June 25, 2023

Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Ian and Dives ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!

EP 65 - Ian Wilks co-hosts, LDS Church abuse rates, Temple Updates, UK Background Checks, and Ian Wilks breaks news! Church considers calling female Sunday school axillaries, stake and ward secretaries, and the role of technology in advancing and accelerating the church. 

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Get to know Ian (10 minutes)

So who are you?

What is inside out podcast?

Why did you start it and what’s it all about?

Why do you continue to come onto podcasts?

Is there anything else about your personal life or religious beliefs that you would like to share? More spiritual, less religious, less judgemental, more universal. 

MNRU Joke of the week

Ian

Follow ups

I KNOW HOW TO LOWER CHURCH ABUSE RATES BY 75%

Jennifer Roach outlines 7 suggested ways to reduce abuse, many of which have merit: but she FAILS to cover the single biggest reduction any organization could make to reduce child sex abuse: mandatory background checks 

Why didn’t Roach mention the obvious? 

Reflections on Abuse, Reporting, and the Church - FAIR (fairlatterdaysaints.org)

https://latterdaysaintmag.com/i-know-how-to-lower-church-abuse-rates-by-75/ 

Temple Stuff

Cody Mormon Temple Gets OK, But Not The Enormous 77-Foot Steeple

Although the town of Cody approved a new Mormon temple on Thursday, it tabled the decision on whether to allow a towering 77-foot steeple to go with it.

Would fasting and prayer help get the towering steeple approved?

UK Background Checks - Disclosure Scotland Act.

First Presidency: Temple cornerstone ceremonies discontinued

Good Take

Ian: Why it is building so many temples when it can’t operate them

Measuring temple activity. 

Temple recommend questions go back underground

31.2.5

LCR

Articles

Legislators look at new Utah law aimed at removing inappropriate material from schools

Funny Take

Bible is back!

LDS Church celebrates Juneteenth with gift to NAACP branch

Ian: Elder Matthew S. Holland of the Seventy (second from right) joins Vickie Terry,, executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Memphis Branch, and others at branch headquarters on the Monday, June 19, 2023. The Church is giving $500,000 to help renovate the branch building. This renovation will create an inviting community gathering spot for MyBaby4Me meetings and other NAACP and community functions. Workers will also install a commercial kitchen to feed program participants.

Current state of LDS podcasting 

Here’s a snapshot of what online Mormon content people are consuming. 

What LDS related YouTube channels do you most enjoy?

Breaking News

Ian: Stake Sunday School auxiliaries’ leadership should include women stake Sunday school and ward executive secretary. No reason not to call women into these callings. They don’t require priesthood functional authority.  Some of my best councilors have been RS Presidencies. Same for stake executive secretaries.

Conclusion

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June 18, 2023

Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Ron and Dives ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!

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EP 63 - Ron Yorgason co-hosts, Book of Mormon banned in Utah!?, Donald Trump indicted and LDS Church responds!?, Mormon transgender attitudes revealed, fascinating analysis of LDS Boy Scout abuse rates, and BYU-I professor leads hate group!?

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Get to know Ron

So who are you?

I enjoyed your episode on Mormonish

Is there anything else about your personal life or religious beliefs that you would like to share?

MNRU Joke of the week

Ron

Follow ups

Davis School District releases details on complaint against The Book of Mormon

The petitioner, whose name was redacted, said he or she doesn't want children reading about "murder, rape and torture, or learning that it is OK to murder somebody if God tells them to (Nephi)."

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is running a provocative full-page ad picturing a bible and the Book of Mormon with a headline saying “BAN THESE BOOKS” in Sunday’s Salt Lake City Tribune.

Should there be separation of Church and State in Utah? Or does freedom of religion reign supreme?

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Articles

'Are you listening, Donald Trump?': Mormon church tells members to vote for 'integrity' regardless of party

Latter-day Saints and Transgender Attitudes

Figures 1,3,8

Church Growth

TikToc

Arkansas is the Hottest Place in the US for LDS Growth

4.5% growth used to be the NORM

Why?

Fascinating look at future LDS Church Growth 

"The best indicator of the future size of a religion is not the number of missionaries it sends, but how many children are in the pews."

