Text the show! Fan or critic, we want to hear it!Episode 2: Reason, Faith, and Revelation - the Path to TruthToday, our Google LM hosts discuss the role of reason, faith, and revelation on the path to truth. They reviewed the following articles: "Faith, Reason, Knowledge, and Truth" by Richard Williams. Source: BYU Devotional, Feb 1, 2000."Observation, Reason, Faith, and Revelation" by Dale G. Renlund - Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Source: Religious Educator Vol. 25 No. 1 2024AI Prompt: Foc...
Text the show! Fan or critic, we want to hear it!Episode 3: Seeking and Understanding RevelationToday, our Google LM hosts review two articles related to seeking and understanding personal revelation."Helping Students Understand the Principles of Personal Revelation" by Rondald Bartholemew. Source: Religious Educator Vol 5. No. 1 2004"Personal Revelation and the Process of Conversion" by Gerald LundSource: Religious Educator Vol 3. No. 1 2002AI PromptFocus only on the following sources: Helpi...
Text the show! Fan or critic, we want to hear it!Episode 4: When I Feel What You FeelToday, our Google LM hosts discuss collective emotions and the role it plays in our experience of faith and the search for truth."Emotions 2.0: When I Feel What You Feel" by Hidden Brain podcast. Published Oct 21, 2024AI Prompt: Focus on the audio source: When I feel what you feel from the Hidden Brain podcast. Summarize and review the entire podcast. Discuss how feelings can be generateed via a collective ex...
Text the show! Fan or critic, we want to hear it!Episode 5: Review of "Planted: Belief and Belonging in the Age of Doubt" by Patrick MasonToday, our Google LM hosts reviews a book written for Latter-day Saints experiencing challenges to their core beliefs."Planted: Belief and Belonging in the Age of Doubt" by Patrick Mason published by the Neil A. Maxell Institute for Relgious Scholarship AI Prompt: Focus only the source: "Planted Belief and Belonging in an Age of Doubt" by Patrick Mason. Sum...
Text the show! Fan or critic, we want to hear it!Episode 6: Some Truth Isn't "Useful". Review of "The Mantle is Far, Far Greater than the Intellect"Today, our Google LM hosts reviews a landmark and contriversial talk the Latter-day Saint Apostle Boyd K. Packer gave in 1981 to Church Educators called, "The Mantle is Far, Far Greater than the Intellect" Source:"The Mantle is Far, Far Greater than the Intellect" Boyd K. Packer 1981AI Prompt: Focus on only the source: The Mantel is Far, Far, Grea...
Text the show! Fan or critic, we want to hear it!Episode 7: Manipulative Truth Tactics: Review of the BITE Model by Steve HassanToday, our Google LM hosts review how some people and organizations use the BITE model to manupulate our perception of truth. This can be with good or bad intentions. It can lead to undue influence or control. This model was created by Steve Hassan. BITE stands for Behavior, Information, Thoughts, and Emotions. Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP-tuAT9_3k&l...
Text the show! Fan or critic, we want to hear it!Episode 9: Testimony & Truth Seeking: Review of Mormon Stories EssaysToday, our Google LM hosts review two essays from Mormon Stories.org. These sources provide a commentary about how the Latter-day Saint Church approaches truth and gaining a testimony.Truth Seeking Essayhttps://www.mormonstories.org/home/truth-claims/truth-seeking/Testimony & Feeling the Spirithttps://www.mormonstories.org/home/truth-claims/testimony-feeling-the-spirit...
Text the show! Fan or critic, we want to hear it!Episode 10: Feelings Aren't Everything: Review of CES Letter Section about Testimony & Spiritual WitnessToday, our Google LM hosts review how the CES letter describes the quest for spiritual truth and some of the problems that can arise when "following the spirit".CES Letter: Testimony & Spiritual Witnesshttps://read.cesletter.org/testimony/#same-claimsMy LDS Jouney - Follow the Spirithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycUvC9s4VYAAI Prompt...
Text the show! Fan or critic, we want to hear it!Episode 10: Don't Discount the Heart: Review of CES Letter Rebuttals by Fair LDS and Jim BennetToday, our Google LM hosts summarizes and reviews the three talks to young adults from General Authorities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Each talk focuses on faith, truth, and doubt. The AI was asked to review the talks and commentaries from LDS Discussions and judge how healthy the Church is for truth seekers according to the BI...
Text the show! Fan or critic, we want to hear it!Episode 11: Don't Discount the Heart: Review of CES Letter Rebuttals by Fair LDS and Jim BennettToday, our Google LM hosts summarizes and reviews the rebuttals to the CES letter section about Testimony and Spritual Witness. CES Letter Testimony/Spiritual Witness Questions [Section A]Source: Fair Latter Day Saintshttps://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/12/24/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-37Part 38: CES Letter Testimony/Spiritual Witness Que...
