Top Mormon Historian Admits Issues Raised in CES Letter - Richard Bushman | Ep. 1934
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2024
⏱️ 222 minutes
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Summary
Today we are joined with Sandra Tanner to discuss Mormon historian, Richard Bushman’s recent response to the CES Letter. Bushman’s response was on the topic of the translation of the Book of Mormon. Did Joseph Smith really use a seer stone? Is the author of the CES Letter, Jeremy Runnells, wrong for feeling betrayed by the church? Did the church really hide that Joseph Smith had and used a seer stone to translate their most sacred text? Join us to find out these answers!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories |
| 0:06.6 | podcast I'm your host John Delinn it is August 28th 2024 for19 p.m. we're broadcasting live today from the Mormon Story Studios, somewhere |
| 0:20.6 | in an undisclosed hidden bunker in somewhere in Utah or in the mountain west. |
| 0:26.7 | Is that clandestine enough y'all? |
| 0:29.1 | Yes, good. |
| 0:30.1 | Is that good? |
| 0:31.1 | We're joined by the Queen, and when I say the Queen, I mean Sandra Tanner. |
| 0:35.3 | Hey Sandra? |
| 0:36.1 | Hi. And by the King, Harardo Somano, hey Harardo. |
| 0:39.7 | There we go. So this is a wide shot of the Kingagan Queen. Somebody used to make a meme with |
| 0:45.4 | the crowns on their head. But we're here today to talk about the thumbnail |
| 0:53.2 | thumbnail is top Mormon historian admits issues raised in |
| 0:56.6 | C. E. S. Letter and it's a really fascinating story. |
| 1:01.0 | Basically, recently, the C. S. |
| 1:05.1 | that are Jeremy Reynolds have been under attack. |
| 1:07.4 | Again, we have to assume he's under attack because, like Sandra Sandra he's been so successful. Do they come |
| 1:15.9 | after successful people Sandra? Do they come after people that are effective in |
| 1:20.3 | It seems that way? So they're coming after Jeremy Full Force. We're going to talk about it today. |
| 1:27.2 | And interestingly, they brought on Richard Bushman, Dr. Richard Bushman, Columbia Emeritus Professor, former State President, |
| 1:36.2 | former Patriarch. They brought him on world's most renowned Joseph Smith scholar. They brought |
| 1:41.9 | him on an anti-C-E-S letter YouTube channel to comment on the |
| 1:47.7 | C-E-S letter and to all of our amazement I mean our interpretation was was that he pretty much validated most of what |
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