Category: Videos
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Postmodern Trends in Mormonism
A conversation on how Mormon truth claims, once considered absolute by LDS leaders and believers, are now watered down into a flavor of relativism that is not consistent with their past.
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Sandra Tanner’s Advice to Exiting Mormons
Sandra reminds us that if LDS truth claims were not actually true, then neither were our former presumptions about Christianity. After stepping back from Joseph Smith, we can meet Jesus anew and read the Bible with different eyes.
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How Jerald Tanner Debunked a Forgery (the Salamander Letter)
Sandra recounts how Jerald always compared texts (like Bible verses in the Book of Mormon) to determine authenticity from plagiarism. This unwittingly honed his skills for finding later forgeries like the ‘Cowdery defense,’ and Mark Hofmann’s ‘Salamander Letter.’
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The LDS Church’s (Unjust) Lawsuit Against the Tanners
Dr. Ronald Huggins describes the copyright / internet lawsuit of the LDS church against the Tanners, which he wrote about in his biography: “Lighthouse: Jerald and Sandra Tanner — Despised and Beloved Critics of Mormonism.”
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Sandra and Jerald Tanner Biography: Lighthouse (Parts 1-2)
Sandra Tanner and Doris Hanson discuss the new biography, Lighthouse, highlighting some points in the Tanner’s saga of researching Mormonism for 60+ years.
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First Date Prank
Sandra tells about flirting and playing a prank on Jerald Tanner during their first dinner together at her grandmother’s house (on April Fool’s Day).
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Mormonism’s History of Hiding Documents
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is more open about its history these days, but the past was very different. Sandra Tanner tells of difficulties in trying to access historical documents when she (and late husband, Jerald) began researching Mormon history in the 1960s, and how some amount of guardedness still persists in…
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Jerald and Sandra Tanner – Despised and Beloved Critics of Mormonism (Mormon Stories)
Sandra Tanner and Dr. Ronald Huggins are interviewed about Dr. Huggins’ new biography: “Lighthouse: Jerald and Sandra Tanner – Despised and Beloved Critics of Mormonism.”
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“Lighthouse” Author Interview: Ronald V. Huggins, with Sandra Tanner (John Whitmer Historical Association)
Dr. Ronald Huggins and Sandra talk about the biography, Lighthouse, on Whitmer-cast, describing many personal details in the saga of the Tanners’ lives.
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Sandra Tanner’s Ex-Mormon Experience with Grace
The journey to sort out lies from truth in Mormonism can be quite a process. Even Sandra and Jerald Tanner didn’t come out of everything at once.