The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, has been around for almost two centuries. It has ebbed and fluctuated in such a predictably adaptive manner throughout it's relatively short life in the religious realm. This Church has a very sordid past, which it does a very good job of teaching for itself, whether the history is slanted or not, is yours to decide. Join me on a journey through the history of the LDS Church through the eyes of the people that were actually there. We will learn about the founding members, where the practices came from, where the Book of Mormon (Mormon Bible) came from, and most importantly, we will examine Joseph Smith in every aspect possibly available to us today.

On this episode, we take a step back and try to view the recent headlines with a little bit of historical perspective. From the current rape scandal, to general conference, to the Protect LDS Children march, we try to put historical context on everything which happened this past week. We’ll resume our historical timeline of early Mormonism next week, this week it’s just journalism surrounding the modern SLC Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Links:

Stop Protecting Sexual Predators
http://fox13now.com/2018/03/31/stop-protecting-sexual-predators-outburst-interrupts-lds-general-conference/

Protect LDS Children YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUSUZZatSX4OuckwPx3p_3g

Jonathan Streeter Thinker of Thoughts
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVTCFh3uDMH0GZlwl1JOoHQ

Oaks Christofferson on Trib Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIJ6gL_xc-M&t=556s

General Conference Sunday Session
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENDfYD-4giE

Russel M. Nelson ‘Ministering’ Priesthood Session
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WByHuTYV1yQ

Quentin L. Cook ‘non-consensual immorality’ 8:00
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2018/04/prepare-to-meet-god?lang=eng

Mormon ‘non-consensual immorality’ reddit megathread
https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/comments/89hy39/lds_nonconsensual_immorality_headlines_megathread/

McKenna Denson v. Joseph Bishop & LDS Inc.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4431649-Denson-v-Bishop-LDS-Church.html

$40 mil/year in humanitarian aid
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865657898/LDS-Church-welfare-humanitarian-efforts-average-40-million-per-year-apostle-says.html

Mormon Leaks ‘In which they discuss politics with Senator Gordon Smith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4FPVZH8fIg

History of MTCs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionary_Training_Center#Provo_Campus_of_the_MTC

Dallin Oaks Small and Simple Things
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0fQ0ABgWKU
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2018/04/small-and-simple-things?lang=eng

Dan Coats Director of National Intelligence
https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership/director-of-national-intelligence

Dan Coats non-profit philanthropic organization
http://www.sipr.org/article/a-history-of-far/

Dan Coats Mending Fences
https://books.google.com/books/about/Mending_Fences.html?id=AeHkAAAAMAAJ

Church Statements on Separation of Church and State
https://www.culteducation.com/group/1057-the-mormon-church/13986-the-lds-church-and-politics.html

Ambassador John Huntsman Jr.
https://ru.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/

Dallin Oaks Criticism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxyiHLg59ks

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