S2E20 Under the Banner of Heaven Part 2

Standard of Truth

Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat

Religion & Spirituality

5 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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In the second part of our examination of the claims made in the book Under the Banner of Heaven, we discuss the Mountain Meadows Massacre and the attempt of the author to claim that religious beliefs lead people to be more prone to violence. Church’s response to Under the Banner of Heaven in 2003: https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/church-response-to-jon-krakauers-under-the-banner-of-heaven If you have any questions or possible topics of discussion for upcoming podcasts, please email us at: [email protected]

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Standard of Truth podcast, hosted by historian Dr. Garrett Dirkmont,
0:08.0	where we explore the early days of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
0:12.6	and gain rare historical insights into how a young farm boy was able to establish a new church
0:19.6	and grow it by way of visions,
0:22.6	manifestations, and miracles.
0:30.9	Hi, welcome to another episode of the Standard of Truth podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Garrett
0:35.3	Dirkmont, and I'm joined by my friend, Professor
0:37.5	Richard Leduke. Hello, Garrett. In last week's podcast, when last we left you, we had
0:43.3	dipped our toe into the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and we hadn't quite gotten to John
0:50.2	Brown's raid of Harper's Ferry. We hadn't quite gotten there. We had just gotten to the point where Buchanan had called out Johnson's army and a fourth of
0:58.9	the U.S. military was marching toward Utah, as Utah didn't even know that Brigham Young was
1:05.2	being replaced and or why the army was coming at all.
1:08.5	And this was all to try to place in context
1:12.2	what occurs with the horrific violence
1:15.2	at Mount Meadows Massacre.
1:18.7	That, you know, that the latter of saints
1:21.8	are gonna be stunned, afraid, upset.
1:25.7	Brigham Young is going to, you know, say, I haven't received any official notification that
1:30.8	I've been replaced at all.
1:32.9	He's literally reading this in the newspapers.
1:34.7	Well, you can imagine reading things in the newspapers is not a way to get true content
1:39.0	on Latter-day Saints in the 19th century.
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