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Rameumptom Ruminations
by Scott Dyer
The Rameumptom Ruminations podcast seeks to help listeners deconstruct Mormonism in a thoughtful honest way that values the person who is utilizing this resource.
Episodes
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 053: All Time Low
Rameumptom Ruminations did not cover the general conference this spring. Instead of dissecting each talk, Scott chose one talk that stuck out the most for him. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland gave an address at the April 2022 general conference that covered the subject of depression. While there is some...
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 052: One Last Thing on the Plan of Salvation
Earlier in the month, the podcast explored the idea of judgment and the fairness of the plan of salvation. Many of the listeners reached out with their thoughts and conclusions. In this episode, Scott covers the ideas presented by you and discusses a few final thoughts on the plan of salvation…
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 051: Exmo Book Club – No Man Knows My History Part 2
Read along with Scott in the Second episode of Exmo Book Club. The first book he’s tackling is No Man Knows My History. Julia from Analysing Mormonism joins Scott today to discuss chapters eight through fourteen. It is a fascinating deep dive into the complex life of the man that founded…
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 050: An Interview with 21st Century Saints
Last week the lovely ladies from 21st Century Saints interviewed Scott on Star Wars day. Peter Bleakly of Mormon Civil War also participated in the discussion. The interview covered a bit of Scott’s story leading up to running the podcast Rameumptom Ruminations. From there the conversation…
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 049: The Plan of Salvation is Not a Standardized Test
Last week, we discussed the story of Laban and the concept that God judges people based on different codes of morals. The problems with eternal judgment are much worse than that. Continuing with the discussion on the Plan of Salvation, Scott examines the plan of salvation as if it were a test in...
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 048: Is the Plan of Salvation Fair?
The plan of salvation is the roadmap for eternal life according to LDS theology. Agency is at the center of this plan, but in practice, there are many contradictions to this essential function of the plan. How often in the scriptures does God command the righteous to kill the unrighteous? How…
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 047: One of These Things is Exactly the Same as the Other
Whether in the church or out of the church, when someone disagrees with us they speak in familiar terms: “This is the only true church,” or “How can you still believe in God when there’s so much evidence against it?” In this episode, Scott responds to a comment he received on an episode from…
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 046: Does Free Will Exist?
Is there space for agency to exist in our causal and determined world? After listening to a recent Mormonism live episode where Bill and RFM discussed Agency with their guest Carah, Scott invited Bill onto the show to discuss the subject in further detail. This episode is a primer on the debate...
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 045: Exmo Book Club – No Man Knows My History Part 1
Read along with Scott in the first episode of Exmo Book Club. The first book he’s tackling is No Man Knows My History. Julia from Analysing Mormonism joins Scott today to discuss the first seven chapters of the book. It is a fascinating deep dive into the complex life of the man that founded...
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 044: An Agreeable Disagreement
There have been some amazing interactions behind the scenes. In today’s episode, Scott shares some of the recent comments he’s received on his episodes. Most of today’s show will cover an interaction with a believing member and their dialogue about episode 41 The Ninety and Nine. Please consider...
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 043: The Feminine Divine with Michelle Larson
Michelle Larson joins the podcast again to finish their discussion on the feminine divine. Building off the subject of masculinity and feminity that they covered last week, Michelle explores a few of the feminine divine myths from around the world and how they have helped her connect with…
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 042: Divinity and Gender with Michelle Larson
The feminine divine is absent in mainstream Christianity and silenced within Mormonism. In this episode, Scott discusses the ideas of gender and divinity with Michelle Larson. The discussion focuses on the polarities of the masculine and feminine present in everyone regardless of gender. This…
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 041: The Ninety and Nine
In the New Testament Jesus talks about the responsibility for the flock of sheep. In this episode, Scott contrasts a few famous passages against the leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints by asking a series of questions to get at the heart of the problem. Would the church...
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 040: A Lawyer’s Duty to Truth with Radio Free Mormon
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has a track record of promoting lawyers among the ranks of the general authorities. In this very special episode, Scott brings in our resident ex-Mormon lawyer Radio Free Mormon into the Rameumptom Studio to chat about the overlap between his...
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 039: Church Assigned Friendship
A faith transition tests the many relationships we have in our lives. Unfortunately, several of them prove to be less than true friends. After discussing love last week, Scott covers Aristotle’s three types of friendship to better understand why many of our relationships suffer after a faith...
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 038: What is Love?
