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 cover a lot of ground but only advance our timeline a total of 4 days. Mormon depredations throughout Daviess County are answered by vigilante militia depredations against Mormons. The anti-Mormons are routing the Mormons to concentrate their population in the twin sanctuary cities, Diahman and Far West in preparation of a mass siege to put down the Mormon fanatics once and for all. Captain Samuel Bogart’s troops take two Mormon spies prisoner and Captain Fearnought assaults their camp on Crooked River with the Danites. Once Governor Lilburn Boggs catches word of the Danite aggression, he answers with a 4,000-man militia armed with an Executive Order to exterminate the Mormons. We bring on Andrew Torrez of Opening Arguments podcast to shed some expert light on the situation.

 

Where to find Andrew Torrez:
http://openargs.com/
or Opening Arguments on Facebook and @OpenArgs on Twitter

 

Links:

Colonel Cornelius Neil Gilliam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Gilliam

Captain Samuel Bogart
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Bogart

General John Bullock Clark
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bullock_Clark

General Atchison to Boggs 22-10-1838
https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/archives/resources/findingaids/fulltext/f39_f01-02.pdf

Recollections by Peter H. Burnett
https://archive.org/details/recollectionsopi00burnrich

Ebenezer Robinson Autobiography
http://www.boap.org/LDS/Early-Saints/ERobinson.html

 

Show links:

Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com
Twitter @NakedMormonism
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Outro music by Jason Comeau http://aloststateofmind.com/
Show Artwork http://weirdmormonshit.com/
Legal Counsel http://patorrez.com/
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