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Dear RFM,
You are a rockstar! I dont know how you are able to produce so much. Thank you.
I would be honored to donate to your podcast. I am a paying subscriber to Mormon Discussion but haven’t got much out of that lately. I totally get why Bill has moved past that.
If you are looking for a topic, i would love to hear your take on the King Follette discourse. I’ve been studying it and it’s really interesting. It really seemed to me like Joseph was almost pleading for his life. Really trying to wow everyone in to believing he was a real prophet.
For being such an important record, we dont spend much time talking about it and how it has fit, or not fit into modern Mormonism.
I would love to hear a podcast on that. April and May 1971 issues of the ensign published it. BYU also published an amalgamation of several versions of it in 1978.
I love the King Follett Discourse! There is a lot to say about it, and I have said a thing or two about it in different podcasts in the past, including “The Amazing, Contradicting Joseph Smith.” But I have certainly not devoted a podcast exclusively to the KFD.
That is a great idea!
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Thank you so much for these 5 General Conference McNuggets I listen to you each night in bed with my mobile on my pillow as I usually have trouble sleeping probably due to my age as I’m 75 but the TRUTH is I have not yet managed to stay awake long enough to listen to any of them right through I can only assume that this is because they are General Conference related and after 40 years of Mormonism my mind just switches off at the mention of those two words. At last I have found the cure to my insomnia (General Conference) I awake each morning laughing because I find it so funny.
Thank you RFM this is by no means a reflection on your abilities as I have a great respect for you and the hours that you put in to enlighten us all with the truth. I am a truth seeker 40 years ago I thought that I had found it now I know that I did not but thats another story.
How do I contribute from the UK
Thank you again RFM you are my hero.
I am glad to be of service, even if only as a sleep aid! Thank you for the kind words. I have another episode going up today. This will be part 6!
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Thank you so much for your support!
Happy listening! Zzzzzzzzzzzzz
Thank you for this series, RFM! I was so excited over it, I just had to donate! Keep up the good work. I encourage others who enjoy this “General Conference McNugget”Series to donate as well. Wash your hands, Stay Home. Stay Well. Best Wishes. Keep ’em coming, please!
Thank you so much, LinJan! I just put up the eighth and final episode of General Conference McNuggets for October of 2019! It may actually be the best of the lot in some ways. At least I had a lot of fun recording it! And I think it shows! Thanks again!