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Mormonism Live: 129: How The Mormon Church Got Its Name

Radio Free Mormon

Mormon Discussion Inc

Religion & Spirituality

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2023

⏱️ 139 minutes

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Summary

In this video we delve into the history behind how the LDS Church came to have its name and how its official name has changed from its inception to today. And along the way we learn about the use and meaning of the word Mormon as well as how the Church went from “Latter Day… Read More »Mormonism Live: 129: How The Mormon Church Got Its Name

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0:00.0

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, we proudly bring to you...

0:10.0

Mormonism!

0:13.0

Liiiive!

0:16.0

Shut up and sit down!

0:30.0

Where am I? Oh, there I am. Hello. Hello, Mr. Real. How are you doing?

0:50.0

I just... I was messaging you a few minutes ago. I just got done doing a marriage ceremony less than an hour ago.

0:58.0

Somebody called me late noticed today. In fact, Spencer Wright, if you're watching, I forgot to call you back because I got that call to do this.

1:05.0

But, went and did a marriage today and I'm amazed at how easy it is to enter a marriage. First off, I'm untrained. All I did was put my name on a list and I'm a wedding officiant.

1:17.0

And I show up at the house. I get the marriage license out. Both the bride and the groom sign their name.

1:24.0

The witnesses sign in print. I sign in print. And then I say, you know, a paragraph of words. They both say I do. And now if they want to untangle that tomorrow, it's going to be a whole hell of a lot harder.

1:37.0

Yes, it is, isn't it? And that's where lawyers come into play. That's why you're trained and I'm not.

1:44.0

Yeah, well, like I say about marriage in general, abandon all hope, ye who enter here.

1:52.0

Life is good. How are you doing? Well, I just wanted to say I agree with RFM.

1:59.0

There we go. Honestly, I have friends who have been married more than once who are like you, you had the right idea.

2:08.0

Those friends now know that you're definitely talking about them.

2:13.0

No, I have more than one friend who has a crappy marriage more than once. Yeah. Yeah.

2:21.0

Once it has been once. I'm not even that old, but yeah, my my father-in-law told me you could marry more money in 10 minutes than you could make in the lifetime.

2:29.0

But he waited till after I married his daughter to tell me that guy.

2:35.0

Oh, yes, yes. Oh, I'm just going to be speaking of Bill and Amanda are both very important people, i.e. VIPs.

2:48.0

And the gene was just in the chat saying that he's got his tickets to the Mormon Stories VIP event with you.

2:56.0

So just wanted to do a quick plug for that. And I will find the link for that real soon. And I'll put that in the chat. Oh, there we go.

3:04.0

Maybe it's about sold out. I don't know that it's sold out. I don't know that I'm going to sell anything out other than like, you know, maybe me and my friends on a buffet or something.

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