You’ve heard of The Swedish Rescue, right? Our Mormon Stories inbox had an influx of incensed Latter-day Saints across all spectrums of belief last night as Brad Wilcox gave a fireside talk that we’re calling “The Alpine Utah Mormon Youth Rescue”. Just like the LDS church’s response to the wave of apostasy in 2012 affecting Swedish members, Brad Wilcox, professor of ancient scripture at BYU and second counselor in the Young Men general presidency spoke to the youth February 6th, 2022 in a talk about how leaving the Mormon church means “you lose everything that matters”. Join John, Gerardo, and Carah as we play clips and react to Brad explaining his reasons to the youth of the church that those who leave the faith are taking the hardest possible route in life. Other quotes include:
“Maybe instead of asking ‘why did the blacks have to wait until 1978’, maybe what we should be asking is ‘why did the whites and other races have to wait until 1829?’”
“We are the only Christians in the world led by Christ”
“When you walk away from this church you lose everything that matters in your life.”
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Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction, where to find the full talk
8:13 Big picture, systems not people
12:52 B.W. Young people are leaving religion clip
14:26 Leaving religion
15:23 B.W. Our church is doing better clip
16:25 Who is doing better?
22:28 Comparing other high demand religions leaving rate
24:00 People leaving over masks, vaccines, Trump
25:50 B.W. People are leaving more publically clip
26:38 People leaving and why
27:38 The “gripes” of those leaving
31:00 Inoculating the youth
32:05 B.W. Apostates are choosing to do it the hardest way clip
33:35 Apostate happiness
35:40 Why are people leaving in droves then?
36:25 People feeling suffocated staying
38:00 Gerardo’s happiness pursuing a same-sex relationship
40:05 Are we happier now or in the church?
42:30 Validating members to stay in the church
43:35 B.W. Those leaving think they’re losing labor clip
44:14 Losing the labor, dark vs light
49:18 Do prophets don’t have the answers after all?
50:21 B.W. You leave this church, you miss everything clip
51:00 Is losing everything a good thing? Totalist thinking
54:23 Brad’s GOSPEL acronym, godhead clip
57:09 Joseph’s changing first vision
59:40 B.W. Did Joseph lie? clip
1:01:58 Didn’t Brad just admit Joseph lied?
1:08:24 B.W. True faith clip
1:10:20 B.W. You sound stupid clip
1:13:57 B.W What you get here you don’t get anywhere else clip
1:15:49 B.W Only true church, mocking tolerance clip
1:20:00 B.W. Only true church clip
1:23:36 B.W. The whole piano clip
1:26:40 Whole piano concept conflicts with ongoing restoration
1:28:30 B.W. Spirit vs gift of the holy ghost clip
1:32:15 B.W. Mormon feel the spirit all the time clip
1:38:40 Monopolizing elevated emotion
1:44:00 How can someone know they’re feeling the Spirit?
1:45:50 B.W. Spirit is furnace, not fire clip
1:49:20 B.W. Leave and miss the guidance clip
1:52:26 B.W Playing church clip
1:54:15 B.W. Sealing clip
1:57:43 B.W. Counterfit sealing clip
1:59:00 No other baptisms count
2:05:50 B.W. Priesthood clip
2:07:59 Geardo’s thoughts on the racist clip
2:15:11 B.W. Let’s be grateful clip
2:18:29 B.W. Women and the priesthood clip 1
2:23:58 B.W. Women and the priesthood clip 2
2:32:06 B.W. What women don’t have clip
2:34:40 Temple sexism
2:36:45 Women don’t need the priesthood?
2:41:30 B.W. Walk away from everything that counts clip
2:43:30 B.W. Christianity has a problem clip
2:50:46 B.W. Walk away from temples clip
2:53:45 B.W. We believe in Jesus bc of Russel M Nelson clip
2:56:00 B.W. We are the only ones led by Jesus Christ clip
2:58:00 Do we even want to follow these leaders?
3:00:45 B.W. Walk away? Say Good-bye clip
3:04:02 You can count on little prophecy happening
3:09:38 Questioning the leaders more
3:10:30 B.W. Nothing without the church clip
3:13:37 Post-Mormon thriving
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