Today we are re-introducing Sandra Tanner to a new generation of Mormons, exMormons, and never-Mormons. Both Sandra and her husband Jerald have strong Mormon backgrounds. When he was only eighteen, Jerald began to have doubts about his faith. When they began dating, Sandra Tanner also began to doubt. Throughout the 60s, 70s and 80s Jerald and Sandra Tanner were among the first to begin publishing on the problems with Mormon history and its truth claims. They opened a bookstore called the Utah Lighthouse Ministry and began publishing their research. Today we are going to talk about their discoveries on topics such as changes to the Book of Mormon, the problems with the Book of Abraham translation, the Kinderhook plates, how the Church covered up problematic parts of its history, and how they impacted hundreds of people in and out of the Mormon church. You won’t want to miss this episode!

Show Notes

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00:04:00 Topics we are going to cover today

00:05:24 Changes to the text of the Book of Mormon

00:25:40 The usage of the seer stone and an “exact” translation

00:32:00 The Book of Mormon as a revelation rather than a translation

00:33:45 Problems with the Book of Abraham translation

00:49:12 The Church came up with the Catalyst Theory

00:54:00 The Kinderhook Plates issues

01:14:10 Other “Cover-ups” that the church has done

01:28:00 Nephi vs. Moroni

01:31:55 Changes to D&C

01:38:10 Discussion of Michelle Stone’s claims & Sandra’s response

01:54:55 “We felt the obligation to set the record straight”

01:59:00 How does Sandra respond to critics that say she should continue to deconstruct Christianity

02:25:20 Conclusion

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