Last year, the Lichfield England stake closed, marking the first time a stake in the UK had ever been closed (the first stake was organized in 1960).  Earlier this year, the Watford England stake closed and this past week the Maidstone and Wandsworth stakes closed.

During this joint conference, stake president says growth does not mean number of stakes 

https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/united-kingdom

In the last 10 year, church activity in the UK declined over 13%

LATTER-DAY SAINT ENIGMA: THEIR UNEXPECTED TROOP ABUSE RATES

Hot take

Patreon 

Elder Rasband speaking at $250/plate dinner 

What is the definition of priestcraft?

Scripture central

Only discloses employee pay information upon receipt 

Donors 

American Heritage School dedicated by Elder Rasband in Salt Lake City

Best take

Another take

Paul H. Dunn connection

Due diligence?

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BYU-Idaho professor leads an anti-gay hate group in Rexburg, ID

Ron Nate 

Mass Resistance 

If Dr. Nate belonged to the proud boys, fired. KKK fired. But if he bashes gays, no problem!

Brother Nate Family Reunion 

Mayor getting involved

Instagram

Church ramming Heber Valley Temple Through 

Hugh Grant to star in Heretic, a horror movie revolving “around two Mormon missionaries on a mission to convert a man. However, things take an unexpected

Swarm of Mormon Crickets Descends on Elko, Nevada

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June 11, 2023

Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Richie and Dives ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!

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EP 63 - Richie from the Cultural Hall podcast co-Hosts, Charlie Bird (Cosmo the Cougar) gets engaged to another man, Church announces background checks in the UK, LDS couple savagely mocked for anti-gay rights stance, and Elder Soares goes on Live Television!

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Who is Richie T. Steadman?

You founded a popular LDS related podcast called the cultural hall, when did you start that and what’s it all about?

YouTube

What makes the cultural hall podcast better than TWIM and the MNRU. 

Is there anything else about your personal life or religious beliefs that you would like to share?

MNRU Joke of the week

Richie

Follow ups

A Utah school district removed the Bible from some school libraries. Now it’s received a request to review the Book of Mormon

Church responds

Articles

Elder Holland Begins a Slow Return to Service in the Twelve

Hard to believe that the BofM hasn’t been fully translated into Navajo

Prior to this, the church had selections from the book of Mormon printed in Navajo, rather than the entire book. Seems like they have already translated most of it to Navajo. 

Bitter wind 27:37

‘Music and the Spoken Word’ to Premiere in Spanish

Mormon couple savagely mocked after flying ‘family values flag’ during Pride Month

Anti-Gay Pride LDS couple responds to the twitter mob

More reactions 

and more

Getting really ugly

She went on Midnight Mormons and came across as a mostly levelheaded person

Full disclosure, I went to high school with her husband, He was a nice guy, good LDS, good at basketball, and an all around good boy/student, 

Some really sick individuals out there sneaking into LDS Temples

Charlie Bird announces engagement

Who is Charlie Bird?

Deseret News op ed

His book NO for sale at Deseret Book, removed earlier this week

Will it get yanked? Answer: Yes, sort of

His Youtube channel (play first minute)

Charlie’s heartfelt IG

thoughtful Saint

Will he be subject to church discipline?

Idaho judge sets 2024 trial date for Chad Daybell

Church to perform background checks in UK for persons working with children 

21st century saints have been working on this project for years

Interview with Jane

Corbitt - ATC is wrong

Oaks - There is no loyal opposition 

YIgo Guam Temple Sustained Damage

Unprecedented Cody Wyoming Temple Dialog

Elder Soares is interviewed by International TV Network in Chile

He also visits the Pres. of Uruguay

What did Soares say?

Did he take any “real” questions? Wish I had transcript in English

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June 4, 2023

Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Dives, Landon, and Rebecca ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!

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EP 62 - Mormonish podcast co-Hosts, church updates policy on political neutrality, analysis of LDS church growth, Henry Eyring turns 90, and the church opens gay pride month with a controversial editorial

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Articles

Charts show Church’s ongoing growth through 192 years

Political Neutrality and Participation

The appearance of political neutrality for the church is really important because they don't wanna lose tax exempt status for the church or ensign peak advisors

Henry Eyring turns 90!

Nemo vs Eyring 

Henry Eyring is NOT an apostle!?

