Here with the Unpacking Mormonism Podcast, Julia and America go over the evolution and changes of the Mormon Temple Ceremonies.   ___________________   Welcome to Analyzing Mormonism! Our aim is to help teach accurate Church history and to help our listeners become, in many ways, Mormon historians.    Help us continue to deliver quality content by coming a donor today One-time or recurring donations: https://www.analyzingmormonism.com/donate/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AnalyzingMormonism Venmo: @Julia-Rose88   Our platforms: Analyzing Mormonism Website: https://w ..read more

Join with America and Julia as they discuss the Equal Rights Amendment with Kelly Whited Jones of Utah's ERA Coalition. Utah ERA Coalition Website https://utahera.org/ Utah ERA Coalition - Facebook   / utaheracoalition   National ERA Coalition https://www.eracoalition.org/ Generation Ratify https://www.generationratify.org/ NOTE: We are aware of the audio complications in this episode and we apologize. Due to faulting microphones on our end, the recording came in very unclear. We still felt it was important to release the episode. Again, we apologize.  ___________ ..read more

The Family: A Proclamation to the World was published in 1995. Join with America and Julia as they discuss the background of the document and it's contents. To full proclamation can be seen here: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/s... ___________________   Welcome to Analyzing Mormonism! Our aim is to help teach accurate Church history and to help our listeners become, in many ways, Mormon historians. Help us continue to deliver quality content by coming a donor today One-time or recurring donations: https://www.analyzingmormonism.com/do... Patreon:   / analyzingmormonism ..read more

Join with Julia as she reads the 1980 booklet released by the Church titled "The Church and the Proposed Equal Rights Amendment: A Moral Issue." The booklet can be found here: https://archive.org/details/the-church-2/page/n1/mode/2up   ___________________   Welcome to Analyzing Mormonism! Our aim is to help teach accurate Church history and to help our listeners become, in many ways, Mormon historians. Help us continue to deliver quality content by coming a donor today One-time or recurring donations: https://www.analyzingmormonism.com/do... Patreon:   / analyzingmormo ..read more

While the Relief Society started in 1842, it ended in 1844, and did not start up again for twenty years. The Relief Society once stood for women's rights and women's education, while maintaining their own autonomous structure -earning their own money, storing their own grain, writing their own periodicals, etc., little by little the leaders of the Church chipped away at the structure until it became just a shell of what it once was. Join with us as we give an overview of the history of the Relief Society ..read more

On October 31, 2023, a lawsuit was filed against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Daniel Chappel, Masen Christensen and John Oaks. U. S. News summarized it this way: "They claim the three of them combined have donated about $350,000 to the church over the past decade. Their lawsuit seeks class-action certification, potentially involving millions of church members, and an independent entity to oversee collection and use of church donations."   A copy of the lawsuit can be found here: https://www.scribd.com/document/681591278/Lawsuit-against-the-LDS-Church ..read more

During some of Joseph Smith's treasure digs, it was reported that an animal had to be sacrificed as part of the rituals to help ward off spirits, etc. What are the sources for this? What types of animals did the Smith's sacrifice ..read more

During episode 41 of Analyzing Mormonism podcast, Julia and America read and discuss the letters exchanged between Lowry Nelson and the LDS church back in 1947, shortly after WWII, regarding racism in the church. Lowry Nelson was a professor of sociology and taught at BYU into the 1970s. He's our newest hero! Please follow and support us on Patreon ..read more

Did the early Mormon prophets adhere to the Word of Wisdom? No. Although the revelation was given in 1833, it would be another 88 years before the church made it a prerequisite for temple attendance.  This episode is also available on our YouTube channel. We're trying something new and we will be uploading our new epsiodes as videos.  If you would like to see more research like this, please like and share and considering following us on Patreon ..read more

Years before the revelation on polygamy was given, Joseph Smith Jr. was taking plural wives. Join Jenn Kamp, America and I as we discuss wives 11-15 of the Mormon prophet, Joseph Smith. Today we will go over: Elizabeth Durfee Sarah Cleveland Eliza R. Snow Delcena Johnson Sarah Ann Whitney To see the video for this episode please visit Our Truth Be Told on Youtube ..read more