Transcript
A (0:00)
Are Mormons Christians? Do we believe in the same gospel? Today I've got Mormon apologist Jacob Hanson on to debate this and so much more. You're going to love this lively debate and discussion on today's episode of Relatable. This episode is brought to you by Kexi Cookies. Mother's Day is coming up. It's not always easy to find something that feels thoughtful, but I can tell you the mom in your life, your wife, your mom, your mother in law, will love the cookies from Kexi Cookies, y'. All. They are so good make, made with real ingredients. They've got incredible flavors. You've got to try this out. Go to kexi k-e K-S-I.com use code ally for 15% off kexi.com code ali. Jacob, thanks so much for taking the time to join us. If you could just tell everyone who you are and what you do.
B (0:54)
Yeah, my name is Jacob Hanson. I am a LDS podcaster. I have a YouTube channel called Thoughtful Faith where I talk about usually kind of worldview apologetics, and I kind of compare the Latter Day Saint worldview with everything from atheism to Islam.
A (1:10)
Well, I appreciate how willing you are to engage in conversation, especially with those that you disagree with. Not everyone of any background of any faith is really willing to do that. And so the fact that you're willing to come here and, you know, contend for what you believe or go on different podcasts to debate, I just really appreciate that and respect that a lot. The goal today is for me to clarify what the LDS Church teaches and what they actually believe. I've had people who have left the Mormon Church on the podcast. And so I want to hear from you because you're still an adherent to LDS beliefs and I thought that you'd be a really good advocate for what you believe. So I just have some questions for you and I want to go all the way back, if that's okay to like some history. How did the LDS Church originate?
B (1:55)
So the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints originated in the 1820s and 30s. It was officially was founded in 1830 in New York by Joseph Smith, who through a series of sort of miraculous events that he went through, brought about what we believe is a restoration of the original ecclesiastical sort of structure of Jesus Christ Church on the Earth. And so that's kind of where, I mean, it's a very long story.
A (2:22)
Yeah.
B (2:23)
But that is essentially where where the church came from.
A (2:25)
He was in the woods in upstate New York and he claimed to have been met by God himself and told that the church, all of the churches for 1800 years had been apostate. He. He says that he prayed to God, what church should I join? And that God said, look, all the churches have become apostate. They're not teaching what they need to teach. And revealed to him through golden tablets that he found. And the angel Moroni led him to that. This is the new revelation from God. And is that correct?