President Eyring and his wife

Feature Article

Why as a gay man I stand for traditional marriage

Skyler Sorenson

Skyler Sorenson book

Sky Tweets

Wait, he wants Obergefell v. Hodges to be overturned? 

What about the Respect for Marriage Act?

The most hated man on the internet 

Who?

Book of Evan responds 

Cultch responds 

White cat prophecy responds 

thoughtful Saint response

How to celebrate gay pride month
Sky, I can’t say it will be easy, it not that it will be worth it

Sky argues that the ‘gospel’ helps LGBTQ latter day saints avoid suicide 

But in Utah gay teen suicide is higher than the national average 

Skyler on Midnight Mormons made the incredible claim that the safest place in the world, for members of the LGBTQ community is in the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints

I spent an hour in the chat trying to get my question out, does Sky want to see the legalization of gay marriage overturned in the US, but Cardon never asked him

The biggest take away from the hour long live stream is that Skyler is really really happy, and all the haters out there don’t know his heart

The big thing here is what is good for society as a whole, there are always exceptions to any paradigm, someone could find great happiness in what most of us would be considered a very abusive relationship, likewise, someone in a very stable family, could be incredibly unhappy, 

the question that we should wrestle with:

what is good for society as a whole? 

are mixed orientation marriages and/or lifelong celibacy healthy? 

Anecdote time: My older brother’s struggle being gay in the church

Leaders of the Church weigh in with heaven sent guidance

Bednar there are no homosexual members of the church

Perhaps President Hinckley can help clear this all up

0:14 (‘to bless their lives’)

I guess that answers the questions to why senior leaders of the church, so rarely give media interviews

Conclusions

Fundamentally, why is the deseretnews releasing an editorial in which a member at least partially advocates for a position that the church does not?

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May 28, 2023

Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Al and Dives ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!

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EP 61 - President Oaks YA devotional, Latter-day Saint wins American Idol, Cody Wyoming temple stirs controversy, and the most closeted state in America revealed!

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Longtime cohost and listener favorite Al is back on the program. 

Webcam

Follow ups

Last week YouTube copyright issues, full episode on apple podcasts

Sentencing date set for Lori Vallow Daybell

Articles

President Oaks Urges Young Adults to ‘Be of Good Cheer’ in Their Challenges

Nothing inspires today's young adults these days like a couple of white multi-millionaire nonagenarians

Imagine getting YSA advice from DHO who was born in 1932

Clip to discuss

Legendary letter

Why no name?

Is she not criticizing leaders of the church? And would that not be wrong?

Treating others who are different from us with kindness

Electroshock therapy 

Oaks declined to comment on the discrepancy between his memory and the research, church spokesman Doug Andersen said”

Stop delaying marriage and start having kids

Effects of having children early

Infant mortality increases when the period between births shortens

Continuing to give births at a higher age also carries additional health risks for both mother

and child

Kristen Oaks is Dallins second wife, she was unmarried previous to marrying him at age 53, she has never had children (nor has Wendy Nelson btw)

Perhaps women in particular don’t want to get married earlier because they don’t want to end up as a polygamous wife in the afterlife 

Societal trend of marriage ages is rising at a rate of about one month per year, average male age is like 28 and average female age is 25

Effects of getting married early 

Kristen didn’t get married young either 

The fairness of the plan of salvation vs having lots of kids

Tucker Carlson kids thing

Messaging on having kids has changed 

It probably all comes down to this: there are well documented psychological, sociological, physical, and economical downsides to getting married early and having lots of kids, but there are positive church outcomes in activity rates, tithing receipts, and retention rates. Hence, Oaks views giving potentially damaging advice like this is ok so long as the needs of the church come first. It’s a philosophy called doctrine over self. What is best for you spiritually, socially, or physically must be subverted for the betterment of the collective whole. That is the very definition of a high demand religion. 

Most Closeted State in America Revealed

Sent this article to my Gay brother who was raised in Utah, he is not at all surprised 

Latter-day Saint teen wins ‘American Idol’

Singing share microphone 

First Mormon since David Archuletta to win AI

Cody Wyoming Neighbors have LDS temple concerns

Meeting postponed

Public hearing on Cody temple postponed after the church withdrew its applications for the project.

Let’s build the temple!

