Mormon Discussion By Bill Reel

We sit down with Jim Bennett, son of former Utah Senator Bob Bennett, to discuss Jim’s response to the CES Letter. This interview takes place over several different days and comprises looking at the troublesome issues the CES Letter presents and reviewing where Jeremy Runnells and Jim Bennett disagree. I try to play a mediator… Read More »Jim Bennett and Bill Reel and the Issues of the CES Letter Part 7 The post Jim Bennett and Bill Reel and the Issues of the CES Letter Part 7 appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

We sit down to complete the trifecta third part interview with my best of friends Mekael and Kelsey.  We pick up where these two meet and how their relationship blooms and what led them to have met me and our incredible friends Chris and Dawn.  We spend some time discussing what things look like on… Read More »Mormon Discussion: 332: Mekael & Kelsey Part 3 The post Mormon Discussion: 332: Mekael & Kelsey Part 3 appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

In episode 2 my beautiful friend Kelsey tells us her story.  How she was loved and supported by an incredible family and but inside Mormonism we still have to look a certain way and fit a certain mold.  Kelsey tells us how she knew she was lesbian very early but always shoved it down in… Read More »Mormon Discussion: 331: Kelsey Part 2 The post Mormon Discussion: 331: Kelsey Part 2 appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

Today we sit down with my dear friend Mekael.  This episode is part 1 of a 3 part series.  Mekael helps us see into her life where from the time she is a child she seeks to fit in, to make her family proud and to make her faith system proud of her.  But she… Read More »Mormon Discussion: 330: Mekael Part 1 The post Mormon Discussion: 330: Mekael Part 1 appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

Doing this podcast and being a public voice, people reach out to you to share “secret” information.  Today I tell you what I am hearing from inside the Church Office Building is being discussed in regard to future changes.  I also share a deeply unhealthy story of how the Church allegedly informed Kem Gardner with… Read More »Mormon Discussion: 329: Take Your Vitamin Pills and Get Some Rest The post Mormon Discussion: 329: Take Your Vitamin Pills and Get Some Rest appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

We sit down with Jim Bennett, son of former Utah Senator Bob Bennett, to discuss Jim’s response to the CES Letter. This interview takes place over several different days and comprises looking at the troublesome issues the CES Letter presents and reviewing where Jeremy Runnells and Jim Bennett disagree. I try to play a mediator… Read More »Jim Bennett and Bill Reel and the Issues of the CES Letter Part 6 The post Jim Bennett and Bill Reel and the Issues of the CES Letter Part 6 appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

  We sit down with Jim Bennett, son of former Utah Senator Bob Bennett, to discuss Jim’s response to the CES Letter. This interview takes place over several different days and comprises looking at the troublesome issues the CES Letter presents and reviewing where Jeremy Runnells and Jim Bennett disagree. I try to play a… Read More »Jim Bennett and Bill Reel and the Issues of the CES Letter Part 5 The post Jim Bennett and Bill Reel and the Issues of the CES Letter Part 5 appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

  We sit down with Jim Bennett, son of former Utah Senator Bob Bennett, to discuss Jim’s response to the CES Letter. This interview takes place over several different days and comprises looking at the troublesome issues the CES Letter presents and reviewing where Jeremy Runnells and Jim Bennett disagree. I try to play a… Read More »Jim Bennett and Bill Reel and the Issues of the CES Letter Part 4 The post Jim Bennett and Bill Reel and the Issues of the CES Letter Part 4 appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

  We sit down with Jim Bennett, son of former Utah Senator Bob Bennett, to discuss Jim’s response to the CES Letter. This interview takes place over several different days and comprises looking at the troublesome issues the CES Letter presents and reviewing where Jeremy Runnells and Jim Bennett disagree. I try to play a… Read More »Jim Bennett and Bill Reel and the Issues of the CES Letter Part 3 The post Jim Bennett and Bill Reel and the Issues of the CES Letter Part 3 appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

We sit down with Jim Bennett, son of former Utah Senator Bob Bennett, to discuss Jim’s response to the CES Letter. This interview takes place over several different days and comprises looking at the troublesome issues the CES Letter presents and reviewing where Jeremy Runnells and Jim Bennett disagree. I try to play a mediator… Read More »Jim Bennett and Bill Reel and the Issues of the CES Letter Part 2 The post Jim Bennett and Bill Reel and the Issues of the CES Letter Part 2 appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

