S5E30 Bad Sources and the Quorum of the Twelve Part 2

Standard of Truth

Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat

Religion & Spirituality

5 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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In this episode, we start with an email from an Australian missionary in Croatia and a bishop requesting a good Kristy’s KorneЯ. We continue our defense of accusations against the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles with a good old-fashioned discussion of Cochranite spiritual wifery in Saco, Maine, in the early 1800s. Gerrit Dander Meter: 901,284 (scale was previously 1 to 10, but we felt it lacked the precision required and therefore changed it to 1 to 1,000,000) Kristy’s KorneЯ (Last Minute Lesson Prep): Gerrit reads a letter from Stephen Burnett claiming that all the witnesses deny ever seeing the Golden Plates (additional context for D&C 80). Best of luck commenting on this in Sunday School, Sis. Sign up for our free monthly email (seldom monthly): ⁠ ⁠⁠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 Dirk-Mott and Dr. Richard
0:08.2	Leduc explore the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the life
0:14.3	and teachings of the prophet Joseph Smith. They examine the original historical sources and provide
0:20.4	context for events of the past.
0:23.1	They approach the history of the church with faith, expertise, and humor.
0:37.0	Hi, welcome to another episode of the Standard of Truth podcast.
0:40.5	I'm your host, Dr. Garrett Dirkmont, and I am joined by my friend Dr. Richard Leduc.
0:45.9	Hello, Garrett.
0:47.1	Thanks for having me back.
0:48.5	This is an exciting part two.
0:51.8	And means I lost.
0:57.9	It means I lost the argument over whether or not we should continue responding to last week's email. We have implemented the Garrett Dandermeter. The last
1:05.2	episode, it was an 11. What's it out of 100? It's out of ten. Okay.
1:17.1	So you're saying I was completely unhinged and throwing furniture around the room.
1:20.8	I was afraid for my safety and the safety of my children.
1:22.8	We weren't even at your house.
1:23.2	No, I know.
1:25.4	You're an hour and away for an hour and away?
1:27.2	An hour and away.
1:28.5	The Littners know. How many, for, an hour and away? An hour? An hour and away. The litters know.
1:32.2	How many, how many U-hoo's away was I?
1:35.2	I'll do a quick search, but I believe at least an hour and a half.
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