To celebrate the kickoff to the 2025 NFL season (Eagles -7.5 vs the Cowboys), we begin in the obvious place with a discussion of Orson Hydeās letter to the Missouri Republican in 1861, providing commentary on the Civil War. They read an email from a litner who shares how she used to be afraid of Church history and how the podcast has given her confidence in the face of anti-Mormon garbage, and Richard shares his feelings on the idea of putting Gospel and Church history topics āon a shelfāā¦spoiler alert, he doesnāt like the expression.
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Kristyās KorneŠÆ (Last Minute Lesson Prep): We ran out of time. There is no way your Sunday School teacher will be getting D&C 94 through 97. Use any of the three-part rerelease from D&C 93 last week, and you should be in great shape.
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Rex's Elders Quorum President's Show Notes:
ā¢00:01:20 ā Richardās new glasses, carrots, and ābig carrot conspiracyā
ā¢00:03:40 ā Football season talk (NFL & College)
ā¢00:09:20 ā Listener mailbag begins
ā¢00:09:36 ā Testimony of Emer Harris and family connections
ā¢00:15:00 ā Listener Danicaās email on family faith struggles and church history fears
ā¢00:25:00 ā Richardās thoughts on āputting things on the shelfā vs. gaining testimony
ā¢00:31:00 ā Discussion of Lyman Johnsonās regret and the value of faith
ā¢00:35:00 ā Dawsonās email introducing Orson Hydeās Civil War commentary
ā¢00:37:00 ā Civil War Prophecy context: hindsight bias and the problem of interpreting prophecy.
ā¢00:39:00 ā Challenges of Second Coming prophecies and peopleās tendency to over-interpret.
ā¢00:40:30 ā Specifics of Joseph Smithās prophecy: slavery, South Carolina, and secession.
ā¢00:43:00 ā Why hindsight makes the Civil War āseem obvious,ā but it wasnāt.
ā¢00:45:00 ā South Carolina newspapers downplaying fears of a large-scale war.
ā¢00:47:00 ā Border state (Missouri) newspapers hoping for compromise to avoid war.
ā¢00:51:00 ā Virginiaās āscandalousā call for 10,000ā20,000 militiaālater dwarfed by actual numbers.
ā¢00:53:00 ā Historical context: the Nullification Crisis and its contrast with Josephās prophecy.
ā¢00:55:00 ā War of 1812 Hartford ConventionāNew England nearly seceding.
ā¢01:00:00 ā Hindsight bias analogy: Neville Chamberlainās āpeace for our time.ā
ā¢01:02:00 ā Why criticsā arguments against Joseph Smithās prophecy are hollow.
ā¢01:05:00 ā Civil War prophecy in early manuscripts and the Pearl of Great Price (1851).
ā¢01:07:00 ā Prophecy credibility, criticsā weak arguments, and final remarks.