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John Dehlin and I conclude this historic three-part podcast interviewing Dr. Robert K. Ritner, world famous Egyptologist and former professor of Dr. John Gee of BYU.  We cover a lot of ground in this 5 1/2 (!) hour episode, and before we are done, Dr. Ritner gets to finally give his version of the famous… Read More »Radio Free Mormon: 191: Dr. Robert K. Ritner on the Book of Abraham part 3

Today I sit down and examine the systemic trait in Mormonism to label those who leave as broken, less than, bad, or deceived in some way.  In Mormonism when a believer stops believing we creates stories about that person. 1.) They were lazy 2.) They lacked faith 3.) They wanted to Sin 4.) They were… Read More »Mormon Discussion: 353: Those Who Leave and the Stories We Tell

Now that new research has established the dependency of Joseph Smith’s Bible translation on the Adam Clarke Bible Commentary, RFM launches into a spate of new and additional ideas and inferences that can be drawn from this conclusion.  RFM shows how the Adam Clarke Bible Commentary may not only have influenced the JST, but also… Read More »Radio Free Mormon: 190: The Adam Clarke Connection

Kattie presents her portion of a session she helped present at Sunstone Symposium this year.  The topic of the session was “Reframing Your Mixed Faith Marriage”.  Kattie spoke specifically about her experience and advice on Self Care in a mixed faith marriage. Registrations for the September session of our 6-week online course “Workshop on a… Read More »Marriage on a Tightrope: 081: Self Care

In this episode, Dr. Ritner goes through Facsimiles Two and Three and shows how the actual Egyptian translations do not match those provided by Joseph Smith.  We also go into depth on two of the apologists’ favorite arguments; (1) The practice of human sacrifice in ancient Egypt; and, (2) The translation of the four sons… Read More »Radio Free Mormon: 189: Dr. Robert K. Ritner on the Book of Abraham part 2

Today I examine the issue of abortion. Not to decide the right or wrong of the issue but as a way to see into how we can think critically about a conversation where we are passionate and often not thinking as rationally. Abortion is a topic that often has us arguing from emotional passion and… Read More »Almost Awakened: 046: Abortion and Critical Thinking

Dr. Robert K. Ritner is a world renowned Egyptologist and professor of Egyptology at the prestigious Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago.  I am honored to have been invited by John Dehlin to engage in a multi-part interview with Dr. Ritner to explore his views on the Book of Abraham; a subject he is… Read More »Radio Free Mormon: 188: Dr. Robert K. Ritner on the Book of Abraham part 1

In this episode we piggy back on last weeks episode on myth and help the Almost Awakened listener deconstruct one of our Judaeo/Christian myths… namely the Adam & Eve story around the Fall. We talk about what Adam and Eve could represent and more importantly what the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good… Read More »Almost Awakened: 045: Adam & Eve And Conscious Altering Tools

Today we dip our toes into MYTH and how pervasive it is in our cultural and social structures. Any time we label or tell a story about the way things are and what they mean we are likely in the sphere of myth. Money, relationships, nationality and patriotism, family history, who people are…. all myth.… Read More »Almost Awakened: 044: Myth Is All Around Us

Allan and Kattie discuss Allan’s new style of prayer and other ways that a non-believer can strike remain an active part of the LDS community while not sacrificing authenticity.