Do Latter-day Saints Believe in Aliens?
Hey guys. So, do Latter-day Saints believe in aliens? Well, if you type that question into YouTube, you might stumble upon this video from History Channel’s Ancient Aliens. Personally, I give it 5 stars for...
What Is the Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood?
Hey guys, so in past episodes, we’ve talked a lot about the priesthood. Today, we’re going to talk about what we call the oath and covenant of the priesthood— what it is, why it’s important, and who it applies to. Stay...
Do Latter-day Saints Believe that Cain Is Bigfoot?
Alright, guys, here’s the deal: There is a legend among Latter-day Saints — a tall tale — which suggests that the folkloric creature Bigfoot is actually an immortalized, cursed Cain (as in the Cain who killed his brother, Abel, in the...
Does Chiasmus Reeeally Show Up in the Book of Mormon?
Hey guys, we’re talking about chiasmus in the Book of Mormon today. For those of you who don’t know what that is, “Chiasmus is a type of writing style which presents a series of keywords or phrases and then repeats them...
What Do Latter-day Saints Believe About Angels?
Hey guys, so for a long time, I thought that Latter-day Saints and other Christians basically agreed on what angels were and what their role is. And while there is certainly a lot of overlap, as it turns out, there are...
Is the Book of Mormon’s “Skin of Blackness” Curse Racist?
Hey guys, so—longer episode today on a controversial topic. Here’s the deal: Towards the beginning of the Book of Mormon, two wicked brothers (Laman and Lemuel) and those who follow them are cursed because of their wickedness. In...
Did the Church try to hide Joseph Smith’s “seer stone in a hat” method of Book of Mormon translation?
Hey guys, so today, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints teaches that Joseph Smith translated the ancient Book of Mormon plates by the gift and power of God through the aid of the Nephite “interpreters” and at least one of...
Did Oliver Cowdery Forge the Book of Mormon Witness Signatures?
Hey guys, so in past episodes, we’ve talked a lot about the official witnesses of the Book of Mormon plates — the 3 witnesses and the 8 witnesses. You can read their testimonies in the introductory pages of the Book of Mormon. A while...
What Happened to the Stone Box that Held the Gold Plates?
Hey guys — so in the past, we’ve talked a lot about Joseph Smith and the gold plates he found in a stone box buried in the side of a hill later named Cumorah. But in 1871, the notoriously critical Salt Lake Tribune called attention to...
Joseph Smith Protects the Golden Plates from Mob Incursions
Hey guys, so in the last episode, we talked about Joseph Smith finally obtaining the long-awaited golden plates and other Nephite relics from a hill south of his family’s farm. We talked about how he was attacked while bringing the plates...
Joseph Smith Brings the Golden Plates Home
On September 22 of 1823, a teenager named Joseph Smith was visited by an angel named Moroni. The angel informed him of an ancient record engraved on metal plates that was buried in a hill (later called the Hill Cumorah) about three miles...
What Was Life Like for Joseph Smith’s Family in Palmyra, New York?
In 1815, the world experienced the largest recorded volcanic eruption in history — that of Mt. Tambora in Indonesia. After the eruption, the volcano was over 4,000 feet shorter than it had been. It lost about one and a half times the...