Welcome to the Standard of Truth podcast, hosted by historian Dr. Garrett Dirkmont,

where we explore the early days of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

and gain rare historical insights into how a young farm boy was able to establish a new church

and grow it by way of visions, manifestations,

and miracles.

Welcome to another episode of the Standard of Truth podcast.

We're going to kind of pick up where we left off last time.

And Richard, you had a question.

I did.

One of the things that I was interested in, is it related to Hiram Page, is that he had

what he thought to be a pretty miraculous experience.

How does he receive doctrine covenant section 28? How does he receive Doctrine Covenants Section 28?

How does he receive that revelation?

That's a great question because if you think about how much time he's invested in this,

I mean, it's apparently months.

Plus, not only does he feel like their true revelations, essentially every single person he knows and cares

about thinks that their true revelation. So think about that. That now you don't just have the

the sheer belief of, oh, I think that what that angel was telling me was true, even though he was some

false angel, right? You have the weight of the societal pressure on you now because every single person in your

family, extended family, and every friend you have, all think you were receiving true revelations.

Think about the humility that it would take to go to those same people and say actually it was all

from satan that is that yeah that's why i was wondering about that like what kind of person would that

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