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, here for part two of the podcast that I didn't want to do in the first place,

answering a question that I swore I'd never answer, joined by my erstwhile friend, Professor Richard Leduke.

Well, hello, Garrett.

This part two is my favorite of the part two's,

because you're going to be doing the majority of the reading of the email

as you break down each point,

which will mean that I won't be poorly reading the email.

This has the makings of the best episode we've ever done since the

bonus Joseph Smith Martyrdom episode where I wasn't on it. I did reference you. No, it was

actually very, it was very sweet. It was very kind. And also, we're just, we keep the more,

the people cry out, more garret.

The people cry out.

I feel like the people are only crying out because they're forced to as missionaries

and they have no other means of listening to anything.

That is entirely possible.

But this, I have the feeling that, uh, that this is going to be really good as you're kind of line by line going through this.

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