Did Joseph Smith practice polygamy?  As obvious as the answer to that question may seem to you and to other trained professional historians both inside and outside the LDS Church, there is a small but growing group of Mormons or former Mormons who maintain that Joseph Smith did NOT practice polygamy.

Ms. Michelle Stone is one such person, and she posted a podcast responding to the Mormonism Live episode from a couple of weeks ago where we put forward the compelling evidence that Joseph Smith DID IN FACT practice polygamy.

In this podcast, I show how Ms. Stone’s response to the evidence we presented is woefully inadequate, and further has all the earmarks of the types of “reasoning” and “logic” common to conspiracy theorists of all stripes.

This is one for the record books!

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Radio Free Mormon’s Rules for Teaching Sunday School!

I have taught hundreds of Sunday school lessons over my time in Mormonism.

By the time I was 32-years old, I had some decidedly unorthodox rules for teaching in Church.

I recently discovered a paper I wrote more than 30-years ago setting forth those unorthodox rules.

Here it is for the first time in this or any other format . . . Radio Free Mormon’s Rules for Teaching Sunday School!

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One of the key components in the controversy over whether Joseph Smith or Brigham Young instituted plural marriage is the dating of Section 132.

Some proponents of the idea Brigham Young started plural marriage in the Church argue Section 132 was written by Brigham Young or someone at his direction AFTER Joseph Smith died, but was falsely attributed to Joseph Smith by Brigham Young when it was first published in the 1876 edition of the Doctrine and Covenants.

RFM presents a textual analysis of three affidavits published June 7, 1844 in the Nauvoo Expositor which conclusively demonstrates the text of Section 132 existed in all material respects during Joseph Smith’s lifetime.  This means Section 132 was not created by Brigham Young or anyone else after Joseph Smith’s death.

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On Saturday, April 22, 2023, Church Historian Elder Kyle McKay sat down with an inactive former seminary teacher named Joe for a candid discussion about Church History.

Things got very interesting very quickly!

This is the recording of that meeting!

RESOURCES:

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On the May 17, 2023 episode of Mormonism Live, a listener named Justin called into the show.

Justin identified himself as a believing Mormon.  I took the opportunity to ask Justin a series of questions about his beliefs regarding what a prophet could do that would be so bad that Justin would no longer consider him a prophet.

A number of listeners have provided feedback to that segment that was highly critical of the way I conducted myself.

This episode is my response to that listener feedback.

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At the zenith of my Mormon apologetics back in 1990, I engaged in a public debate with a Church of Christ minister from Austin, Texas.

This is the story of that debate.

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In a strange twist of fate, my old missionary companion, Kyle McKay, has become not only a General Authority, but also the Church Historian!

Now Kyle gets the chance to have his old missionary companion do a dissection of the talk he gave at BYU-Idaho on April 25, 2023; a talk many consider to be one of the most controversial talks given by a church leader in recent memory!

It has taken Kyle 43-years to prepare himself to give this talk.

It has taken me 43-years to prepare myself to break it down!

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A new BOMBSHELL report lays out how the First Presidency not only actively engaged in defrauding the Federal Government in the SEC Scandal, but also how the First Presidency is still actively engaged in deceiving its own members by portraying themselves as innocent of any wrongdoing!

You just can’t make this stuff up!

I am joined in this analysis by University of Illinois Assistant Professor of Accounting Spencer Anderson.

Special thanks to the WIDOW’S MITE REPORT for researching and discovering this groundbreaking information!

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In November of 2021, I flew to Salt Lake City to debate the Midnight Mormons.

The entire debate lasted almost three hours!

I have worked hard over two days breaking it down into a Highlights Reel that is just over an hour.

I want to thank everybody who came to the debate and I think you will really like hearing the Highlights!

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Mormonism has the power to disappoint in many ways, even after I thought I had left it far behind.

One of the most significant disappointments for me is being betrayed by church leaders I trusted implicitly, only to find they were not telling me the truth.

What happens when you find out your ability to discern the truth is compromised?

That is the underlying message of this podcast!

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