Sandra Tanner’s Journey with the Book of Mormon - An Interview with Chris Thomas - Ep. 1578
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2024
- Guest host Chris Thomas talks with Sandra Tanner about her journey with the Book of Mormon: From faithful LDS member who believed it to be the Word of God; to a born-again Christian who still considered the Book of Mormon to be scripture; to noticing the contradictions between the Bible, Church doctrine, and the Book of Mormon; to her ultimate rejection of Mormonism and her work as one of the most well-known critics of the LDS Church.
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Show Notes:
Jerald and Sandra Tanner: Their Story by Ronald V. Huggins, coming from Signature Books in 2022
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"Jerald and Sandra Tanner: The Early Years," on Mormon Stories
bit.ly/3MeQN2q
"Reflections on Mark Hofmann and Murder Among the Mormons," with Sandra Tanner on Mormon Stories
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"Mormon Polygamy Apologetics," with Sandra Tanner on Mormon Stories
Part 1: bit.ly/3v6NWTB
Part 2: bit.ly/3OxGLLy
Part 3: bit.ly/3EAW1To
"Pauline Hancock and Her 'Basement Church,'" by Jason R. Smith,The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal, April 2022
bit.ly/3Mr7B6b
Transcript of the 1826 "Glass-Looker" Trial, State of New York v. Joseph Smith, Jr.
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The Tanners' "Dear Friend" Letter, explaining why they were resigning from the LDS Church, reproduced in full in "Comments on the Book of Mormon Witnesses: A Response to Jerald and Sandra Tanner," by Matthew Roper, Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, July 1993
bit.ly/3L6ylcf
A New Witness for Christ in America: Evidence of Divine Power in the "Coming Forth" of the Book of Mormon by Francis W. Kirkham
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The Golden Bible: Or, The Book of Mormon, Is It From God? by Rev. M.T. Lamb
bit.ly/3vBbDlZ
Mormonism: Shadow or Reality? by Jerald and Sandra Tanner
amzn.to/38dLnpN
Joseph Smith's Plagiarism of the Bible by Jerald Tanner
amzn.to/3vEuNaj
Studies of the Book of Mormon by B.H. Roberts, a compilation of manuscripts that suggest some General Authorities knew as early as 1922 that the Church's truth claims had significant factual problems
amzn.to/3MmFvt4
View of the Hebrews, or the Tribes of Israel in America by Ethan Smith
amzn.to/3k3PXJD
Archives of Salt Lake City Messenger, published by the Tanners since 1974
bit.ly/3MpsFdm
Mormonism Unveiled: The Life and Confession of John D. Lee
amzn.to/3vExVDl
Understanding the Book of Mormon: A Reader's Guide by Grant Hardy
amzn.to/3veUcc1
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Timecodes
00:00:00 Introduction and opening remarks
00:02:26 Sandra's lineage back to Brigham Young, and how she gained a testimony of the Book of Mormon
00:13:09 Sandra chose to be an active Mormon child; her parents were lax about church activity
00:19:19 The influence of Pauline Hancock in exposing Mormon history and on the faith of Sandra's family
00:31:45 Sandra and Jerald discover contradictions between the Bible and the Book of Mormon; Sandra has her name removed from Church records
00:37:23 Sandra travels to Missouri, where she has a spiritual experience of Christ and is rebaptized by Pauline Hancock
00:45:49 The Tanners read "The Golden Bible," which rattles Sandra's remaining faith in the Book of Mormon
00:51:57 Sandra compiles a list of contradictions between the teachings of the LDS Church and the Book of Mormon
00:57:10 Sandra goes to tell Jerald about her loss of faith in the Book of Mormon---but he beats her to it
01:08:20 Similarities between the Book of Mormon and the King James Bible, an anachronism because the KJV translation was published centuries after the time period of Book of Mormon events
01:15:02 Researching their first book, "Mormonism: Shadow or Reality?"
01:25:55 "The Book of Mormon serves as a conversion point simply because it exists"
01:37:40 Closing remarks
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Absolutely love listening to Sandra Tanner...5 minutes or 5 hours, her knowledge and her delivery captivates me.
Any time spent listening to Sandra Tanner is time well spent.
I could listen to Sandra all day! She’s truly an amazing Woman!
Amazing? How?
This was a delightful and respectful interview of a real treasure - Sandra Tanner. Chris Thomas has really done a wonderful job. Much respect to both of you. The publications of Gerald and Sandra were instrumental in helping repairing my belief system when the deceptive actions and words of the Mormon leadership finally woke me up. I owe them both a debt that I will never be able to repay. Thanks to Chris for bringing out so many wonderful stories of her life.
Thank you so much for this wonderful interview with the one and only, dearest Sandra Tanner! ❤️
Sandra Tanner is a national treasure
This interview is awes!!! I love Sandra. ❤️
I never tire of her!
She is such a great treasure for this world!
