Joseph Smith’s First Vision and How the Church and Its Apologists Mislead [Parts 1-3] (Mormon Stories)


Sandra Tanner participates in a round-table discussion about the First Vision and how LDS leaders and apologists diminish its problem aspects (as illustrated in a recent article by the apologist, Dan Peterson).


Part 1

Dan Peterson’s article is reviewed, “The supposed scandal of multiple First Vision accounts,” (Deseret News, May 31, 2018), and the panelists give their initial reactions.

(6/18/2018 – YouTube — Mormon Stories, Ep. 944)

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Part 2

Discussion shifts to how the church itself seems to mislead people, as exemplified in the Gospel Topics essay on the First Vision, and panelists take a deeper dive into details of the First Vision accounts.

(6/18/2018 – YouTube — Mormon Stories, Ep. 945)


Part 3

Discussion continues to focus on details of the First Vision accounts and how the vision was received at the time.

(6/18/2018 – YouTube — Mormon Stories, Ep. 946)


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