Terry Hutchinson
John Gee
Kevin Christensen
You can listen to or download the June 14 broadcast of the Interpreter Radio Show below. It will also be included in our podcast feed (https://interpreterfoundation.org/feeds/podcast). The hosts were Terry Hutchinson, John Gee and Kevin Christensen. In this episode, they discuss the 1978 revelation extending priesthood and temple blessings to all worthy members of the Church. Also featured is a discussion of recent Interpreter articles. The second hour was a roundtable on the upcoming Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon lesson #28 on Alma 32-35 with guest Nate Hutchinson. The Interpreter Radio Show can be heard Sunday evenings from 7 to 9 PM (MDT), on K-TALK, AM 1640, or you can listen live on the Internet at ktalkmedia.com. Call in to 801-254-1640 with your questions and comments during the live show.
Original air date: June 14, 2020. This recording has been edited to remove commercial breaks.
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At the 15:00 mark a discussion on the Lamanite curse comes up. The argument about “shirts as skins” theory is a hopeful and far out dodge away from the reality of how those passages were interpreted by prophets, apostles, and canonized in church doctrine.
Interpretation, even by apostles, is very different from canonized. The words are canonized, but we are required to understand those words. Suggesting that we cannot improve the readings that others have offered suggests that there is some definitive reading–which is contrary to the way both scholarship and the Church works. Rather than a “far out dodge,” it is an interesting hypothesis. I personally don’t agree with it, but that doesn’t mean that it should be called a “far out dodge.” It is a legitimate attempt to understand scripture.