Text the show! Fan or critic, we want to hear it!Episode 12: Postlude for Season 1: Divine Truth and Spiritual WitnessToday, our Google LM hosts review the 11-episode series about Divine Truth and Spiritual Witness. Let's let the AI bring us home by summarizing itself. Let's wrap up the season with a show-by-show summary and some key insights to guide our search for truth.Source Content: Episodes 1 - 11 of Season 1 of the podcast: Study, Faith, w/AI. AI Prompt: Make a postlude of this 11...
Text the show! Fan or critic, we want to hear it!Episode 13: An Evolving View of ProphetsToday, our Google LM hosts discuss our evolving understanding of prophet in our age where we have unprecidented access to information. What do past prophetic revelations, time, and historical scholarship teach us about prophetic revelation. How is the Latter-day Saint Church changing its messaging and actions related to prophets and testimony? What lessons can believing and doubting Mormons take away from...
Text the show! Fan or critic, we want to hear it!Episode 14 | Joseph Smith: Treasure Digging, Magic, and a Prophetic CallingToday, our Google LM hosts discuss the magical world view of Joseph Smith, his family, the people around him along with his treasure digging career and what impact this had on his call to be a prophet, the Restoration, the Book of Mormon, and early Mormon beliefs.CORRECTION: In the first few seconds of the episode, the AI host state that Joseph's treasure digging was way...
Text the show! Fan or critic, we want to hear it!Episode 15 | Folk Magic in Early MormonismToday, our Google LM hosts seek to defend Joseph Smith's magical practices and treasure digging at the foundation of Mormonism. We dive deeper into magic in the early Church. How was it important for later claims to a divnely led, restored religion?Source Content:ESSAY: LDS.ORG: Treasure SeekingESSAY: LDS.ORG: Joseph Smith's 1826 TrialESSAY: Mormon Stories: _Joseph Smith, Magic and Treasure DiggingVIDEO...
Text the show! Fan or critic, we want to hear it!Ep. 17: The Significance of the First VisionSource: The Significance of Joseph Smith’s “First Vision” in Mormon Thought by James Allen, BYU Religious Studies CenterAI Prompt: Focus only on the source: BYU RSC_Significance. Summarize the article's key messages and arguments. Analyze the arguments to help the listenter understand why the first vision is vital to Mormon truth claims. Your audience is truth-seeking members of the Church of Jesus Ch...
Text the show! Fan or critic, we want to hear it!Episode 16 | Do Magical Beliefs Make Joseph a Pious Fraud?Today, our Google LM hosts seek to unpack Joseph Smith and his family's use of magic and the business of treasure digging as it relates to Joseph's claims to be a propet. This episode has some more specific details about the Smith family, their actions, magical items, and beliefs. Source Content:ESSAY: LDS.ORG: Treasure SeekingESSAY: LDS.ORG: Joseph Smith's 1826 TrialESSAY: Mormon Storie...
Text the show! Fan or critic, we want to hear it!Ep. 18: Deep Dive into 1832 First VisionSource: 1832 Joseph Smith and the Vision_Robert Woodford_BYU RSCJoseph Smith Papers: Accounts of the First Visionhttps://www.josephsmithpapers.org/site/accounts-of-the-first-visionAI Prompt: Focus only on the source: BYU RSC_First Vision 1832. Summarize the article's key messages. Analyze the arguments to highlight the key events, people, and timeline of events related to Joseph recording the 1832 first v...
Text the show! Fan or critic, we want to hear it!Ep. 19 Versions of the First VisionSources:"The First Vision" LDS Gospel Topics EssayVIDEO: Joseph Smith's First Vision_Mormon Stories1832 Joseph Smith and the Vision_Robert Woodford_BYU RSCEssay: The Earliest Documented Accounts of the First Vision_Dean Jessee_BYU RSCEssay: The Significance of Joseph Smith's First Vision in Mormon Thought_James Allen_BYU RSCEssay: Evaluating Three Arguments against Joseph Smith's First Vision_Steven Haper_BYU ...
Text the show! Fan or critic, we want to hear it!Ep. 20: 1838 First Vision Deep DiveSources:"The First Vision" LDS Gospel Topics EssayVIDEO: Joseph Smith's First Vision_Mormon Stories1832 Joseph Smith and the Vision_Robert Woodford_BYU RSCEssay: The Earliest Documented Accounts of the First Vision_Dean Jessee_BYU RSCEssay: The Significance of Joseph Smith's First Vision in Mormon Thought_James Allen_BYU RSCEssay: Evaluating Three Arguments against Joseph Smith's First Vision_Steven Haper_BYU ...
Text the show! Fan or critic, we want to hear it!Ep. 21 Key Questions about the First VisionSources:"The First Vision" LDS Gospel Topics EssayVIDEO: Joseph Smith's First Vision_Mormon Stories1832 Joseph Smith and the Vision_Robert Woodford_BYU RSCEssay: The Earliest Documented Accounts of the First Vision_Dean Jessee_BYU RSCEssay: The Significance of Joseph Smith's First Vision in Mormon Thought_James Allen_BYU RSCEssay: Evaluating Three Arguments against Joseph Smith's First Vision_Steven Ha...