Welcome to the Standard of Truth podcast. In this podcast, Dr. Garrett Dirkmont and Professor Richard

Luduke explore the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the

life and teachings of Prophet Joseph Smith. They examine the original historical sources and

provide context for events of the past. They approach the

history of the church with faith, expertise, and humor.

Hi, welcome to another episode of the Standard of Truth podcast.

I'm your host, Dr. Garrett Dirkmont, and I'm joined again by my friend, Professor, nearly

Doctor.

He's coming in the home stretch.

People are, people are seeing, they're cheering him down the lane. It's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, um, it's, um, it. Um, it, um, um, um, um, Garrett. Hello, Garrett. I believe I've mentioned this before. One of my favorite stories of all time as it relates to horse racing is a Pete Rose bet that he bet on a horse. The horse was winning.

And down the stretch, a deer comes, bounds over the hedges onto the track and hits the deer or hits the horse that Pete Rose.

I know it's tough to believe that Pete Rose was gambling.

That Pete Rose had bet on. You lost me at Pete Rose gamble I know it's tough to believe that Pete Rose was gambling, that Pete Rose had bet on.

You lost me at Pete Rose Gamble.

Yeah, anyway, it's one of my favorite horse racing stories ever.

It's very funny.

Yes, Garrett, so last week we talked about, after we talked about all dogs going to heaven for Jennifer, we talked about hero worship.

We started a discussion on this, on the, the aspect of people placing a person ahead of,

ahead of their, of their church membership.

I still think we probably, you know what,

before we get back into it,

let's go back to the Phoebe Draper mailbag.

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