The Backyard Professor: 022: Observations on October 2021 General Conference & Why We Quit Watching

The Backyard Professor: 005: Heavenly Mother Prayed To: The Bible does show that Prayer to Heavenly Mother is a Wonderful means to spirituality. Mormonism while in its early teachings have hinted at a Heavenly Mother, the LDS Church has for most of its history had an aversion to discussing her and even ment... by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

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The Backyard Professor: 002: Bopping Mormonism on the Nose with Thomas Riskas: Kerry Shirts, The Backyard Professor, in his entertaining fashion dives into the book “Deconstructing Mormonism: An Analysis and Assessment of the Mormon Faith” by: Thomas Riskas. https://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Riskas/e/B0057CNV3Y/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop... by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

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The Backyard Professor: 015: BOA Facsimile #3 Joseph Smith Papyri – What Mormonism is STILL not Saying: I analyze Terryl Givens 2019 book “The Pearl of Greatest Price, Mormonism’s Most Controversial Scripture.” I discuss his comments on Facsimile 3 in the Book of Abraham section, and, yet, once again, it never fails, by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

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The Backyard Professor: 007: Homosexuality and Scripture Challenging Mormon DoDo-ism: The Backyard professor tackles Elder Hollands Recent remarks at BYU regarding the LGBT community. by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

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Backyard Professor: 037: On Facsimile #3 in Book of Abraham and J.S. Papyri: New info out this week on Facsimile #3 talking to Radio Free Mormon who asked me to look at the blog comments. I am giving a critique here in the podcast on the hieroglyphic interpretations now being touted as saving Joseph Smith. They don’t, by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

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The Backyard Professor: 024: The Historical Jesus: New Testament Issues: I describe my journey in learning the issues, problems, and proposed solutions to how to study the New Testament figure of Jesus by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

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The Backyard Professor: 021: The Kingdom of God: What Sunday School Didn’t Teach Us: This dynamic subject has other interpretations and more valuable meanings for us personally than Sunday School ever taught. Come take a look and find your place in the Kingdom of God, not necessarily in a church. by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

51 min listen

The Backyard Professor: 013: What Mormonism Hides: The theme of the philosophy of men mingled with scripture is demonstrated to be a worthless argument. What Mormonism is hiding by using this idiotic thinking by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

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The Backyard Professor: 023: Radio Free Mormon Vs. Midnight Mormons Debate on Mormonism: Commentary: I take a decent detailed look into this epic debate and what we can learn from it and with it. Not to be missed! by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

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The Backyard Professor: 003: Bayes’ Theorem, Alma and I: Often in Apologetics one finds pseudo logic. In todays Episode the Backyard Professor steps in to mediate between LDS Apologist Dan Peterson’s argument regarding Alma found here https://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeterson/2019/07/alma-deception-and-i. by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

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The Backyard Professor: 001: Introduction: Kerry Shirts aka The Backyard Professor and host of this NEW podcast introduces himself and shares his excitement as we embark together on this new podcast. Kerry Shirts was a former LDS apologist who defended the Church and its truth claims. by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

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The Backyard Professor: 009: Mormonism’s Narrative of Joseph Smith’s Treasure Seeking: The Backyard Professor in todays episode is refuting the Joseph Smith Foundation debunking of Richard Bushman’s Rough Stone Rolling. Joseph Smith in fact did search for buried treasure. by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

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The Backyard Professor: 004: Lehi’s DNA, Mormon Prophets, And The Science Challenging The Paradigm: The Backyard Professor takes us on a little stroll through the issues the Book of Mormon and Israelite DNA and what The LDS Prophets, Seers, and Revelators have said about Lamanite Ethnicity and DNA by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

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The Backyard Professor: 016: Mormon Revelation What Mormonism does not want you to even think about: Once again I find discussion worthy, another section of Terryl Givens 2015 book :Wrestling the Angel” which is fleshing out the missing information Mormonism has hidden for centuries. Givens deserves a lot of credit for showing this huge problem in Mor... by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

32 min listen

The Backyard Professor: 025: The Gospel of Mark’s Jesus as Tekton: Carpenter: A detailed analysis of the Historical Jesus as carpenter. by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

