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RFM breaks down the Saturday Evening Session of October 2023 General Conference! The post RFM: 305: Saturday Evening GenCon Post-Mortem appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup .

RFM recaps the Saturday Afternoon session of General Conference, October 2023! The post RFM: 304: Saturday Afternoon Session: GenCon Post-Mortem: October 2023 appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup .

RFM hits the high and low points of 2023 October General Conference! The post RFM: 303: General Conference Post-Mortem–Saturday Morning Session appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup .

In this eye-opening episode of Radio Free Mormon, RFM delves deep into the tangled web of the Mormon Church’s involvement with Tim Ballard and Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.). Despite the Church’s public statements asserting no official ties to Ballard’s organization, RFM presents compelling evidence that contradicts these claims.     Beginning with a meticulous examinati...

In this episode “Tim Ballard Operative Speaks Out!” Radio Free Mormon dives deep into the shadows of “Operation Underground Railroad” (OUR) with an exclusive interview featuring an operative who has chosen to break their silence. With firsthand experience working inside OUR, the operative sheds light on the controversial organization and its founder, Tim Ballard. Listeners...

RFM recounts late-breaking details of how Tim Ballard used a female psychic to find missing children.   *SPOILER ALERT*  No missing children were found. The post RFM: 300: Tim Ballard and the Psychic Connection! appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup .

VICE News is reporting that Paul Hutchinson, a former close associate of Tim Ballard and member of Operation Underground Railroad, is alleged to have touched a female minor’s bare breasts while on an OUR mission in Mexico. RFM breaks down these allegations, as well as presenting the latest on the Tim Ballard/Elder Ballard/O.U.R. situation! The post RFM: 299: Operation Underground Railroad: C...

While LDS Church leadership has been sitting on its hands saying nothing after the bombshell press release last Friday made national news, Tim Ballard strikes back with a public statement effectively pinning Church leaders to the mat! The post RFM: 298: Tim Ballard Strikes Back! appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup .

Vice News is reporting today that at least seven female employees of Operation Underground Railroad have claimed former O.U.R. President Tim Ballard sexually harassed them. According to Vice News, THIS is the reason Tim Ballard stepped down from being President of O.U.R. several months ago.   The post RFM: 297: Special Report: Sex Harassment Claims Against Tim Ballard! appeared first on Mormo...

The LDS Church issued a statement last Friday (9-15-23) condemning Tim Ballard of Operation Underground Railroad as being “morally unethical.” Now famous Mormon radio and podcast personality Glenn Beck has gotten into the mix standing up for Tim Ballard AGAINST the LDS Church! You have to hear it to believe it! The post RFM: 296: Glenn Beck Stands Up for Tim Ballard Against the LDS Chu...

In this eye-opening episode of “Radio Free Mormon,” host RFM joined by Rebecca Bibliotheca & Landon Brophy from the “Mormonish Podcast” delve into the complex world of Mormon apologetics, shedding light on a controversial connection between the apologetic group “Book of Mormon Central” and the LDS Church. Despite claiming independence, evidence suggests that...

In this explosive episode of “Radio Free Mormon,” RFM delves into the shocking revelations surrounding “Operation Underground Railroad” (OUR) and anti-trafficking activist Tim Ballard (OUR). Documents obtained by VICE News unveil a complex web of connections, alleging that a prominent figure within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President M. Russell Ballar...

Radio Free Mormon shares with his audience the latest saga regarding Jenn Kamp. That in fact Jenn Kamp has attempted to get Radio Free Mormon disbarred. RFM explains the dirty little details in this episode and shares with his audience both what Jenn shared in her claims and what the Washington State Bar Association responded…. Did RFM get disbarred? Did Jenn Kamp have a viable claim? Can RF...

RFM reviews insights from Lester Bush’s groundbreaking 1973 Dialogue article on the history of the priesthood and temple ban! The post RFM: 292: New Insights on the Priesthood & Temple Ban! appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup .

Listen in while RFM takes a Church survey about why people leave the Church! My favorite part is imagining Church leaders reading these answers! Here is a link to the survey if you want to let the Church know how you feel. https://az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3DadzMpyKfa2TC6?fbclid=IwAR0WsVoG9h710GOyXSLZrB_moBAmpf6Wb1rSAqD6PQ0_n-SXyPKzF8rx97U       The post RFM: 291: Radio Free Mor...

I had a number of interesting adventures on my one-week trip to Utah to present at Sunstone! This is the story. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. Or not! The post RFM: 290: Sunstone 2023–Return and Report! appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup .

On March 7, 2023, a four-hour evidentiary hearing was held on Jenn Kamp ‘s petition to have a permanent anti-stalking order placed against John Dehlin . This is the full audio of that hearing! The post RFM: 289: Jenn Kamp v. John Dehlin–The Anti-Stalking Hearing! appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup .

Through a series of serendipitous events, a complete transcript of the Second Anointing Ritual has come into my hands. Several other podcasts have talked about the Second Anointing, but here I reveal the details of the actual ordinance itself! I desire all to partake . . . The post RFM: 288: Second Anointing Ritual: The Complete Script! appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup .

Looks like I have definitely kicked an anthill with my critiques of the conspiracy theory that Joseph Smith did not practice polygamy! Lots of listeners have weighed in on both sides of the issue and I wanted to let them have a say in the debate through a collection of their comments. I also add a few additional items myself, plus a great observation by The Amazing Maven! Thanks everybody for all...

Did Joseph Smith practice polygamy?  As obvious as the answer to that question may seem to you and to other trained professional historians both inside and outside the LDS Church, there is a small but growing group of Mormons or former Mormons who maintain that Joseph Smith did NOT practice polygamy. Ms. Michelle Stone is one such person, and she posted a podcast responding to the Mormonism Live e...

Radio Free Mormon’s Rules for Teaching Sunday School! I have taught hundreds of Sunday school lessons over my time in Mormonism. By the time I was 32-years old, I had some decidedly unorthodox rules for teaching in Church. I recently discovered a paper I wrote more than 30-years ago setting forth those unorthodox rules. Here it is for the first time in this or any other format . . . Radio Fr...

One of the key components in the controversy over whether Joseph Smith or Brigham Young instituted plural marriage is the dating of Section 132. Some proponents of the idea Brigham Young started plural marriage in the Church argue Section 132 was written by Brigham Young or someone at his direction AFTER Joseph Smith died, but was falsely attributed to Joseph Smith by Brigham Young when it was fir...

On Saturday, April 22, 2023, Church Historian Elder Kyle McKay sat down with an inactive former seminary teacher named Joe for a candid discussion about Church History. Things got very interesting very quickly! This is the recording of that meeting! RESOURCES: Joe’s Document “In Defense of Doubt” – https://mormondiscussionpodcast.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/06/In-De...

On the May 17, 2023 episode of Mormonism Live, a listener named Justin called into the show. Justin identified himself as a believing Mormon.  I took the opportunity to ask Justin a series of questions about his beliefs regarding what a prophet could do that would be so bad that Justin would no longer consider him a prophet. A number of listeners have provided feedback to that segment that was hig...

At the zenith of my Mormon apologetics back in 1990, I engaged in a public debate with a Church of Christ minister from Austin, Texas. This is the story of that debate. The post RFM: 281: My Debate with a Church of Christ Minister! appeared first on Mormon Discussions Podcasts - Full Lineup .