Top Mormon Apologist Admits CES Letter is Right About Joseph Smith Polygamy - Brian Hales | Ep. 1950
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2024
⏱️ 238 minutes
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Summary
Join us as we dive into a thought-provoking discussion with Sandra Tanner about Brian Hales' recent video addressing the challenges raised in the CES Letter regarding polygamy. Hales controversially claims that Joseph Smith did not engage in sexual relations with his polyandrous wives (his wives who were already married). We'll explore key topics, including biblical support for polygamy, Emma Smith seeking divorce due to polygamy, the possibility of Joseph sending men on missions to marry their wives, and individuals trying to deny that Joseph ever lived polygamy. Don't miss this insightful conversation on the complexities of polygamy and its historical context!
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| 0:00.0 | All right. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories Podcast. |
| 0:08.4 | I'm your host John Delinn. |
| 0:09.7 | It is October 4,, and we have a all-star cast, super excited for today's episode. |
| 0:19.0 | Today's episode, the thumbnail reads, Mormon author admits CES letter is right about polygamy and the mug the photo on the thumbnail is that of |
| 0:30.4 | Believing faithful Mormon Tabernacle Choir attending scholar Brian Hales who is also |
| 0:37.6 | probably the church's top apologist believing apologist, believing apologist, for polygamy. |
| 0:44.0 | And for those who don't know, this is all about the CES letter. |
| 0:49.0 | We didn't even introduce the CES letter last time, |
| 0:51.0 | so I'll just do that really quickly. Our dear friend, |
| 0:54.0 | Jeremy Runnels, and I actually think there's a slide, just to jump right into it. |
| 0:58.0 | Jeremy Runnels is a dear friend. You can check out his Mormon stories |
| 1:02.3 | podcast interview from several years ago it's |
| 1:04.6 | definitely a top 10 most influential interview Jeremy was this amazing Mormon who happens |
| 1:10.9 | to be deaf but he has cochlear implants, but none of that's important to the story for today's purposes. |
| 1:18.3 | That's great for his personal story. |
| 1:19.8 | But basically he is faithful Mormon, serves a mission, |
| 1:22.9 | gets married in the temple, and then at some point |
| 1:25.9 | starts to realize that the church isn't what he thought it was. |
| 1:30.2 | And so he reached out to someone he was put in contact with who was a director of the church education system, |
| 1:38.0 | thinking that he could get his questions answered. |
| 1:40.6 | He never got his questions answered. |
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