Is Godly love perfect and pure? Can pure love require obedience? Scott dives into a comment from a listener on the subject. In the comment, a listener compares her love for a student, as their teacher, with Godly love. Listen in to find out which version of love is more perfect, a teacher or a…
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 037: Dust Off Your Feet
Ritual curses have been a part of many major cultures across time. In this episode, Scott addresses an internet troll that has condemned him occasionally, and transitions from there to a discussion on the ritual curse of dusting off the feet and some of the contradictions to a loving God that…
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 036: Exclamation and Question Marks
This last week, President and Sister Nelson visited the UK and gave a fireside for the saints in that part of the world. In their presentation, doubt and questions were front and center of the discussion. This week Scott covers a few of their remarks. In a grand moment of irony, Sister Nelson...
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 034: Secular Faith
Religious faith and secular faith lean on different sources as the arbiters of truth. Continuing on the conversation of faith, Scott explores the concept as it relates to a more secularly minded person. What elements of faith do we use in our daily lives that are not associated with religion?
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 033: Faith and Knowledge
Scott uses the phrase “choose to believe” occasionally. A nuanced believing listener asked a clarifying question about the verbiage, sparking a discussion on Faith and Knowledge. In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the concepts of faith and knowledge are conflated into a single...
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 032: The Dichotomy of Control and the Power of Could
Continuing from the discussion in the previous episode, Scott discusses the dichotomy of control as it relates to our relationships with family and friends after leaving the LDS faith tradition.
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 031: The Metaphor of the Archer
A listener asked a fantastic question that I thought would benefit the audience as we enter the holiday season. How do we communicate and deal with loved ones after a faith transition? To answer this question, Scott borrows from stoic philosophy borrowing the metaphor of the archer from Cicero, a...
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 030: Falsifiability and the Shelf
Continuing with the discussion of the Demarcation Problem as presented by Karl Popper, Scott examines the concept of the shelf. Everything on the shelf falls into one of two categories: Falsifiable and Non-Falsifiable. Sources Popper, K. R. (1959). The logic of scientific discovery. University...
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 029: The Demarcation Problem of Truth Claims
Karl Popper introduced the idea of falsifiability to better understand what constitutes science and what is pseudoscience. In this episode, Scott examines Latter-Day Saint or Mormon truth claims through the lens of falsifiability. How many of the articles of faith can be falsified? What about the...
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 028: Even if the Criticism is True
While listening to a recent Mormonism Live episode from September 2021 called episode 39 When mission presidents behave badly, implications of Elder Oaks famous quote became glaringly uncomfortable in Scott’s mind. In this episode, Scott makes the connection between Elder Oaks explanation of the...
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 027: A Few Responses
It’s been a long few weeks of covering the recent General Conference. Last week Scott covered the last session and finished his assessment with a few final thoughts. This week, Scott responds to a few comments and messages that he’s received from listeners. The episode covers a variety of…
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 026: October 2021 General Conference Review: Sunday Afternoon Session
General Conference has come and gone for October 2021. For the next few weeks, each of my episodes will be a breakdown of each session. In this episode, Scott covers the Sunday Afternoon session. Next week, the podcast will return to the normal content.
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 025: October 2021 General Conference Review: Sunday Morning Session
General Conference has come and gone for October 2021. For the next few weeks, each of my episodes will be a breakdown of each session. In this episode, Scott covers the Sunday morning session.
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 024: October 2021 General Conference Review: Saturday Evening Session
General Conference has come and gone for October 2021. For the next few weeks, each of my episodes will be a breakdown of each session. In this episode, Scott covers the Saturday evening session.
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 023: October 2021 General Conference Review: Saturday Afternoon Session
General conference for October 2021 has come and gone. For the next few weeks, each of my episodes will be a breakdown of each session. In this episode, Scott covers the Saturday afternoon session, and in his opinion, this was the best of all five sessions.
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 022: October 2021 General Conference Review: Saturday Morning Session
General conference for October 2021 has come and gone. For the next few weeks, each of my episodes will be a breakdown of each session. As the title states, this episode will focus on the Saturday morning session.
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 021: A Trolley Problem for the LDS Church
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints faces incredible dilemmas when science disproves an aspect of the belief system, or when society shifts towards a more equitable world. In this episode, Scott covers the trolley thought experiment. It is a simple problem without a clear good or bad...
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 020: A Moral Criticism of the LDS Church
Right and Wrong are at the forefront of the everyday practice of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Entrance into heaven is at stake. In this episode, Scott covers the morality of discriminatory policies and doctrines. Leaning on Immanuel Kant from A Critique of Practical...
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 019: From BYU Faculty to Apostate with Kajsa Berlin-Kaufusi Part 2
In this special follow-up episode, Kajsa Berlin-Kaufusi joins the podcast again to talk about her time working at BYU. As faculty at BYU, she worked in the ancient scripture department teaching religion courses. Kajsa covers why she and the school parted ways and after that, we discuss…
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 018: From BYU Faculty to Apostate with Kajsa Berlin-Kaufusi Part 1
In this special episode, Kajsa Berlin-Kaufusi joins the podcast to talk about her time working at BYU. As faculty at BYU, she worked in the ancient scripture department teaching religion courses. We discuss the documentary hypothesis and how others in her department dealt with the uncomfortable...
