Glass Box Podcast

Gaddy is suing the Mormon church for tithing and personal damages. We go through the case and discuss how likely it is to prevail as well as the class-action nature of the suit. Then, after much ado, we finally crack open The Case for the Book of Mormon by Tad R. Callister. We wrap up with some happy news of cannabis convictions being expunged by some smart computer stuffs!

A bunch more reading on Kay Burningham and Gaddy v. LDS

https://www.kayburningham.com/

https://www.federalrulesofcivilprocedure.org/frcp/title-iv-parties/rule-23-class-actions/

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NuthcL9L-MZhnDRKcwp1E49Sx2472Dud

https://mormonfraud.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-gaddy-lawsuit-against-mormonchurch.html

https://www.courthousenews.com/scathing-lawsuit-seeks-punitive-damages-from-mormon-church/

http://www.mormondialogue.org/topic/72112-rico-act-proposed-class-action-against-the-church-it-is-filed/page/7/

http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2019/08/suit-charges-mormon-church-with.html

http://www.mormonthink.com/personalstories/kayburningham.htm

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/393/440/

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/322/78/

Light of Gazalem

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/marijuana-los-angeles-san-francisco-recreational-pot-559590321.html?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_LABrand

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It's a long episode today! Don't let the long timestamp scare you away. We invite a guest to tell us his story of joining the church, working for the church, and eventually leaving it. His story reveals a side of Mormonism most of us know is there, but aren't privy to. Part 2 of the conversation comes after the C segment where Michael tells a bit about his personal story. Braden and I also talk about a new documentary and discuss The Teachings of Don Juan. Then we round out the episode with a climate initiative in India.

Links:

Light of Gazalem: https://www.thestatesman.com/india/climate-emergency-india-offers-financial-and-technical-support-to-developing-nations-1502794652.html

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We finally wrap up the first Armstrong Lecture! We learn all about hell, the different degrees of the Celestial Kingdom, and Mormon trickle-down heaven! After that we talk about "The Good Place," a sitcom about heaven and hell. Then we wrap with good news about cow farts!

Show links:

Light of Gazelem:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-15/seaweed-for-cows-could-be-mass-farmed-reduce-methane/11414724

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Now we've had the introduction to how heaven is structured, let's find out how we actually get to each of the degrees. Part 2 of this Armstrong lecture describes the different degrees and who is deserving of them. Plus, Mormon reincarnation is totally a thing! After that we have Ryan McKnight of the Truth and Transparency Foundation to discuss a recent story broke by the organization.

Truth & Transparency storyhttps://truthandtransparency.org/news/2019/7/24/court-documents-show-local-mormon-leaders-failed-to-report-the-manufacturing-of-child-pornography-following-confession

Links mentioned by Ryan@the_ttf

https://truthandtransparency.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEnp6o4S974&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3CUns_MADCRfe-U_HFfbRA087ogQburkwObdss88w4kEcyG7lGpIQGL8g

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We're doing something a little different for this episode! We start with a little background on how Braden and Bryce met and use that as a launch point to discuss the main topic today. We read a lecture… Yeah… I lecture. But don't worry! It's a lot more fun than it sounds and we'd really like to get some feedback on it to hear what you think! After that, Braden tells us about The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck and then we talk about a couple who planted 2,000,000 trees in 20 years! We round out the show with some listener feedback that is absolutely amazing.

Apostle John replaced in Temple video:https://wheatandtares.org/2011/01/30/temple-john-where-do-the-fallen-go/

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Missions! Braden did his, Bryce left the Mormon church before he could do one. After Braden gives us an overview of his mission experience, we discuss the history of the "Preach My Gospel" program, the impetus behind it, how it came to be, who was involved, and how it was implemented into the field. Hopefully it will be as interesting to listen to as it was to research the topic! After that Braden talks about some media that passes the Bechdel test and we talk about a school in Iowa that's giving out P.E. credits for service projects.

