Belief After the CES Letter Pt 1 - God, Jesus, Prophets, "The One True Church"- Mormon Stories
Jim Bennett is the author of "A Faithful Reply to the CES Letter." He is also the son of the late Utah U.S. Senator Bob Bennett.
In Part 1 of a multi-part series with Jim, we discuss in-depth his approach to maintaining belief in the Mormon church AFTER exposure to all of the historical and social problems currently vexing the LDS church, as highlighted in Jeremy Runnell's groundbreaking book "CES Letter: My Search for Answers to my Mormon Doubts.
Today's episode covers:
How/why to continue believing in God after a Mormon crisis of faith.
How/why to continue believing in Jesus after a Mormon crisis of faith.
What it means to Jim to be a fallible Mormon prophet.
How Jim views the claim that the Mormon church is the "one true church."
Jim's condemnation of FAIRMormon's recent YouTube videos attacking Jeremy Runnells and me.
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00:00 Introduction
02:38 Jim introduces himself
03:42 John laying out the interview
05:22 Discussing the podcast by Jim with Bill Reel
09:28 Jim starts his Mormon story
20:59 Struggling whether to go on a mission. "The Godmakers"
24:18 Book "The Truth about The Godmakers". Becoming an orthodox member
27:15 Reading the CES letter, writing a response on his blog April 1, 2016
29:12 Going to exmormon Reddit. Since then lots of feedback
31:32 "We need to start confronting these issues."
32:53 Receiving an e-mail from Jeremy and meeting him
39:08 Discussing responses to other critics of LDS
44:49 Did the church want to talk about things that make it not look good?
49:49 Apologists should start acknowledging the issues are legitimate
54:28 Finding common ground, solid foundation. First issue: God
1:04:27 Praying but not hearing an answer. Distinguishing feelings from Gods voice
1:12:05 Jim asking John his views. Giving space to people like John
1:19:25 Church not prepared to deal with the internet
1:21:24 Next issue: Jesus
1:31:56 Level of specificity in doctrine and what we really know
1:37:08 Preachment of prophets speaking to god. Giving prophets more credit than they deserve
1:46:00 The way prophets are handling critics is problematic
2:02:12 Church is reaping what it sowed.
2:06:17 You got to look at the whole context. False expectation of infallibility
2:10:45 Focus on future and positive things
2:13:01 We'll get farther when critics are not demonized
2:14:53 Frustration about binary approaches
2:15:47 Would the Essays have happened without the critics?
2:18:11 Supporting culture that led to demonizing. Critics gone too far too.
2:21:19 Church doesn't repent. Jim hopes that would change.
2:27:35 The true church
2:30:54 It is grace that saves us
2:32:47 Concluding remarks
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