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The purpose of this podcast is to help Latter-Day Saints better understand their history and increase their faith. The podcast hosted by Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat, associate professor of Church History and Doctrine at BYU.
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Thursday Feb 03, 2022
Thursday Feb 03, 2022
In response to several recent emails, we discuss several conspiracy theories about the murder of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. We dissect a video that claims to have "new evidence about what really happened at Carthage” and use some of the movie's claims as jumping-off points for larger discussions around amateur research and tactics used by antagonists of the Church. Below is a link to a Salt Lake Tribune article that we read in the episode.
While the accusations being made are serious the video and research are “amateur hour” (to quote the Salt Lake Tribune article).
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2 years ago
You guys were struggling for a term to call that non-documentary: I’d call it a weirdo-mentary. Thanks for slogging through it so I don’t have to.