Let’s Get Real with Stephen Jones Why LDS Polygamy and Joseph Smith Historian Left and CameBack to the LDS Church (Pt 1) | E0012
Sep 18, 2023
Stephen interviews Don Bradley, an LDS Polygamy and Joseph Smith Historian. They discuss his journey of leaving and returning to the LDS church, his struggles with doubt and questioning, the role of doubt in purifying faith, the Book of Mormon as a witness of Christ, discoveries of pious forgeries, the fine-tuning problem in the universe, reflections on the existence of God and the afterlife, and his rediscovery of Christianity and belief in the resurrection of Jesus.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
Leaving the LDS Church and Preventing a Return
03:17 • 11min
Wrestling with Questions and Doubt
14:22 • 17min
Doubt as a Purifier of Faith
31:46 • 8min
The Role of the Book of Mormon as a Witness of Christ
39:42 • 2min
Unveiling the Pious Forgeries
41:27 • 24min
The Fine-Tuning Problem and the Probability of Life
01:05:53 • 4min
A Journey of Doubt and Discovery
01:10:13 • 6min
Reflections on the Sudden Death and Existence of an Afterlife
01:16:20 • 3min
Rediscovering Christianity and the Resurrection
01:18:53 • 26min