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You have to see it to believe it An old Mormon manual recommending choking a child to get them to be reverent

Wade Christofferson Sentencing Looms youtube.com/live/Sv_uLs7qPQw Secondary Lawsuit Alleges LDS Church Failed Child Another disturbing child sexual abuse lawsuit has been filed against the LDS Church, and the allegations sound remarkably similar to the Wade Christofferson case. According to reporting by FLOODLIT, a woman alleges she was raped at age 11 by Jared Harding Wilson inside a Raleigh, North Carolina, LDS stake center in January 2010. The lawsuit claims Church leaders already knew Wilson had sexually abused children but failed to notify law enforcement, warn families, or prevent him from accessing Church facilities. Wilson previously pleaded guilty to six counts of indecent liberties with a child in 2011. Those convictions are separate from the allegations in this new civil lawsuit, which have not been proven in court.

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LDS Church: Growing or Shrinking? What the Data Reveals ! youtu.be/8iU9MANgz8A Is Mormonism growing, shrinking, or somewhere in between? And what do the actual numbers tell us about people joining, leaving, and remaining in the LDS Church? In this episode of Mormon Discussion Podcast, Bill Reel sits down with Alex Bass, researcher behind Mormon Metrics and Bass Empirical, to take a closer look at the data surrounding Mormon membership, retention, conversion, and religious disaffiliation.

The Mormon Church Says Beware of AI… Unless It Pays youtube.com/live/P-jii1KoMf4 An Explosive Investigation Into the Church's Data Center Deals BREAKING NEWS: Is the LDS Church quietly entering the booming artificial intelligence industry while its apostles warn members about the dangers of AI? In this special edition of The Mormon Newscast, we investigate a proposed billion-dollar data-center development in rural Texas and uncover official county records connecting the project to land owned by an investment affiliate of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For decades, the LDS Church has owned Triangle Ranch, a massive agricultural property spanning approximately 147,712 acres in north-central Texas. Now, a major data-center development is taking shape in Cottle County, raising questions about Church investments, artificial intelligence, environmental stewardship, and financial transparency. When we read the Church's warnings about AI: and see statements by apostles David A. Bednar, Gerrit W. Gong, and Quentin L. Cook, including Bednar's warning that overreliance on artificial intelligence could unintentionally help Lucifer accomplish his purposes, one has to wonder if the Church is enriching itself on the very thing it is warning its members of.

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The Wade Christofferson Scandal: What Did Mormon Leaders Know?youtu.be/cS5AHvNwgCk How did a man with a known history of child sexual abuse continue to hold positions within the LDS Church and maintain access to children? Who knew about his history, when did they know, and why weren't more people warned? In this episode of Mormon Discussion, Bill Reel sits down with Robert Herguth, veteran investigative journalist with the Chicago Sun-Times, to examine his reporting on Wade Christofferson, the brother of prominent LDS Apostle D. Todd Christofferson.

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20 Questions With Joseph Smith youtube.com/watch?v=YmaJ4kBn… In 1838, Joseph Smith answered 20 questions about his beliefs and the new church in the Elders’ Journal. The questions touched on everything from the gold plates and polygamy to prophecy, salvation, slavery, and whether everyone outside the Church would be damned. In this episode, we examine Smith’s answers alongside the historical context—and the interesting connections RFM draws between those answers and other moments in early Mormon history. Some responses are direct; others get more complicated in the follow-up. What do they reveal about Joseph Smith’s teachings, his public claims, and how Mormon ideas were developing?

The Wade Christofferson Scandal: What Did Mormon Leaders Know? youtu.be/cS5AHvNwgCk Tomorrow at 6PM Mtn How did a man with a known history of child sexual abuse continue to hold positions within the LDS Church and maintain access to children? Who knew about his history, when did they know, and why weren't more people warned? In this episode of Mormon Discussion, Bill Reel sits down with Robert Herguth, veteran investigative journalist with the Chicago Sun-Times, to examine his reporting on Wade Christofferson, the brother of prominent LDS Apostle D. Todd Christofferson. Herguth has spent decades investigating institutional misconduct, including sexual abuse scandals within the Catholic Church. Now his reporting raises troubling questions about how The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints handled allegations against Wade Christofferson over several decades.

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LDS Missionary Avoids Lengthy Prison Sentence youtube.com/live/MhjZZSsfcUw… A former Mormon missionary, a 15-year-old girl, and a controversial court decision that raises serious questions about accountability and justice. Tonight on the Mormon Newscast, we're covering the disturbing criminal case involving Krew Zaugg, a Mormon missionary, his guilty plea, and a sentencing decision that has generated significant controversy. But that's only the beginning. We're also examining troubling developments involving a polygamist pastor, the death of an LDS missionary, a scandal involving Syracuse High School, and growing backlash surrounding the proposed Cody Wyoming Temple. We'll also cover controversy involving BYU's quarterback and a fine connected to religious chanting, along with several major developments inside the LDS Church.

LDS Missionary Discussion #7 (If the Church Was Honest): Tithing & Wealth youtu.be/oV-SxuYvcvQ Hello, friends. I'm Elder Reel, and welcome to Discussion #7. So far, we've talked about what Latter-day Saints believe, the Restoration, membership, Church history, prophetic authority, and temple worship. Today we're going to talk about something that affects nearly every member of the Church: Money, tithing, and the financial commitments of Church membership. What should you know about the Church's finances before deciding to join?

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Dear followers and fans of the Mormon news cast, Rebecca, RFM and Myself are recovering from a big weekend with RFM celebrating his 10 years of podcast creating in this space Rebecca helping to put that together and I’m in Nashville Tennessee with Family. We will see all of you next week Monday at 6 PM.

Samuel Brunson: Between the Temple and the Tax Collector! youtu.be/KEyzqsbKLdA What happens when religious freedom, tax law, and the financial practices of the LDS Church collide? In this episode of Mormon Discussion, Bill Reel sits down with Samuel Brunson, a professor of law at Loyola University Chicago and author of Between the Temple and the Tax Collector, to explore the complicated relationship between Mormonism, money, and the American tax system.

Mormon Apologists DEBUNKED! youtube.com/live/OxbzAmpo4m0 RFM and Bill Reel are joined this week by Meggan Hayes from "Generally Unquotable" to break down several of the talks from this past FAIRMormon Apologetics conference. Many budding apologists came to hear some of the worst talks on defending Mormonism ever given! Apologetics wasn't that great in the 1980s. But in the past forty-years, it has done nothing but go downhill! Come join us as we show the logical fallacies in how FAIRMormon defends the LDS Church. Mormon Apologetics has never been so much fun!

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LDS Church Burying Zelph UnderA Data Center? youtube.com/live/jNWp0t-Z4hA LDS Church Burying Zelph Under Data Center? | Mormon Newscast | October 19, 2026 Is the LDS Church preparing to build a massive data center over a significant piece of Mormon history? Tonight on The Mormon Newscast, we're looking at the proposed development at Arthur Plantation in Missouri, a site connected to Zion's Camp and the discovery of the bones Joseph Smith reportedly identified as belonging to Zelph, a "white Lamanite" warrior.