Critical, accusatory, but lightened with occasional irreverent humor, MormonTalk is a journey with Mike and Dave as they explore issues with the truth claims of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (aka, the Mormon church). As former Mormons who indulged in apologetics at times, the podcast hosts get personal as they address the struggle members of the Church face when they attempt to deal with some of the initially-attractive, sometimes-shocking, ever-evolving truth claims of the religion. Not intended for active adherents to the faith, MormonTalk is aimed at people ranging from those who've already left, to those who are in the process of leaving, to those who have just begun questioning. If nothing else, it is "an exploration for those who question".
Over the decades, the church has employed different styles of apologetics in their efforts to “defend” their truth claims. We give the history of apol...
This is our (much delayed) response to the second part of Rusty Nel’s effervescent offering. That piece, of course, was his surgeon-sponsored prescrip...
In case you missed it, Rusty Nel gave an earth-shaking, glorious, revelatory message to the world back in November. In this two-part episode, we addre...
We admit the title of this episode is an insensitive play on words, but we address the infamous Branch Davidians sect, led by David Koresh, and some o...
The LDS church teaches that suffering is an integral part of our existence on earth and necessary for several reasons, including honing our character,...
In the United States, there are five key qualifications that a religious organization has to meet in order to be given tax exempt status. In this epis...
The church makes many promises to its members. Of course, no promises are as well-known as the infamous promise from Moroni in the Book of Mormon. Che...
We take a break from our recent string of Threesomes episodes to publish a previously recorded conclusion to our “First Principles and Ordinances of t...
This is our longest episode to date (don’t get used to it), but it’s worth every minute to indulge in a fantastic conversation with the former LDS par...