Jackson and Hayden Paul are two brothers who run the Stick of Joseph YouTube channel. The Stick of Joseph channel seeks to make the Book of Mormon accessible by making engaging, entertaining and informative content. Jackson and Hayden are what some would call apologists for the Mormon church. Join us as we meet with them to hear their Mormon stories, and to understand how they continue to believe in core Mormon truth claims in spite of modern scientific evidence.
Click here to visit the Stick of Joseph YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJ4TYPZCKbZonuWVpA5XLg
00:00:00 Introducing Hayden and Jackson
00:01:35 The main purpose of their channel
00:03:45 Intentions for being on Mormon Stories
00:07:45 The beginning of their Mormon Story
00:20:44 Lizard story
00:25:30 Attending/Not attending Seminary
00:29:35 Repentance moments with his bishop
00:33:20 Jackson’s spiritual development growing up
00:39:46 Hayden served his mission in Budapest
00:58:26 Life after Hayden’s mission
01:01:30 Hayden work with Operation Underground Railroad and was his personal assistant
01:06:15 When did he start hearing doubts about the church?
01:16:40 Jackson coming home from his mission
01:20:24 Being a temple worker
01:23:40 Hayden going to boot camp
01:26:00 Synthesizing beliefs in Jesus with his thoughts on war
01:38:20 Going into the marines as a Returned Missionary
01:54:50 Questions on politics
02:01:26 How do Mormons support Trump in 2024?
02:03:26 How did they become apologists for the church?
02:07:27 Making a film as a solution and traveling to Saudi Arabia
02:12:12 Why call it the Stick of Joseph?
02:22:04 The age of the earth?
02:25:15 Beliefs about evolution?
02:26:17 Did Adam and Eve live 6,000 years ago? Were they first humans?
02:35:35 “I grew up in a Church where Doctrine mattered”
02:42:40 If a prophet said it you are to believe it…Doctrine matters
02:54:20 How can new revelation be received?
03:00:55 They were raised in different churches
03:14:55 Conceptualizing the Atonement of Jesus Christ
03:21:50 Instead of having an Atonement
03:25:20 The better solution for the atonement
03:34:00 What is objective truth?
03:46:30 Mormonisms three heavens were not made by God
03:55:17 Conceptualizing sad haven
04:05:15 Who is God?
04:16:11 Questions about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon
04:19:13 What John misses about the church
04:30:30 What do you do when you learn its not true?
04:35:50 The Church hid parts of their history
04:43:50 The divine baby
04:57:07 Anachronisms in the Book of Mormon
05:15:30 Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon
05:25:00 Jackson's testimony of the Book of Mormon
05:41:04 Does it make them feel sad that the church is in decline?
05:45:55 Stick of Joseph has a Patreon they can donate to
Show Notes: https://www.mormonstories.org/millennials-defend-mormonism-thestickofjoseph/
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