Many people stay engaged with the LDS church after deconstructing their faith, but that relationship looks different for everyone. In this episode, Scott brings on Patrick Mason to discuss nuanced membership within the LDS church. What does faithful dissent look like, or how can a member express their unorthodox position with their congregation? Patrick Mason… Read More »Rameumptom Ruminations: 078: Nuance and Respectful Disagreement with Patrick Mason

After a short break, Scott returns to the podcast. Many people that leave the LDS faith are warned against leaving with threats of an unhappy life. “Your family will fall apart,” or “You’ll face incredible challenges in the workplace.” They uphold the idea that the problem of suffering only exists outside of the faith. In… Read More »Rameumptom Ruminations: 077: A Break for My Mental Health

Is the Devil in the New Testament portrayed any differently than the Satan of the Old Testament? In this episode, Scott finishes a short series covering the Devil by focusing on the New Testament. Do not skip out on episodes 74 and 75. Those two establish key groundwork to understand this episode.  Sources Stokes, Ryan… Read More »Rameumptom Ruminations: 076: The Devil of the New Testament

What is the origin of the word Satan? Do these earliest passages that use the term Satan match modern LDS beliefs about the devil? Sources Stokes, Ryan E. The Satan: How God’s Executioner Became the Enemy. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2019. Please consider becoming a monthly recurring donor to the podcast.

Lucifer in the LDS faith is vastly different from other interpretations of the character. How does this version differ from that found in the Bible, or in other literature? In today’s episode, Kajsa Berlin-Kaufusi joins Scott to compare different versions of the Son of the Morning. Kajsa is a former faculty member at BYU in… Read More »Rameumptom Ruminations: 074: Speak of the Devil and He Shall Appear

Should an atheist post-Mormon engage with spirituality after deconstruction? What does mourning the loss of a loved one look like post-faith, or how can we make sense of suffering outside the constraints of religious ideology? In this episode, Brittney Hartley from the Almost Awakened Podcast comes onto the show to discuss her new course on… Read More »Rameumptom Ruminations: 073: Spiritual Reconstruction with Brittney Hartley

This episode continues the series by reviewing the book No Man Knows My History by Fawn Brodie. Julia from Analyzing Mormonism returns to the discussion with her eye for detail. This section covers chapters 22 through 27. In this last section, we cover the last years in Nauvoo, Joseph’s presidential campaign, and the events leading… Read More »Rameumptom Ruminations: 072: No Man Knows My History Review Part 4 with Julia from Analyzing Mormonism

Nolan returns to the podcast this week to continue the discussion on the Welfare and Self Reliance program of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. If you missed last week’s discussion check it out here. In this episode, we pick up the discussion where we left off discussing the Perpetual Education Fund and… Read More »Rameumptom Ruminations: 071: Welfare and Self Reliance Abroad Part 2

In this very special episode, Scott interviews a former full-time employee of the church who worked for the church in the Welfare and Self Reliance department overseas in a developing country. Today’s episode is part one of a two-part interview series. Be sure to check back next week as they continue their discussion. Nolan, the… Read More »Rameumptom Ruminations: 070: Welfare and Self Reliance Abroad

This episode is in response to a few comments on the previous discussions about morality. One commenter offered an excellent criticism of the way Scott presented the concepts around the dichotomy of good and evil or right and wrong. The other discussed how their TBM family would have responded to Divine Command Theory. Please consider… Read More »Rameumptom Ruminations: 069: Blind Obedience