History of Preach My Gospelhttps://rsc.byu.edu/archived/volume-14-number-1-2013/history-preach-my-gospel?fbclid=IwAR0BZUafYGnNOhs-PlVj7tmZRgeCe3hhH-qD9-V1pxqHCWqSdUTKJtQAWVs

Ballard: https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2019-06-26/president-ballard-baptize-2019-mission-leadership-seminar-50222

Mission cost increase in 2020:

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900077168/church-announces-mormon-mission-lds-cost-increase.html

Light of Gazalemhttps://www.wthr.com/article/iowa-school-giving-students-pe-credits-helping-elderly-people-disabilities-do-yard-work

Jeffrey Suhr's Children's Bookshttps://www.amazon.com/dp/1732251703/

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It's been one year since the Be One Celebration; Mormonism isn't racist anymore!!! We know the high-level overview of what the Priesthood ban included, now we take a foray into the human element. We talk about the tough paradoxes introduced when institutionalized theological racism comes into conflict with an ever-expanding global religion. An oft-forgotten aspect of Mormon conversion, Patriarchal Blessings, become the litmus test for African ancestry. Patriarchs fight with the First Presidency. The church takes no official position. Chaos and pandemonium rule doctrinal racism throughout the entire 20th century.

Links:

Mormons and Lineage: The Complicated History of Blacks and Patriarchal Blessings by Matt Harrishttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1erugEZ1LYvyMwMfFiQD1H_y0bZP16pFBNnjy-8ScP0E/edit?usp=sharing

Black, White, or Brown? Racial Perceptions and the Priesthood Policy in Latin America by Jeremy Talmage and Clinton D. Christensenhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1FqDep89418UPnrN2r5wFg0GAJn7Mx_Li6o13bfEBjJc/edit?usp=sharing

Race and the Priesthood (Faithful & Official)https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FqDep89418UPnrN2r5wFg0GAJn7Mx_Li6o13bfEBjJc/edit?usp=sharing

Race and the Priesthood (Critical & Skeptical)http://www.mormonthink.com/essays-race-priesthood.htm

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World tour time! Rusty and his apostle friend travel the world and meet Pacific Island dignitaries to bless the masses with their presence. Also, when a religion creates new political operatives as "specialists" and opposes a bill with 'Equality' in the name, it's never a good sign. After that, Braden and I both bring books to the table for our Media of Great Price. We round out the episode with a company that froze CEO wages to pay the bottom-line workers more and Costa Rica progressing on Abortion restrictions.

Links:

Mormon policital 'specialists'https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2019/05/14/lds-church-is-assigning/

Rusty world tourhttps://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/president-nelson-pacific-ministry-2019-samoa

Light of Gazalem

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/15/executive-pay-salaries-carecentrix-senior-team-employees

https://ticotimes.net/2019/05/18/morning-after-pill-legal-without-prescription-costa-rica?fbclid=IwAR1jJcOdoBj9G8tC5sLsutIx5by6ADHSHCaH5QXu3NqEDXjXE23ejNCjLfM

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We finally discuss the Temple Endowment Ceremony changes as of January 2019! But not so fast! Before that we get into the Strengthening Church Members Committee (SCMC) and the awkward phone call between Elder Timothy Dyches and Radio Free Mormon. Lesley, Colleen, and Bryce call the number and debrief over on Mormon Happy Hour (links below). Then, Braden and I finally get into how the endowment ceremony was slightly altered with "massive implications" in order to remove some of the overtly sexist theology. We give you a play by play so you don't have to watch it and go through exactly what the changes mean, along with a little history where applicable. The changes simply don't go far enough.

Links:

Mormon Happy Hour SCMChttp://angelsonfire.org/mhh73-part-1-call-to-elder-dyches-of-the-strengthening-church-members-committee/

Radio Free Mormon SCMChttps://radiofreemormon.org/2019/05/radio-free-mormon-064-spying-for-the-lord/

Temple Endowment Stuffs

SLC Live secret camhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8sbYtFOnxk&t=814s

Endowment as of Jan. 2019https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VOb0XNjdXE

Adam-God Doctrine

http://www.mormonthink.com/QUOTES/adamgod.htm

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Just as the title states, Braden and I go through the Sunday April 2019 General Conference talks. We [I] watched it so you don't have to! Plus Media of Great Price about Abducted in Plain Sight and a Light of Gazalem about Morgan Freeman single handedly saving the planet! We wrap with a short listener mail segment.

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