Mormon Church buys Wembley Amazon warehouse for £74 million via charitable company

Ensign Peak returns lagging

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Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Kolby Reddish Ryan McKnight and Dives ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!

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May 21, 2023 

EP 60 - Kolby Reddish and Ryan McKnight co-hosts, CBS 60 minutes bombshell! Mormon who left Wall St. to work for alleged LDS charity finally breaks his silence on what he says is his church's "clandestine hedge fund"

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Get to know Kolby (5 minutes)

So who are you?

What has been the reaction to your Mormon stories episode? Which has over 100,000 views which I believe is more views that there are people in Idaho!

Get to know Ryan (5 minutes)

So who are you?

You are best known for founding MormonLeaks. Why did you found it and what is it all about?

MormonLeaks later became the Truth and Transparency foundation. It filed its last report in 2022, why did it fold up shop?

MNRU Joke Of the week

Rare leaked footage of Pres. Nelson visiting Ensign Peak!

Follow ups

Lori Vallow

Articles

President Nelson issues a statement on his health, saying ‘little challenges with balance should be the least of our worries’

MNRU Poll of the Week

United Nations General Assembly president meets with First Presidency

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New LDS Helena temple built in two weeks!?

1000 temples in our lifetime?

Las Vegas temple on the strip?

Featured News Article

trailer

60 minutes Complete Show

EPA Wikipedia church admits about $40 billion, but that’s only the domestic stock market portion which the church is required to disclose so what about the 100 Billion+ dollar figure often reported?

David Bednar National Press Club 2:00

MormonLeaks

Notice that he nods his head up and down when asked about the $150B figure 

EPA CIO is/was Robert Nydegger

Meme

https://widowsmitereport.wordpress.com/ldsc/ slide 13-14

Final segment

this is the end of the piece, although we do have a few bonus clips that were released on 60 minutes overtime

Before we get into those four bonus clips, let’s discuss the timbre of the segment. 

How would you characterize 60 minutes journalistic tone?

how credible does David Neilson appear?

How about Waddels demeanor?

Waddell still trying to figure out why a woman is asking him questions!

According to Sophronia, Waddell used to be a model! not at all joking 

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Chris ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!

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May 14, 2023 

EP 59 - Chris Henna of Porchtime cohosts, media claims Mormons want to kill gay Ugandans, is the Book of Mormon consistent?, LDS missionaries leaving referral cards in libraries, Mormon mom poisons husband, and Salt Lake Temple gets new feature

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Welcome to the MormonNewsRoundup!

Get to know Chris

You founded/host a program called porchtime, when did you start that and what is it all about?

Review porchtime description. What does that all mean?

It seems really hard to put you and your show in a comfy box, is that deliberate?

So basically you are an exmormon podcast that criticizes exmormons? Brilliant!

MNRU Joke Of the week

Chris 

Follow ups

Paging David Nielsen?

going on 60 minutes today

Chris Waddel

Lori Vallow

Prosecution rests

Defense rests

Closing arguments complete 

Jury deliberations 

News Articles 

International 

King Charles reigns!

New British king channels Lehi in the desert?!

#BookofMormonEvidence

Extended thoughts on the British monarchy in episode 24 which was seriously one of our best episodes 

Rachel Maddow connects Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” bill to Arizona Christians AND MORMONS?

If signed into law, the Anti-Homosexuality Act would make “aggravated homosexuality” a capital crime

Wait, the mastermind behind the bill is LDS?

Sharon Slater’s close relationship with Museveni’s wife Janet Museveni and Uganda MP Martin Ssempa 

Janet Tweeting thanks to Sharon

Ssempa's Argument about the Bill? Under Activism in wiki

Mommy blogger from Utah Heather Armstrong battled with depression, alcoholism

David Archuletta’s mom makes news 

Statement 

The Book of Mormon is internally consistent 

more accurately it should be said that the BofM is MOSTLY internally consistent 

Cooks tweet reminds me of Bednar

and Nelson 

 reminds me of the CofC statement on the BofM

“In addition to the Bible…”

Church official accounts frequently tweet platitudes, then those leaders NEVER engage with comments sections with one exception, to delete overly negative comments 

Sherri Dew surprisingly candid remarks 

Dew shared an experience she had after attending the temple for the first time in her young adulthood. “Candidly, I didn’t love the experience,” 

and later

“If prophets, seers and revelators are not perfect, then why should we trust them maybe more than anyone else? Because they are the most infallible leaders on Earth,” 

Infallible vs “most infallible,” are there degrees of infallibility? 

dictionary: not allowing the possibility of error or mistake 

If a wrist watch is right 90% of the time, is that good enough to rely on? what about 70%?

