S3E41 Hero Worship Part 1

Standard of Truth

Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat

Religion & Spirituality

5 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we begin with an emailer’s question about dogs going to heaven. We also discuss the problem of “hero worship” in the church. The point is made that there is a problem anytime we care about anyone or anything more than the teachings of Jesus Christ and His prophets. If you would like to join us on a Standard of Truth Tour in the summer of 2024 please sign up at: https://standardoftruth.com/tours/ If you have any questions or possible topics of discussion for upcoming podcasts, please email us at: ⁠[email protected] Subscribe to our free newsletter⁠ - ⁠https://standardoftruthpodcast.substack.com/⁠ Please visit our website at ⁠www.standardoftruth.com⁠

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Standard of Truth podcast. In this podcast, Dr. Garrett Dirkmont and Professor Richard
0:07.8	Luduke explore the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the
0:13.2	life and teachings of Prophet Joseph Smith. They examine the original historical sources and
0:18.8	provide context for events of the past.
0:21.7	They approach the history of the church with faith, expertise, and humor.
0:41.2	Hi, welcome to another episode of the Standard of Truth podcast.
0:49.7	I'm your host, Dr. Garrett Dirkmont, and I'm joined by my friend, nearly, nearly PhD, nearly Dr. LaDuk.
0:51.2	Hello, Garrett.
0:55.3	It's, I don't know how near it is.
0:56.6	People say that.
0:57.5	It's very nice. And also, it's so, so far away.
1:01.2	So close, yet so far away.
1:03.7	Yeah.
1:04.0	I feel like there's a soft rock song that we could be playing in the background.
1:09.3	Yeah, yacht rock.
1:11.6	Garrett, we want to do jump into the Phoebe Draper mailbag.
1:17.3	We have an email to read here.
1:19.3	And then we wanted to talk a little bit about hero worship.
1:25.3	And based on the emails we receive, that is not a problem for this podcast.
1:32.0	Well, right.
1:32.7	Sure.
1:33.3	I mean, you have to be talented to be someone's hero.
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