S5E32 Atheism Part 1

Standard of Truth

Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat

Religion & Spirituality

5 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we review Christmas hymns in Joseph Smith’s time and begin the evaluation of atheist arguments against the existence of God and the Christian rebuttals that often leave a believer wanting. Gerrit Dandometer: For most of the episode, we held Gerrit below 100,000, but at the end, we spiked to over 726,499 Kristy’s KorneЯ (Last Minute Lesson Prep): Gerrit discusses verses 45 and 46 from D&C 84 as a counter to the Christian idea of total depravity from the idea of Original Sin. 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.
0:36.6	Hi, welcome to another episode of the Standard of Truth podcast.
0:40.3	I'm your host, Dr. Garrett Dirkmont, and I am joined live and in person with Dr.
0:47.7	With or by?
0:48.8	I guess with, I'm not joined with you by Dr. Richard Ladook.
0:54.9	Here I am with you, Garrett.
0:56.9	I'm excited.
0:57.8	Thank you for having me back.
0:59.5	Very excited.
1:00.8	That was quite the introduction.
1:02.7	Yeah.
1:03.7	Let's edit it all out.
1:05.8	And by that, I mean publish it as it is like we do with everything else.
1:09.6	So we are going to waste no time jumping straight to Christy's Corner,
1:14.9	Doctor and Covenant, Section 84.
1:17.1	When you want to look smart in Sunday school, if you want your friends to think you're cool,
1:22.6	when you want to seem wise and not a fool. It's Christie's Corner.
1:28.4	Boy, these are the,
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