Opinion: Are young Latter-day Saints leaning more liberal?

Is this the woke culture you seem to decry, Chris?

Who is the biggest threat to the church?

Wait, I thought people ARE the church

Mormon mom accused of poisoning husband with fentanyl

Tik Toc

perhaps a bit of a lapsed mormon

Posts touching Facebook tribute to dead husband 

Obituary 

Missionary Corner

Watch: Couple’s hilariously confused reaction to missionaries on their doorstep

What’s the best way to deal with Mormon missionaries who show up on someone’s front door? 

LDS Missionaries leaving referral cards in books in public libraries

Long awaited update to Church trans policy revealed

Mormon TicTok of the week

How to snag a hot Mormon guy

Twink death

Brandon Flowers

Not a cult

MNRU Poll of the Week

Salt Lake Temple gets new feature

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May 7, 2023 

EP 58 - LDS terminology updates, community of Christ world conference report, BYU transgender controversy, sacred garments made in Chinese sweatshops, and Tucker Carlson wants us to be good Mormons!?

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MNRU Joke Of the week

Rebecca

Mormon News Weekly comes to an end

https://twitter.com/patrickqmason/status/1653079511691579393 

Follow ups

Lori Vallow trial continues 

mainstream media is not really covering this trial as much as I thought they would

we have yet to hear from the defense, the defense team should probably take the stand next week

First Church coverage of the trial

News Articles 

Boy Scouts of America can now create $2.4 billion fund to pay claims for Scouts who survived abuse – a bankruptcy expert explains what’s next

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, still sometimes called the Mormon Church, used to participate in the Boy Scouts but severed ties to it in 2018. It will contribute $250 million.

Tucker Carlson wants you to have ‘Mormon levels’ of kids. Is it good advice?

With his Fox News exit, life advice from Carlson has been circulating online this week. Young Americans, in particular, should take note

Discussion 

Differentiation

What Happened at the Community of Christ World Conference?

The new president of the Council of Twelve Apostles (Mareva Arnuad of French Polynesia) is the first non-native English speaker in that role. She is also one of six women in the Twelve

Sacred Garments made in Chinese sweatshops?

It really has never occurred to me to even ponder anything about this topic 

Answering LDS Critics website launched 

Brian Hales?

Revealing the Strategies of LDS Church Critics and Addressing their Accusations

BYU Professor Transgender Controversy

BYU Defends Professor, sort of

Typical LDS attitude which mirrors the handbook

Rumor mill, handbook transgender section is going to be updated? 

Other Handbook changes to protect children

2.28 Billion Dollar Sex Abuse Judgement hits the Media

PornHub restricted in Utah

SEARCHES FOR VPN SOAR IN UTAH AMIDST PORNHUB BLOCKAGE

Praying for VPN!?

New Church Mentoring Program for recently returned missionaries 

LDS Terminology changes

Proposal 

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Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Dives and Randy Bell ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!

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April 30, 2023 

EP 57 - Randy Bell cohosts, Lori Vallow trial updates, Daily Mormon News brought to us by AI, and $2 Billion dollars Mormon Sex abuse judgment. 

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New Folks

Mark

Wendy

Michael

Foxboy

Welcome to the MormonNewsRoundup!

Get to know Randy, may I call you Randy? (10 minutes)

You have earned the nickname as the master of disaster. How did you earn that nickname and how do you feel about it?

You have written a number of books. How does the master of disaster become an author?

Last year you appeared on Mormon stories, what has been the reaction to your episode?

You are active on the LDS podcasting circuit recently hosting an episode on Mormonism Live for instance, what draws you to this space?

Is there anything else about your personal life or religious beliefs that you would like to share?

MNRU Joke Of the week

Dr. Bell in league with anti Mormons!?