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The Backyard Professor: 012: Joseph Smith’s First Vision – What Mormonism Doesn’t Want You To Know: A new insight I had while in the forest. Mormonism carefully guides you into its own narrative of the First Vision, misleading us into knowing what the First Vision actually means for each of us. This video explains what it is. by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

35 min listen

The Backyard Professor: 014: Gift of Prophecy What Mormonism does not want us to know: My comments on Terryl Givens new Mormon apologetic on prophecy in Mormonism. https://youtu.be/vfKyqhw1fwQ by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

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Backyard Professor: 036: Live! Q&A Session: We are gonna talk about what is on your minds tonight. by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

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The Backyard Professor: 028: Elohim Forgot His own Wife in Joseph Smith’s True Restoration?! Absurd!: Here I view the significant evidence of Asherah as Heavenly Mother and Lover of God the Father in the Temple. This aspect of the ancient Israelite Temple worship was THE most singular, significant, IMPORTANT part of their ritual and religious belief an... by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

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The Backyard Professor: 017: JS Papyri – Mormon Egyptologist Kerry Muhlestein’s Defense Fails Again: A look into the chapter Kerry Muhlestein presented in Laura Hales 2016 book “A Reason for Faith” wherein Kerry Muhlestein simply flops both as an Egyptological scholar and as a Mormon apologist. The war is over, Joseph Smith has been refuted, by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

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The Backyard Professor: 006: Why Mormonism Fails: More of the Backyard Professor’s personal story of why he is no longer a Mormon Apologist based on biblical studies and archeology. The New knowledge of the Bible vs Joseph Smith’s understanding of the Bible. by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

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The Backyard Professor: 010: The Conspiracy of Mormon History 2nd Video to Joseph Smith Foundation: I continue my exploration concerning The Joseph Smith Foundation’s claim against “Progressive Mormons” and the narrative of Joseph Smith as Treasure Seeker and Money Digger. History demonstrates the foundation is just historically wrong. by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

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The Backyard Professor: 027: Why Biblical Archaeology Refutes Joseph Smith’s Literal Bible Theology: I specify how Joseph Smith understood the literal Bible of the Patriarchal Age, focusing on Abraham. I then show the updated Archaeological knowledge of the Patriarchal Age of Abraham and show why archaeology has not found evidence for Abraham. by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

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The Backyard Professor: 019: Don’t Just Read, Listen, and Believe… Think! On the CES Letter: I explore the CES Letter’s impact and why the apologists of Mormonism are miffed, ineffective, and why it is important to see the significance of the CES Letter helping force Mormonism into a more honest approach to their own history and doctrine. by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

36 min listen

The Backyard Professor: 011: The True Temple of God: In the forest can re-charge your energy, your life, your spirituality. Here is my day in the forest and mountains. There is no better temple to attend. by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

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The Backyard Professor: 022: Observations on October 2021 General Conference & Why We Quit Watching: My impressions on Mormon General Conference, and how it led me to do some significant background research which just shows why watching it doesn’t feed our own spirituality anymore. There are reasons, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints... by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

36 min listen

BackyardProfessor:030: Mormon Endowment a Placebo, Not the Real Thing: A look into the verity of the Endowment as a spiritual heritage and blessing. I have discovered that it is more of a placebo than an actual spiritual experience. Others may have experienced a spiritual boost, but many do not. by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

71 min listen

Backyard Professor: 039: Sorry about tonight: had computer issues. This is a test. I ended up sharing a lot about my personal life and had a great time answering question in and from the chat. Ended up very fun! by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

93 min listen

Backyard Professor: 038: Getting Clear on the Joseph Smith Papyri: I describe how I quit being an apologist and why because of the evidence of the Book of Abraham papyri does not match up. by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

126 min listen

The Backyard Professor: 026: How Archaeology Failed in Maintaining My Faith in Mormonism’s Scripture: I am seriously interested in archaeology and faith and scriptures and knowledge. Here I discuss the new understanding of archaeology that has emerged and why the Book of Mormon parallels with the Dead Sea Scrolls and other discoveries have failed. by The Backyard Professor on Mormonism

52 min listen

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