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Hello Mormonism

15 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★ - 5 ratings

Matthew Fisher and James Cary discuss the Latter-day Saints and the Book of Mormon Musical

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Episodes

Bonus Episode

April 03, 2020 09:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB

Purchase James Cary's book The Sacred Art of Joking (UK) Purchase James's book USA Purchase Matthew's book Find us on Twitter Email us: [email protected]

Spooky Mormon Hell Dream

February 24, 2020 11:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MB

Doctrine and Covenants 76 Facebook Twitter -@hellomormonism Matthew - @fisherssomerset James - @thatjamescary Email: [email protected]

Making Things Up Again

February 14, 2020 12:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MB

2 Nephi 5 Alma 3 2 Nephi 30 Gospel Topics (Race and the Priesthood)

The Interval #1

July 30, 2019 12:00 - 30 minutes - 20.6 MB

Links Image of Joseph Smith's seer stone (from the Joseph Smith Papers) Official Latter-day Saint version (including painting) of Joseph Smith translating the Book of Mormon South Park Book of Mormon Translation image Seer Stones (You Tube Video) Purchase James's book The Sacred Art of Joking (jamescary.co.uk/Amazon.co.uk/Amazon.com) Contact Us email: [email protected] Twitter: @hellomormonism Facebook: Hello Mormonism

Man Up

July 19, 2019 10:00 - 25 minutes - 17.9 MB

Matthew & James reach the final song in the first Act of The Book of Mormon musical.  Listen to it here.  They discuss differences between Mormon and historic Christian perspectives of Jesus found in 'Man Up' and the consequences these have on a Latter-day Saints mission on earth.

Sal Tlay Ka Siti

July 04, 2019 10:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MB

 Beginning with the song 'Sal Tlay Ka Siti' from The Book of Mormon Musical Matthew & James discuss the importance of thinking about how Christians explain the gospel and the dangers of misrepresentation. Plus there is lots about Mormonism and a host of other things. Sometimes He Calms the Storm - Scott Krippayne (Listen on Spotify - Listen on Youtube) Moroni 10 Unfortunately, the Latter-day Saint sects mentioned by Matthew no longer have live websites.  They can be read about on wikipedia...

All American Prophet (part 3)

June 20, 2019 11:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MB

Matthew & James continue their discussion of the Latter-day Saint origin accounts, with focus on the Angel Moroni's visitation to Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith's Handwritten Account Canonised Account from Joseph Smith- History 2018 Account from 'Saints' Twitter Facebook

All American Prophet (part 2)

June 04, 2019 21:00 - 28 minutes - 13.1 MB

Matthew & James focus on Latter-day Saint Accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision of 1820 Official LDS Accounts A Missionary Perspective (including the picture Matthew shows James) Saints Book from which James read extracts Joseph Smith a History (Pearl of Great Price)

All American Prophet (part 1)

May 13, 2019 11:00 - 25 minutes - 11.6 MB

Matthew & James continue their journey through the Book of Mormon show by talking about the huge amount of information that is downloaded on the audience during this song.  They unpick a few details including Joseph Smith's First Vision, the origins of the Latter-day Saints and what makes Mormonism true (or not). Our email address is [email protected] (and not how Matthew said it) Listen to all American Prophet on Spotify

I Am Here for You

April 03, 2019 05:00 - 17 minutes - 7.94 MB

The Mormon Underwear Episode.  Matthew & James discuss undergarments worn by worthy Mormons and explore whether they should be referred to as magic or sacred.

Turn it Off

March 22, 2019 12:00 - 20 minutes - 9.6 MB

Matthew & James discuss the fifth song in the Book of Mormon Musical and how it relates to Mormonism.  They look at some of the details in the Missionary Handbook and discuss if talking about problems helps (or not).  Matthew says this song has his favourite rhyme.  They discuss some good and some bad statistics relating to Utah. Listen to 'Turn it Off' on Spotify Read the Missionary Handbook Read one of the Deseret News Article mentioned by Matthew

Hasa Diga Eebowai

March 12, 2019 12:00 - 19 minutes - 8.81 MB

Matthew & James discuss the shows portrayal of difficulties faced by the Ugandans and the missionaries.  They wonder how accurate the portrayal is.  James recommends a You Tube video showing the work of a Latter-day Saint Missionary in theUK.  Matthew decides he loves the bass line of this song.  This is the first song that has LOTS of swearing in.  Matthew & James navigate this without swearing! Listen to the song 'Hasa Diga Eebowai' from the show on Spotify here (be warned it contains lot...

You and Me (But Mostly Me)

March 08, 2019 06:00 - 22 minutes - 10.3 MB

Matthew & James continue their journey through the Book of Mormon Show by discussing 'You and Me (But Mostly Me).  A very Disneyesque song with a sucker punch.  Matthew Explains about the Nature of Heavenly Father for Latter-day Saints  They try to reach a conclusion for the reason that Elder Price is so sure of himself (You decide how successful they were). Listen to 'You and Me (But Mostly Me)' here

Two by Two

February 26, 2019 17:00 - 21 minutes - 10 MB

Matthew and James discuss the song 'Two by Two' from The Book of Mormon musical'.  Plus, Matthew explains some similarities between Mormonism and Charismatic Christianity.   They discuss the changing definition of ‘Latter-day’in the Mormon Church.  James suggests that Matthew almost understands Calvinism

Hello

February 22, 2019 05:00 - 25 minutes - 11.8 MB

Matthew and James discuss the opening song from the Book of Mormon Musical, 'Hello'.  Plus, what it’s like to meet Latter-day Saint missionaries; how the Book of Mormon (text rather than the musical) is specifically used by Latter-day Saint missionaries to evangelise to non-Mormons.  They talk about how accurately the show portrays Mormons and Mormonism.

Twitter Mentions

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