Follow ups

Mormon News Weekly 

not exactly weekly

We have learned by sad experience that it is the nature and disposition of almost all podcasts, that they fizzle out soon after starting. Hence, many are called, but few go viral

Midnight Mormons on MNW

Lori Vallow trial continues 

'My trust in my sister was broken': Lori Vallow's sister testifies

You threw Tylee in a pet cemetery like a piece of garbage! That is not Christ like. There is nothing good in that," Shiflet told Vallow during a 2020 video visit.

Chad and Lori visited the Idaho Falls Temple the day before the children died

New Widow's Mite report on SEC fine

Simply the best analysis on this issue 

It appears the LDS Church’s $5M civil penalty is the largest ever for 13(f) violations. Even the $1M penalty attributable directly to the 1st Presidency/Presiding Bishopric beats previous records.

News Articles

Daily Mormon News brought to us by AI?

On David Alexander, Evangelical Convert to Mormonism

CWIC audience just eating it up, comments section is like heroin laced catnip (play first 55 seconds)

Whole story reminds me of the legendary mormon tale of the 17 points of the true church

Mr. Alexander has started his own YouTube channel

Church historian and recorder tells BYU–Idaho students In the face of doubts, make Jesus Christ your foundation

VIDEO

‘Is your knowledge and testimony of truth strong enough that you can stare down compelling reasons to doubt and choose to believe?’

5:40

Clip 

Inspiring story of LDS senior missionaries goes viral

Randy, is this exploitation?

Especially ironic considering Ensign Peak Advisors was worth about $10B at the time of this article 

Entire story Reminds me of the very recent The Best Time of Our Lives: Senior Missionary Opportunities - March 19, 2023

A woman who was molested for years by her stepfather has been awarded $2.28 billion by a California jury in a lawsuit that also implicated her mother and the local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Historically high level of award

COJCOLDS “failed to report [the abuse] to law enforcement in violation of church policy and also used 'intimidation and shaming tactics' to keep her from telling anyone outside the church."

Forget ChatGPTBot, we now have LDSBot!

Shoutout to Weird Alma on bandcamp.com for this episode's music. Thanks so much for ruminating with us on the great and spacious beehive! And remember, remember: No unhallowed hand can stop this podcast from progressing! 

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April 23, 2023

Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup where Al and Dives ruminate on the great and spacious beehive!

EP 56 - Lori Vallow trial updates, CoC worldwide conference, new competitor in the weekly Mormon News, Mormon only fans mom confirms that God watches over her stream?!

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Welcome to the MormonNewsRoundup!

Al stepping back

Buncha extras on Patreon including my thoughts on the thinker of thoughts, Jonathan Streeter

Signature Books Ends Sponsorship of this Podcast

Mormon Stories Weekly News Venture 

Discussion

MNRU Joke Of the week

Mormon Wishes He Drank Beer So He Could Boycott Bud Light

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RMN Peace prize

no monetary donation, no scholarships, I stand corrected? a lot of bad takes, me included?

News Articles 

Bing has a testimony of the Book of Mormon! And other adventures with AI chatbots

Jana Riess gets some BASIC facts wrong in this story

A recent religious poll highlights a unique Latter-day Saint quality we can be proud of

No problems with self esteem 

Mormons Fleeing Republican party faster than any other subgroup

Mostly joining the democratic party

Lori Daybell Trial

Chad Daybell Excommunicated 

Boy Scouts of America will begin to compensate sexual abuse victims from a $2.4 billion trust after emerging from bankruptcy

Church donates $1 million to help drought-stricken Kenya

Church announces new worldwide testimony meeting for youth

CoC World Conference this weekend

Fallout From Decade-Long, $1 Billion Biofuel Scam Could Decimate Polygamist Sect

Weirdest Mormon thing I have seen in ages

Church membership withdrawn after Latter-day Saint council for therapist

Elder David A. Bednar, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to Keynote Silicon Slopes Summit 2023

Discussion

The real reason Bednar is speaking 

Latter-Day Saints Join Brief Asking Supreme Court To Protect Religious Employees at Work

Wasatch County amends outdoor lighting code for new Heber Valley Temple

Mormon mum 'banished' over OnlyFans says God watches her racy content – and 'likes it'

Shoutout to Weird Alma for this episode's music. Thanks so much for ruminating with us on the great and spacious beehive! And remember, remember: No unhallowed hand can stop this podcast from progressing!