62. A Mormon Fundamentalist Upbringing - Mike Collier (Part 1)

Unitarian Christian Alliance

The origins of a small fringe group from within the Latter Day Saints—a first-hand account.

RESOURCES

• Adam—God doctrine
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Joseph Smith
• The Kingdom of the Cults: The Definitive Work on the Subject - Walter Martin
• The Church of the Firstborn (LaBaron family)
• Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon? - Walter Martin

EPISODE INDEX

• (03:29) Interview with Mike Collier
• (04:01) Ancestors
• (05:17) LDS church structure
• (07:20) Dad, the bishop's favorite
• (07:44) Introduced to fundamentalistm
• (08:25) Writing interests
• (09:39) Issues with the mainstream LDS
• (11:22) Waiting on dad's intelectual visits
• (12:37) Perceptions of leaving mainstream
• (15:45) Dad came and got us
• (16:43) Polygamy
• (22:58) The schisms
• (23:53) LDS member numbers
• (24:42) Dad's fundamentalism
• (25:11) Joseph Smith restorationist
• (26:02) The many mothers and siblings
• (29:28) Divorce
• (30:28) Sibling count
• (31:30) Bible interest from Mike's youth
• (33:53) A young apologist thumper
• (36:06) Debate with Walter Martin?
• (39:21) Dad becomes prophet
• (40:48) Organizing the Church of the Firstborn
• (42:58) People joining church
• (43:27) The old green church
• (44:29) The reality of people and problems
• (46:13) Closing remarks
• (48:27) Brandon Duke's reflections on #UCAcon2022
• (51:53) Walter Martin historic audio clip

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