Mormon Expression
Summary: Mormon Expression is weekly discussion of topics dealing with Mormon faith, culture, doctrine and history. We try to straddle the position between defense and criticism of the faith, and look at it from all points of view. We believe that Mormonism is interesting by itself, and we are going to talk about it! We tend to focus on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but will consider all flavors of the restoration who draw their roots the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith.
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Podcasts:
John interviews George Miller on Masonry
George, Mike, Glenn, join John Larsen to discuss the 4 major accounts of the First Vision.
George, Mike, Glenn, join John Larsen to discuss the 4 major accounts of the First Vision. Lost in a Shopping Mall New Your Times Ideas & Trends; For Air Crash Detectives, Seeing Isn’t Believing
Join John and Zilpha as they talk about the doctrines of Mormon heaven.
Join John, Rich, Hilary and Katrine as they discuss the time commitment it takes to be a good Mormon.
John and studio audience discuss the Mormon view of the divine and the role of men and women in exaltation.
John is joined by Bruce, Randy and Brian to discuss D&C 77.
John poses the question: Is the Mormon God a Narcissistic Psychopath? with Pam, Toby, Richard and Randy.
John talks with philosophy professor Dennis Potter, Megan and Lindsay about Plato’s socratic dialogue, “Euthyphro” and how it relates to Mormonism.
John is joined by Brian and Cody to discuss the top ten things the LDS church has in common with North Korea.
The panel meets to try to explain the Word of Wisdom.
John and Zilpha Larsen speak with Megan, Amy, and Richard Packham about the top ten changes to the LDS temple ceremony.
Join John, Jenny and Lindsay as they explore the Kubler-Ross model (better known as the 5 stages of grief) and how it relates to leaving Mormonism.
In this discussion, John is joined by Zilpha, Brian Jolley and Dustin Crump to discuss issues of religious belief. These include the problem of finding the smoking gun, cognitive dissonance and the problem of parallax.
In this Episode John is joined by future host Adam Archer, Robyn and Angie. A review of the philosophy of Voltaire is followed by a discussion of Candide and the problems of the Theodicy in Mormonism. Notable Quotes: “What makes Mormonism interesting is all of this weird stuff. Religion is weird in general and I think Mormonism has a lot of penis envy for the protestant Churches and they don’t need to.” –John “Why does our God do what our God does? And the answer is not because God wills it. For Mormonism God doesn’t really have a will for the same problem reversed that Voltaire is mocking. It is the paradox of God. God can see the outcomes of his actions. He can see how things are going to play out. Let’s assume that in any given choice one of them is better than the other. Alma would lead us to believe that God has to choose the better choice or he ceases to become God. In infinite mathematical cycles a small degree of difference compounds to an infinite degree of difference. God himself on achieving Godhood and omniscience has lost free will. He always has his choices dictated.” –John “The only reason that God does things is he chooses the most correct one. So Mormonism is trapped into the Liebnitz problem. Mormonism has to say this world we live in is the best possible world otherwise God would modify it.” –John “We’ve been doing this for a Bazillion years and this is the best possible product? This is the acme of the God evolution cycle?” –John “What kind of being would create something that was destined to spend all of eternity in misery? There is only two choices: either he had no choice. He was bound to do it. He couldn’t break out. Or he is a fucking asshole. Because why else would you do that?” –John “Mormonism solves the Theodicy by saying God has no choice. God is completely bound.” –John “They worship a God that is following the rules, but the rules are calling the shots.” –Audience Member
