Mormon Temple As Treasure Quest: RFM: 447

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🗓️ 29 March 2026

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Joseph Smith was a treasure seeker in his youth. But it didn’t end there. The religion he founded, and the book he dictated into existence, also bear unmistakable signs of his treasure-seeking activities, specifically the process he used to locate buried treasure. Dr. John Lundwall shares his new theory that the Book of Mormon fits… Read More »

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0:00.0	Radio Free Mormon here.
0:05.2	Broadcasting behind enemy lines.
0:08.5	Episode 447 tonight.
0:11.4	Mormon Temple at Treasure Quest.
0:19.5	We've got a great show tonight with a great guest, the one, the only, the man, the myth, the mystery.
0:28.4	Dr. John Lundwald is with us tonight.
0:31.1	He's going to be sharing with us a fascinating new theory that he's come up with, which may
0:36.9	explain the origins of the Book of Mormon in ways that are better, at least in some ways, and other theories that have been proposed.
0:44.3	He goes back into Joseph Smith's early days into his treasure digging, activities, and proposes that perhaps the Book of Mormon shows signs of being influenced by rim laws or spell books
0:58.0	from hundreds of years ago, books that taught you how to do all kinds of spells, especially
1:04.0	summoning of spirits, summoning of angels, summoning even of demons.
1:18.1	We're going to find out about this theory from Dr. Lundwall right now.
1:20.2	Dr. Lundwald, how are you doing this evening?
1:21.6	I'm doing great.
1:23.0	It's good to see, RFM.
1:24.6	Good to be on your show.
1:26.2	Well, thank you so much.
1:28.3	I know that we had a little bit of trouble there at the beginning.
1:31.4	I kind of had to do that a couple times, but we're in it now.
1:32.4	We're in it to win it.
1:33.4	And I love this theory.
1:37.2	This has already been broached by you.
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