What a great guest host you've found in Chris Thomas! I thoroughly enjoyed this thoughtful, informative, and oh so interesting interview with the fabulous Sandra Tanner. I never get tired of hearing Sandra speak, and I could've easily listened to this all day! Thanks so much for sharing another wonderful Mormon Story.
More Sandra! We want more! Sandra you are amazing!
Very interesting talk. Sandra Tanners is such a lovely person and treasure of knowledge about Mormonism.
She is such a treasure.
Gerald and Sandra’s absolute dedication to finding the truth, and bringing it to fruition is without parallel.They have made an amazing contribution for anyone with questions about the authenticity of the BOM to access. Bravo…and keep up the good work Sandra..👏🏾
Thank you so much for this! Sandra Tanner is a legend and an amazing lady. We need these stories preserved.
A legend? How is that?
What a great lady, courageous, intelligent and a wonderful sense of humour; such an interesting life story and clear mind 😍🙏
What a wonderful, interesting and insightful interview! Sandra is certainly a del8ghtful person with a wealth of background and knowledge.
I really enjoyed the way the interview was conducted as well! Too often some peopleconducting an interview put themselves at the center of the.interview rsther than asking the questions from the wings of the stage, to not distract from the person being interviewed.
Thank you so much and definitely one of my.favorite Mormon Stories.
That was a lovely interview!
I love Sandra Tanner. God bless her. I’m indebted to her work. ❤️
Sandra is one of my favorites on Mormon story s
Really enjoyed this one and the respectful tone - Sandra Tanner is hard to beat and It’s hard to believe shes 81!
I really appreciate the journey.
Sandra is alwaysxa delight to listen to.Thank you very much.
This episode is one the best and most valuable MSs ever done. What a delight and treasure is Sandra Tanner! 🙂
Fantastic interview - we really appreciate you doing this and especially Sandra for all of the years of work xxx
I just figured how many are not aware of discrepancies in BOM, D&C and the thousands of old and new information through speeches from leaders of the Church, it is their careful approach to ONLY taking snippets of information and ignore and obscure all other text included. They count on people never reading in a disciplined way. It took people who like the Tanners, made it a life long commitment to really absorb and analyze the whole story, cover to cover and compare and contrast text with other books, publications, addresses, etc. Here is the proof of the saying: those who seek, shall find!
I actually never heard her story. Thank you.
I love you Sandra! You've been such a big part of my faith journey. Through MIT, Facebook and beyond. I loved coming to your place to view the IRR Book of Abraham video for the first time!
The Tanners are heroes. We owe them huge debt.
God bless Sandra Tanner!!
Both of these people are such a great speakers
I absolutely love Sandra. She is such a gem.
Blessed are the truth seekers! Sandra has been the light that guided my journey out of Church without throwing Jesus away with the Mormon bath water!
I began watching this episode this morning then it vanished and couldn’t locate it(?) 🤷🏽♂️
Coming Monday!
Sandra is such a sweetie! 🥰🥰🥰😍😍
Great stuff. Thanks.
Thank you so very much, Mrs. Tanner! I had come to an interest in Mormonism as a result of crimes connected to the faith. And, if I’m completely honest, after the most cursory study of Smith and the book of Mormon I thought how can anyone be fooled by this man? Ashamedly now, I realize from your interviews and those of others that the faith of most, if not every, Mormon is sincere based upon what they know of Christ and God. I just sincerely pray that every person thoroughly searches out and tests their own beliefs in the same way you and Mr. Tanner have done, and that those offering guidance will do so with the love of Christ.
Such a great guest.
The interviewer is Chris Thomas (i.e. it is stated in the video's title), and he did an excellent job (he obviously prepared for this interview beforehand). Who is Chris Thomas, and why did he do this interview?
I wonder this as well. And also, though I admit it to be rude on my part, I can’t bear to look at him.
Bless their hearts. They studied so hard and slowly found the problems with the LDS church and the Book of Mormon but completely missed the equally bad problems with the New Testament and Christianity itself. They not have had the sources we have today but they were known . They should have keep digging.
So good! Thank you
History rocks!
Anyone else hear his voice and immediately think of Jeffrey Holland?
Enjoyed Chris. Thum sup John.
I always tell my family and friends how wonderful it will be if there were real archeological finds to prove the BoM. They just don't know how to respond to that statement. I know that there will never be any artifacts found.
What? What were the changes in Book of Mormon. I joined church in 1974
These legalistic, doctrinaire discussions remind me how glad I am to be out of religion. The mental gymnastics are so exhausting.
Chris's voice or timbre sounds like how the apostles talk.
3:05 Brigham Young had 55 wives!? I know about polygamy among Mormons, but he seems to have no limits.
Feeding from the Mother
To us it may be funny to think that, hey, pssst, the Tanners have the lost 116 pages -snickers- eheheh. To the LDS it would have been more AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!! THE TANNERS HAVE THE LOST 116 PAGES!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
Weird.