This week's episode of Naked Mormonism is brought to you by HelloFresh.
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0:11.6	I'm Kara Santa Maria and this is Naked Mormonism.
0:15.7	I pledge my life all that I may have.
0:25.7	I will strive to the utmost of my ability to be what you would want me to be.
0:26.8	It's time to find the truth.
0:29.2	And having set our hand to the plow, we will never look back until this work is finished.
0:42.1	Where's the church going?
0:43.7	I have faith that the Constitution will be saved as prophesied by Joseph Smith.
0:52.2	But it will not be saved in Washington.
0:56.1	It will be saved by enlightened members of this church.
1:00.8	The explicit tag is there for a reason, so if you get offended at what's said, it's not
1:05.0	for you.
1:05.7	But most importantly...
1:06.9	But you've pondered the truths you've heard.
1:09.7	May they help you become even better than you were.
1:14.6	Skeptize everything.
1:22.1	Welcome to episode 94 of the Naked Mormonism podcast, the serial Mormon history podcast. Today is Thursday,
1:29.0	March 15th, the eyes of March, 2018. My name is Bryce Blankanagle, and thank you for joining me.
1:34.9	On this episode, we dive into our historical timeline by examining the power of the press in early
1:40.2	Mormonism. From the Book of Mormon to the Times and Seasons, the Mormons were publication
1:44.5	fiends in absolute control of the information going out of Navu through public literature.
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