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 017: Did Paul Condemn Homosexuality?
Before condemning an entire demographic of the population to eternal punishment and damnation, perhaps we should explore what the Bible has to say on the subject. With only six references to homosexuality in the entire cannon, Scott explores the historical context of homosexuality in the ancient...
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 016: Is it the Same Yesterday Today and Forever?
Inherent to the restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is an understanding that all the beliefs and practices of the church existed in antiquity. This conclusion does not stand up to scrutiny. In this episode, Scott examines the constantly changing doctrines not only of...
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 015: The Difference Between Myth and Religion
What is the difference between religion and mythology? Do we take it out of context when we understand it simply as a set of dogmatic beliefs? Religion is much more than just belief and it encompasses the entire culture and society of believers. In this episode, Scott discusses his view on…
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Ramuemptom Ruminations: 014: Elder Rasband Explains the Vaccine Recommendation
Elder Rasband visited my area over the weekend and gave a devotional. While I did not personally attend, a copy of the audio found its way to my desk. After listening to it I knew that a few of the key topics of discussion needed to be preserved as a part of the discourse on the subject of...
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 013: Looking Through a Glass Darkly
Prophets see through a glass darkly. According to modern LDS apologists, members of the church need to excuse the leaders of the church for making mistakes. The reasoning for this belief comes from 1 Corinthians 13:12 where paul admits he does not see everything clearly. Does this scripture say...
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 012: Did Moses Write That?
Did Moses write that? When was the Bible written? How much time passed between its writing and the events of the Bible? In this episode, Scott discusses two interpretations of the dating for the Pentateuch. The Documentary Hypothesis and the Supplementary Hypothesis. This discussion is a primer…
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 010: The Ancient Origin of Mother in Heaven
In many cultures outside of the Abrahamic traditions, there are masculine and feminine representations of deity. Joseph Smith taught on a few occasions, that we have a mother in heaven. Why can’t modern prophets talk about her? If the modern church has nothing to say about her, can we find…
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 009: Cafeteria Mormonism
Mormons on all sides of the spectrum talk about Cafeteria Mormonism. In this episode, Scott discusses his theory that everyone in the church is a Cafeteria Mormon. Each member of the church has a different level of understanding of the church and the world around them. Taking the concepts from…
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 008: Mormon Tinted Glasses
Do we perceive the world around us objectively? How would we know? Why can’t our believing friends and family see the truth when we point it out to them through credible sources? As nuanced and post Mormons, we have all been on both sides of the problem of ignoring facts and cherry-picking...
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 007: Spiritual Fallacies
As we deconstruct religion, many of us are faced with the task of rationalizing spiritual experiences and understanding them in a new light. What if the spiritual experiences we had, regardless of their source, did not mean what we interpreted from them? What logical fallacies do we make when we...
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 005: The Source of Morality
Four people stand before God to be judged, each from a different time, with a unique list of commandments for them to follow to enter heaven. This is a thought experiment of Scott’s making called The Shifting Commandments Dilemma. If we believe in God what are we to understand about his code of...
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 004: A Thoughtful Deconstruction of Mormonism
Bill Reel, Executive Director of Mormon Discussion Inc, sits down with Scott Dyer, host of the new Rameumptom Ruminations podcast to discuss the unveiling of Rameumptom Ruminations. Three episodes are already posted on the site. Scott is well-read and articulate and such comes through his voice…
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 003: Harmonizing the Prophets
After posting a few of his Ruminations, Scott got a little pushback from believing members of the church in the Tiktok community. A few different members of the church recommended that he study Article of Faith 9. The articles of faith are claims of belief. In this episode, Scott addresses…
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 002: On Covenants and the Impermanence of Things
In this episode, Scott examines the Russian Nobleman thought experiment and what implications this concept has on the impermanence of a person’s ideals. Is a person still themselves if they think differently as an adult than they did as a child? Your answer to this question has significant...
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Rameumptom Ruminations: 001: The Good Ship Zion
The Good Ship Zion is a term used in the Mormon church to refer to itself. In the first episode of Rameumptom Ruminations, Scott discusses the Ship of Theseus thought experiment. It is an age-old philosophical concept of the nature of things. Give this new podcast a listen as we explore the...
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The Rameumptom Ruminations podcast seeks to help listeners deconstruct Mormonism in a thoughtful honest way that values the person who is utilizing this resource.
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