Happy birthday Joseph! We, at the Mind Virus Podcast, appreciate YOU!
Some people like to listen to us faster… (We sound smarter.):Change playback speed real time: 1x – 1.25x – 1.5x – 1.75x – 2x
Referenced in the Podcast
- Jordan’s notes (coming soon [ or rather someday ])
- James Michener – Alaska
- Hamlet’s Mill: An Essay Investigating the Origins of Human Knowledge and Its Transmission Through Myth – Giorgio de Santillana, Hertha von Dechend
- The Law of Adoption: One Phase of the Development of the Mormon Concept of Salvation, 1830-1900 – Gordon Irving
- 1894 Wilford Woodruff changes temple sealing practices – Adoption
- Shout out to Hyrum Smith!!!
- Tales of Alvin Maker Series – Orson Scott Card
Well I haven’t listened to this episode yet, but let’s get back to debating polygamy.
Now that I listen to these at a desk I can comment…. not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. 😉
I have more to add to the discussion, but probably not until next week.
Pre-listen comment.
Happy birthday Joseph and Merry Christmas to all!
Happy belated Winter Solstice — we made it through the darkest parts, now back into the light!
So congratulations everybody.
Also belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! This episode was great, especially because I’m also a HUGE fan of J Smith, and I am convinced that polygamy did NOT begin with J but with BY and cohorts.
Interesting look at the possible Joseph Smith daguerreotype. This person thinks it’s Hyrum: https://josephsmithjrphoto.blogspot.com/2023/07/hyrum-smiths-identity-through.html
And interesting 3-D model: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/joseph-smith-daguerreotype-and-death-mask-2c22ac0677054faa8f0cd3701aa67452
I loved this episode! I am one who believes Joseph Smith was a good, righteous man, who gave his life for the knowledge the Lord restored through him.
Unfortunately, the LDS Church only pays lip service to him as they stand on his shoulders for their “authority.” At the same time, they disparage his name with falsehoods so that Brigham Young looks like he is continuing to follow revealed truths, for example, polygamy. If Brigham was actually a usurper, the “authority” claims of The Church falls apart
Thank you for bringing truth about Joseph that has been suppressed, changed, or just forgotten, back to the masses!
I think it was this podcast where Bobby talked about succession. Andrew Ehat wrote a thesis that had some very interesting and details about how and what Brigham did after Joseph died, he was a sneaky dude. I’ll have to find it and share it on here. Although that thesis was written quite a while ago and he did come out with a youtube video addressing the errors that were in it based on some of the false testimonies of the people back then. It was before the Joseph Smith papers were printed and early church history was still in a vault in some mountain. But I don’t think it changed the bits about what Brigham was doing..
I’d also like to point out that there is no such thing as succession for being a prophet. You don’t get to vote who God talks to by politicizing and campaigning. God decides who he will talk to and we each get to decide what messages we believe came from God.