S6E18 The United Order and Tyler Too

Standard of Truth

Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat

Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 990 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we tackle the question of why early Utah Saints embraced cooperative economics like the United Order. Gerrit digs into a 1866–67 Inspector General’s report submitted to Congress by Generals Ruesling and Hazen. The document characterizes Latter-day Saints as ”open and avowed foes” of the United States, recommends banning Mormons from government contracts, and bizarrely treats the fact that Mormon contractors underbid Gentile competitors as evidence of disloyalty rather than fiscal responsibility. They close with the Articles of Agreement from the St. George United Order, a digression on the gold standard, and a ranking of the worst Google-reviewed presidential homes (with John Tyler’s Sherwood Forest taking the crown thanks largely to ill-tempered family dogs). 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: ⁠⁠⁠questions@standardoftruthpodcast.com

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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.
0:37.3	Hi, welcome to another episode of the Standard of Truth podcast.
0:40.9	I'm your host, Dr. Garrett Dirkmont.
0:42.8	I am joined by my friend, Dr. Richard Leduc.
0:46.5	Hello, Garrett.
0:47.8	Thanks for having me back.
0:49.0	Excited to get into more perhaps nursery songs or beloved Christmas hymns or tunes.
0:59.0	So I was unaware.
1:01.0	I was unaware of the blowback we would receive by explaining the origin of jiggle bells.
1:08.5	Well, poor Abigail just asked about Thanksgiving and you went,
1:12.7	you went menstrual shows immediately. I was providing her with the context for why having an
1:22.4	argument about whether it's a Thanksgiving song or a Christmas song is like arguing over, you know,
1:30.4	whether or not, uh, which Adam bomb was bigger.
1:35.1	It's, it's, you can have an argument over it.
1:39.4	Yeah.
1:39.8	That's not really the point.
1:41.8	Yeah.
1:42.2	Abigail, Abby, uh, yeah, uh, I don't think you're, yeah, you're not getting Yeah. Abigail, Abby.
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