Predatory Techniques of Mormonism’s Prophet Joseph Smith

Radio Free Mormon

Mormon Discussion Inc

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 165 minutes

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What If the Prophet You Trust Showed Signs You’d Warn Your Children About? We often teach our children how to recognize red flags—signs that someone might not have good intentions. But what happens when those same behaviors show up in the life of someone we revere as a prophet? In this eye-opening episode, we explore… Read More »Predatory Techniques of Mormonism’s Prophet Joseph Smith

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0:00.0	tonight's episode is different it's serious it's uncomfortable and it's one of the most important
0:09.6	conversations we've ever had on this show before we dive in i want to be very clear about something
0:14.9	this is not about cherry picking isolated moments from joseph's life to smear him or to sensationalize history.
0:22.6	We're not here to mock. We're not here to rage. We're here to reflect deeply and honestly.
0:28.2	What we are doing is examining a pattern, a consistent, documented pattern of behavior,
0:34.3	how Joseph Smith approached, persuaded, and sometimes pressured young girls and women into
0:39.5	secret relationships under the authority of revelation. And we're putting this pattern side by side
0:45.1	with what we know and understand about grooming, spiritual coercion, and predatory behavior.
0:51.7	This isn't just for ex-Mormons or critics. I'm asking everyone, even the most
0:55.8	believing Latter-day Saints who may be watching to simply sit with this. Don't defend, don't
1:03.0	dismiss, just observe the data. Listen to the voices. Notice the tactics. Because when we step back and look at the entire landscape,
1:13.4	not just one rock, but the whole mountain,
1:16.5	it becomes harder and harder to tell the difference
1:18.6	between the acts of a divinely inspired prophet
1:21.5	and the tactics of someone using power,
1:24.8	secrecy, and fear to exploit the vulnerable. If that makes you uncomfortable,
1:30.3	it should. It makes me uncomfortable too. But that's why this matters, and that's why we're
1:36.3	going to walk through it, carefully, respectfully, and without flinching. Next, on Mormonism live.
1:48.0	Mr. Radio Free Mormon, good evening to you. It is the 16th of July. How are you doing? I'm doing great. No flinching, Bill. No flinching. That's the title of Stephen King's new book that I just got done reading. We'll talk more about that on Friday.
1:56.9	I love it. Can't wait to hear that. Stephen King, the great author of books that will scare the
2:02.1	hell out of you and make you think twice. Yes, especially about think twice about reading it at night.
2:08.3	You know, I want to say that this is a really interesting idea, I think, that you've come up with for
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