EP 81 - Ryan Josiah from TikTok co-hosts, Tim Ballard gets sued twice, and Elder Bednar clip goes viral, and much much more!

Show Information  Oct 17, 2023 Greetings brothers and sisters! Welcome to the weekly MormonNewsRoundup. I am your humble host Dives, talent on loan from Kolob. My crew and I ruminate weekly on the great and spacious beehive! Thanks so much for joining us to discuss the latest current events in Mormondom.  Full Title EP 81 - Ryan Josiah from TikTok co-hosts, Tim Ballard gets sued twice, and Elder Bednar clip goes viral, and much much more! Welcome to the MormonNewsRoundup! Get to know Ryan (5 minutes) What’s your one minute mormon story? You run the popular TikTok account, what’s that all about? https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanjosiah?lang=en  Why did you start your channel? MNRU Joke of the week Ryan Articles Tim Ballard Timmy getting sued video Making national news now No wonder he was always channeling Nephi Brazilian Wax Meme What’s the difference? second lawsuit How many people actually watch conference? Billions of our ancestors are watching conference every single day!! More than the moon landing! Trump inauguration The most watched general conference talk from last session was RMN think celestial talk which has 200k views, NOT 200M views.  RMN most popular video of all time has 21M views! but significant evidence suggests it only got those views from the church pumping huge $$$ (millions?) into advertising it. Temple in Russia The Lord will provide a way? So much for the one size fits all plan of salvation https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2023/10/09/james-huntsman-lds-church-why-he/ Church contacted James's family member to pressure him to drop it Only 10% of Latter-day Saints see climate change as a crisis, survey finds Of course they are if they weren’t it wouldn’t appear in the church news PS, no, Mormon prophet is ever going to find himself slain in the streets of Jerusalem Conclusion What do you have planned in the future for your TikTok channel? Connect with Dives! www.MormonNewsRoundup.org [email protected] Voicemail Twitter YouTube Instagram TikToc Facebook Support this Podcast Patreon New MNRU episodes live on YouTube Sundays at 9:30pm EST Shoutout to Weird Alma on bandcamp.com for this episode's music. Thanks so much for ruminating with us on the great and spacious beehive!  And remember, remember: No unhallowed hand can stop this podcast from progressing!  #lds, #mormon, #exmormon, #postmormon,#religion, #news, #ldschurch, #comeuntochrist, #churchofjesuschrist, #churchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints, #byu, #byui, #josephsmith, #comefollowme, #polygamy, #bookofmormon, #becauseofhim, #hearhim Neurodiversity may explain why Latter-day Saints experience church policies, practices and preachings in varying waysBYU Jerusalem Center students safe as war is declared in IsraelDoes Mormonism ruin faith?