S4E2 Obscure Anti Argument

Standard of Truth

Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat

Religion & Spirituality

5 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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In this episode, we discuss an obscure anti-Mormon argument that confronted a missionary in the field. The story is about Arnold Potter a former member of the Church that became a self-declared Messiah and referred to himself as Potter Christ. At the end of the episode, Gerrit brings this crazy story back to current issues that we face from modern-day apostate arguments. Rick Duke’s Top 5 Favorite Potters 1. Beatrix Potter (wrote The Tale of Peter Rabbit) 2. Lily Potter (Harry’s mom) 3. Harry Potter (Harry Potter) 4. James Potter (Harry’s dad) 5. Fleamont Potter (really the Abraham of the Potter family) OLI* - Vernon Dursley (Harry Potter’s uncle, not the most loving but he provided Harry Potter with food and shelter) OLI* - David Potter (Arnold Potter’s dad) * outside looking in 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	Leduc, 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.
0:21.2	They approach the history of the church with faith, expertise, and humor.
0:26.4	Hi, welcome to another episode of the Standard or Truth podcast.
0:41.6	I'm your host, Dr. Garrett Dirkmont, and I'm joined by two friends, actually.
0:46.5	So I know most of you thought I only had one friend.
0:51.0	And in fact, I am cheating a little bit on the second one because I'm joined by my friend, Professor Richard Luduke, and I'm joined by my other friend, but he's forced to be my friend because he's my brother, Dallandirkmont, is also joining us.
1:08.2	Hello.
1:09.4	Hello, Garrett.
1:15.4	It's nice to have him with us here as, anytime, as an attorney, he's concerned that sometimes we're straying a little, a little further
1:22.6	than we ought. He says something about giving unlicensed gambling advice.
1:29.8	It was very, I don't know.
1:35.4	Yeah, I know that Richard and Garrett don't gamble, but I did make the comedy.
1:37.4	Garrett, how does Richard always know the line, though? I mean, for entertainment purposes only, Alan.
1:41.3	He reads betting lines from Seasons.
1:43.6	Those are the two things he reads. For entertainment purposes only, Dalland. He reads, betting lines from Seasons. Those are the two things he reads.
1:45.7	For entertainment purposes only.
1:47.7	And we correctly predicted, obviously, the college championship.
1:54.4	Who would win the playoff?
1:55.8	Who would win the championship?
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