Russell M. Nelson's Miracle Stories | LDS Discussions 47 | Ep. 1832

Описание: In this captivating episode with John Dehlin, Nemo ‪@NEMOTHEMORMON‬, and Mike on LDS Discussions, we delve into the controversial miracle stories of Mormon Prophet Russell M. Nelson. What are the implications for a spokesperson of God to fabricate and exaggerate, including (or especially) in regards to revelation like the November 2015 LGBT exclusionary policy. Join us in unraveling the motivations behind these distortions and why they hold significant consequences. How do these accounts shape our understanding of religious leadership?

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Chapters
00:00:00 Introduction
00:08:00 The miracles stories of Russell M. Nelson
00:10:50 Russell Nelson and the “Woman wearing a large hat”
00:19:30 The miraculous woman wearing a large hat
00:22:30 The problem with making up miracles
00:32:00 Russell M. Nelson’s miracle on Mozambique
00:34:00 More contemporaneous details about the attack
00:36:00 Wendy Nelson tells the story a few months later
00:41:20 Russell Nelson takes the baton from Wendy and runs with it
00:49:00 Russell M. Nelsons’ spiraling flight of death
00:52:10 What lesson Russell Nelson took from this story in 1979
01:00:00 Compare Nelson’s 1992 retelling to his 2011 video
01:05:10 The story becomes exaggerated over the years and that causes problems
01:18:40 How a precautionary landing becomes a miraculous one
01:23:45 Russell M. Nelson and the November 2015 LGBT revelation
01:43:00 Motivations for making the November 15 policy a revelation from God
01:48:50 Why these miracle fabrications and exaggerations matter
01:55:30 Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me four times, shame on us.

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