{"id":683,"date":"2025-05-15T07:08:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T07:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spirituality.catherineliew.com\/?p=683"},"modified":"2025-05-15T07:08:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T07:08:30","slug":"doctrine-of-mormonism-explained-by-a-mormon-alternative-mormon-mormons-history-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spirituality.catherineliew.com\/?p=683","title":{"rendered":"Doctrine of Mormonism explained by a Mormon  (Alternative Mormon) #mormons #history #religion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Delves deep into their personal experiences with Mormonism, the challenges they faced when leaving the faith, and the broader implications of these experiences on societal progress. From the core beliefs of Mormonism to the cultural aspects and traditions, this episode offers a unique perspective on the faith and its place in modern society. We also touch on the importance of having open and uncomfortable conversations about politics and religion, emphasizing the need for dialogue and understanding in today&#8217;s world.<\/p>\n<p>TLDR: The key idea of the video is that the speaker discusses their personal experiences with Mormonism, the challenges of leaving the faith, and the importance of having uncomfortable conversations about politics and religion for societal progress.<\/p>\n<p>Newsletter sign up (new and exciting developments)<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/learningwithlowell.us12.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=08ed8a56013d8b3a3c01e27fc&#038;id=6ecaa9189b<\/p>\n<p>Join this channel to get access to perks: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzri06unR-lMXbl6sqWP_-Q\/join<\/p>\n<p>Over 321 books from 170 plus interviews over 5 years<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"T5D1SVISKS\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learningwithlowell.com\/over-321-books-from-170-interviews-over-5-years-for-autodidacts\/\">Over 321 books from 170 interviews over 5 years for autodidacts<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Over 321 books from 170 interviews over 5 years for autodidacts&#8221; &#8212; Learning with Lowell\" src=\"https:\/\/www.learningwithlowell.com\/over-321-books-from-170-interviews-over-5-years-for-autodidacts\/embed\/#?secret=tCuPZC9Lef#?secret=T5D1SVISKS\" data-secret=\"T5D1SVISKS\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>PODCAST INFO:<br \/>\nThe Learning With Lowell show is a series for the everyday mammal. In this show we\u2019ll learn about leadership, science, and people building their change into the world. The goal is to dig deeply into people who most of us wouldn\u2019t normally ever get to hear. The Host of the show \u2013 Lowell Thompson- is a lifelong autodidact, serial problem solver, and founder of startups.<\/p>\n<p>LINKS<br \/>\nSpotify: https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/66eFLHQclKe5p3bMXsCTRH<br \/>\nRSS: https:\/\/www.learningwithlowell.com\/feed\/podcast\/<br \/>\nYoutube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzri06unR-lMXbl6sqWP_-Q<br \/>\nYoutube clips: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC-B5x371AzTGgK-_q3U_KfA<br \/>\nWebsite: https:\/\/www.learningwithlowell.com\/<\/p>\n<p>Tom links<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/wasmormon.org\/profile\/alternativemormon\/<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Teaser \/ intro<br \/>\n01:05 Introduction to Mormon faith<br \/>\n01:55 Being a Legacy<br \/>\n3:15 Transitioning out of the Church<br \/>\n04:20 Core beliefs of Mormonism \/ exposure<br \/>\n05:55 Why be a missionary<br \/>\n08:55  History of Mormon church \/ US church<br \/>\n17:25 Utah as the home for Mormons<br \/>\n20:05 Nice people in Utah \/ Post Malone<br \/>\n21:45 Book of mormon vs christian bible<br \/>\n25:05 Changes angels and demons<br \/>\n27:05 Personal Transitioning<br \/>\n33:05 Traditions of Mormonism \/ New people being welcomed<br \/>\n36:05 Get Mormons to leave you alone \/ Missionaries<br \/>\n38:05  Horror film setting \/ Mormons<br \/>\n40:05 What he feels lied to about<br \/>\n44:05 Affording all the kids \/ culture aspect of mormons<br \/>\n48:05 Multi wives<br \/>\n50:05 Polygamy \/ young women<br \/>\n51:05 Outcasting teen boys<br \/>\n52:05 Young men taking wives \/ fundamentalist<br \/>\n53:05 Social circle being affected by his transition<br \/>\n56:05 Rumspringer for Mormons \/ BYU<br \/>\n58:05 TV show on his life<br \/>\n59:05 Chinese Balloon<br \/>\n1:00:25 Globalization US vs UK<br \/>\n1:02:05 Private prisons<br \/>\n1:07:35 Thomas Jeffersons \/ Favorite presidents<br \/>\n1:08:35 President biography \/ FDR thoughts<br \/>\n1:12:30 Returning to Gold standard<br \/>\n1:14:50 First days as President<br \/>\n1:17:25 Chip strategy against China<br \/>\n1:20:05 Politics and religion \/discussion<br \/>\n1:22:25 Having disagreements<br \/>\n1:24:50 How he imagine heaven<br \/>\n1:28:30 Story of a Pope and a little boy \/ Mormon belief on people who don&#8217;t believe<br \/>\n1:32:30 Spiritual significance of angels and demon changing view \/ Joseph smith<br \/>\n1:36:30 Book recommendations \/ Church history<br \/>\n1:39:05 What he is working on \/ Islam \/ religious<\/p>\n<p>#mormon #mormons #church<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delves deep into their personal experiences with Mormonism, the challenges they faced when leaving the faith, and the broader implications [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/spirituality.catherineliew.com\/?p=683\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Doctrine of Mormonism explained by a Mormon (Alternative Mormon) #mormons #history #religion - Spirituality\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Delves deep into their personal experiences with Mormonism, the challenges they faced when leaving the faith, and the broader implications [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/spirituality.catherineliew.com\/?p=683\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Spirituality\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-15T07:08:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/spirituality.catherineliew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ytb_thumb-7.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/spirituality.catherineliew.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/spirituality.catherineliew.com\/\",\"name\":\"Spirituality\",\"description\":\"All you need to know about spirituality, new age &amp; 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