Mormon Discussion Podcast

Today’s Episode is split into three segments.  In segment #1 Bill Reel addresses guilt and shame and shares an experience from his personal life.  In segment #2 Bill makes a plea on behalf the Mormon Discussion team in order to keep this work going.  And Bill concludes by addressing the criticism that he no longer… Read More »286: Guilt Shame And Leading With Faith The post 286: Guilt Shame And Leading With Faith appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

A good friend of mine.  Smart, informed, wise, and just so happens to be a woman.  She makes this connection in the scriptures.  She sees how the women of the New Testament are operating differently from the men in regards to how they treat the mortal body of Jesus.  What is the degree of care… Read More »285: Women And Their Care & Concern for the Mortal Jesus The post 285: Women And Their Care & Concern for the Mortal Jesus appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

Today I sit with my friend Chris Bloxham and using the recent Elder Holland retraction as a springboard to discuss just how much of Mormonism’s faith promoting narrative is untrue and deeply built on myth and fable. We tackle stories like the Brigham Young transfiguration, Lorenzo Snow seeing Jesus in the Temple, Seagulls and Crickets,… Read More »284: Our Heritage – Fabricated Faith Promoting Stories The post 284: Our Heritage – Fabricated Faith Promoting Stories appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

Mormon Discussion Halloween Edition.  Today we sit down with Zach Derr and discuss ghost and spirit stories within Mormonism.  We talk about how some of these are explainable but that others seem to be beyond explanation.  We talk of myth and our need to give explanations for things we otherwise can’t explain.  We talk about… Read More »283: Special Halloween Edition 2017 The post 283: Special Halloween Edition 2017 appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

The Family: A Proclamation To The World – How was it created?  Why was it created?  What is the timeline for its creation?  Today in a special joint episode Radio Free Mormon and Bill Reel from Mormon Discussion tackle these questions and more.  Want to know the backdrop and context of the creation of the… Read More »SPECIAL EPISODE: The Backdrop and Context of The Family A Proclamation to the World The post SPECIAL EPISODE: The Backdrop and Context of The Family A Proclamation to the World appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

Today we take the phrase “The Lord will not permit the prophet to lead the Church astray” and dissect it.  What do orthodox members believe that means?  What does history tell us?  What have leaders said?  And in the end Can we have confidence and trust in the answers we get from Prophets, from our… Read More »283: The Prophet Will Not Lead The Church Astray The post 283: The Prophet Will Not Lead The Church Astray appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

Elder Oaks gave a talk this past week that raises for me several questions. Here are the things he seemed to have said and my questions that follow. Remember it is Elder Oaks himself who stated that “Questions are honored” and so I hope you will do just that by taking them seriously. Also, Elder… Read More »282: Elder Oaks, Common Consent, And Un-Canonized Doctrine The post 282: Elder Oaks, Common Consent, And Un-Canonized Doctrine appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

Orthodox members of the Church constantly point at progressive Mormons as falling off the path, as inappropriately raising a critical voice, as having done something contrary to the path Jesus had set.  Today we revisit the life of Jesus.  We examine his interaction with his religious leaders.  We examine his behavior within his True and… Read More »281: Jesus & His True And Living Church The post 281: Jesus & His True And Living Church appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

This is an audio recording of the presentation “Mormon Discussion Presents: A Dialogue on Gospel Topic Essays”.  This was held at the Home of Bill Reel, host of Mormon Discussion Podcast, in Southern Utah on September 16th.  Sound quality is slightly less than desirable but this went so well and the discussion may be extremely… Read More »Mormon Discussion Presents: An Exploration of the Gospel Topic Essays The post Mormon Discussion Presents: An Exploration of the Gospel Topic Essays appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

Today we discuss the Word of Wisdom or better yet section 89 of the D&C.  Today we talk about the history of the Word of Wisdom, what it means to be Revelation or better yet what it means to be Canon, better yet what it means to be binding on the people.  And if Binding… Read More »280: Word Of Wisdom The post 280: Word Of Wisdom appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.