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BYU prof. unpacks radical truths of King Follett Discourse

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Joseph Smith's "King Follett Discourse" was essentially his last general conference talk, and boy was it controversial. It still is, almost 200 years later. In this episode, David Snell sits down with BYU professor Casey Paul Griffiths to dive into the nitty gritty. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/keystonelds/ Insta: https://www.instagram.com/keystonelds/ Website: https://www.keystonelds.com Apple podcast: https://tinyurl.com/3rx4cw4u Spotify podcast: https://tinyurl.com/33r9f737 Amazon podcast: https://tinyurl.com/5cendacy 0:00- Intro 2:12- King Follett background 7:00- Different accounts 11:33- Was God once a man? 15:06- Eternality & creation 21:03- Solving the problem of evil 25:04- More on God once being mortal 30:11- On exaltation & deification 36:58- On sons of perdition 43:40- Canonizing the KFD 48:25- Having confidence in the KFD 53:52- A historian's testimony

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