We sit down with Jim Bennett, son of former Utah Senator Bob Bennett, to discuss Jim’s response to the CES Letter. This interview takes place over several different days and comprises looking at the troublesome issues the CES Letter presents and reviewing where Jeremy Runnells and Jim Bennett disagree. I try to play a mediator… Read More »Jim Bennett and Bill Reel and the Issues of the CES Letter Part 1 The post Jim Bennett and Bill Reel and the Issues of the CES Letter Part 1 appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

Today we dissect Elder Pearson’s talk “Will You Leave The Savior“(Ensign August 2018) that he gave at BYU Idaho (Originally titled “The Lens of Truth“).  In this talk there are so many logical fallacies, Wood Tools, and problematic assertions that It took little effort to dissect and expose this talk as unhealthy and not useful […] The post Mormon Discussion: 322: Elder Pearson – Will You Leave The Savior appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

Today we dissect Elder Holland’s November 10, 2018 address directly to the Maxwell Institute. It seemed very much like a rebuke an an effort to embarrass those at the Maxwell Institute for moving towards objectivity and forthrightness and emphasizing real scholarship over defensive apologetics. It even includes encouragement from Elder Holland to choose faithful renditions […] The post Mormon Discussion: 321: Elder Holland and The Maxwell Institute appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

Today we sit down with Troy Marsh and his wife Shari.  Troy is a listener of Mormon Discussion and an active Latter Day Saint who finds trying to reconcile the messiness of Mormonism as a wasted cause.  By no means is he a Orthodox Mormon.  In fact he would openly acknowledge that Mormonism is only […] The post 320: Troy and Shari Marsh – The Truth That Can’t Be Said appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

Today We sit down with Bishop John Shelby Spong.  Jack is a retired American bishop of the Episcopal Church. From 1979 to 2000 he was Bishop of Newark (based in Newark, New Jersey). He is a liberal Christian theologian, religion commentator and author. He calls for a fundamental rethinking of Christian belief away from theism and […] The post Mythical Jesus: 023: John Shelby Spong – Value Beyond Biblical Literalness appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

Today we have author and former Mormon Spencer Wright back on the program to dive into the weeds.  Last time we talked with Spencer about his book “How to think” and we explored what it means to be a rational thinker.  ( 309: Spencer Wright – Rational Thought and Bat Shit Crazy ) Today we […] The post Mormon Discussion: 319: Spencer Wright – The Rationality of Mormonism appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

At the 2018 Sandy Utah Sunstone Symposium I sat in a session about the genetics of Sex and Gender.  The presenter was Crystal Scott,  a is a embryologist.   Crystal got her start at the University of Virginia.  She works in the industry creating high-value babies and teaching genetics at Boise State University.    Today we […] The post Mormon Discussion: 318: Crystal Scott – Genetics of Sex and Gender appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

It has finally happened.  I received a disciplinary notice from my stake president.  Would those who feel any attachment to this podcast or to me, would you please send positive thoughts into the universe for my family and friends.  I always knew that full honesty and transparency and shining a light on unhealthiness and deception […] The post Bill Reel – Disciplinary Court Is Imminent appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

Today we tell a story.  This story involves the Seer Stone used for the translation of the Book of Mormon but a story you likely have never heard.  We set all the messiness of Mormonism aside and instead focus deeply on the Seer Stone itself.  This small rock has a history of its own and… Read More »Mormon Discussion: 317: Dowsing Rods, Banded Jasper, and Gizzard Stones The post Mormon Discussion: 317: Dowsing Rods, Banded Jasper, and Gizzard Stones appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

Today we explore Elder Holland.  First I discuss the personal relationship Elder Holland and I have/had.  The trouble is once the biased lens of Mormonism was shed from my eyes I began to realize something else about Elder Holland which is that he seems to be deceptive and flat out lying on multiple occasions.  And […] The post Mormon Discussion: 316: Elder Holland – Liar Liar Pants on Fire appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.