S4E29 Having Faith Isn’t a Cop Out

Standard of Truth

Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat

Religion & Spirituality

5 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we respond to a litner’s email who has had many friends and family leave the Church. Gerrit describes all of the problems with the standard definitions of God without the further light we receive from the Restored Gospel. We cover just about everything from mosquitos to syphilis. Gerrit also answers a question about canes made from the coffins of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. Standard of Truth Tour dates for the summer of 2025: Missouri/Nauvoo – June 22nd through June 28th Palmyra/Kirtland – August 3rd through August 9th We also received an email that references Marinda Hyde and polyandry so we want to provide the references to those two episodes ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/standard-of-truth/id1570846618?i=1000582495978⁠ ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/standard-of-truth/id1570846618?i=1000583263596⁠ Sign up for our free monthly email: ⁠ ⁠https://standardoftruthpodcast.substack.com⁠ 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. 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.
0:37.1	Hi, welcome to another episode of the Standard of Truth podcast.
0:40.6	I'm your host, Dr. Garrett Dirkmont, and I'm joined by my ever-surprise that he's back,
0:46.2	ever wondering when he's going to be replaced friend, Professor Richard Luduke.
0:51.4	Hello, Garrett. Thanks for having me back.
0:54.2	We were talking before the show that I am wearing down my dissertation committee, and they
1:00.5	are requiring less and less of me to just get me out of there.
1:04.6	We received, well, I think it's fair to say a dissertation itself, actually, from someone also working on their dissertation.
1:15.6	And we won't show it to your advisor because then he would know why it is you don't have your dissertation done.
1:26.4	Because you're writing such wonderful and pithy emails first
1:30.1	all the email was hilarious it was outstanding we don't really have time to recount it here on the
1:36.8	air mainly because we only have an hour long show um we'd have to break it into more parts than moroni, uh, had for us to read the whole thing.
1:45.9	But to sum up, Lindsay, uh, was listening to the podcast while she traveled to various places,
1:55.7	uh, church history places in the east, while also, at least lying to herself that she was going to work on her dissertation.
2:04.8	And as Richard can tell you.
2:07.0	Oh, it's not going to happen.
2:08.5	There are a lot of lies that people tell.
2:11.5	Things like, I'm going to join the gym tomorrow and I'm going to work out every day this month.
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