2 Guys on a Tangent

After much delay, today we discuss October 2022 General Conference! What things stood out to you? As always we hope you enjoy the discussion and we would love to hear your thoughts. You can reach us on twitter @2guysonatangent or email us at [email protected]. Check out our facebook page to stay up to date on announcements and new content! Today's drink recipe can be found at https://cowboyslifeblog.com/galentines-day-party/

In today's episode, we talk about a Salt Tribune Poll of General Conference Dream Headlines.Some are silly, while others are controversial. Some make references to current issues and others address past themes. We had a great time discussing these and the tangents they made us think of. Which one resonated with you the most? Is there a conference headline you would love to see that wasn't on the list? As always we hope you enjoy the discussion and we would love to hear your thoughts. You can reach us on twitter @2guysonatangent or email us at [email protected]. Check out our facebook page to stay up to date on announcements and new content!

In today's episode, we continue with the CES Letter and the section on the Kinderhook plates and translation claims.This section of the CES letter focuses on Joseph Smith's ability to translate. After translating the Book of Mormon, Joseph acquired various different artifacts of what appeared to be ancient writing and attempted to translate these. Some of these artifacts ended up being hoaxes while others appear to say different things than Joseph claimed. Are the scholars wrong? Was Joseph translating these literally or just using them as inspiration? Is this a sign that Joseph Smith may not have been as inspired as he claimed? How does that change what we believe?As always we hope you enjoy the discussion and we would love to hear your thoughts. You can reach us on twitter @2guysonatangent or email us at [email protected]. Check out our facebook page to stay up to date on announcements and new content!

After a bit of an unplanned break, we're back! In today's episode, we circle back to the CES Letter and the section on Prophets.Does a prophet always speak for God? If not, how can you tell when he is and when he isn't? Does it matter? There is an oft repeated quote from Wilford Woodruff that says, "The Lord will never permit me or any other man who stands as President of this Church to lead you astray." This belief sets us up to believe that you don't need to wrestle with difficult choices, or dilemmas, as long as you follow the prophet. Do you agree? How does that balance play out in your life?Finally what roles if any do prophets play in your life? As always we hope you enjoy the discussion and we would love to hear your thoughts. You can reach us on twitter @2guysonatangent or email us at [email protected]. Check out our facebook page to stay up to date on announcements and new content!

Today we're talking about the recent worldwide 5th Sunday lesson on missionary work.We are taught that a mission is priesthood responsibility but that's not found in our scriptures. So where did that come from? How does personal agency play into that? In the past mission experiences have been seen a kind of boot camp for life. With the new changes that have been made to the mission experience is that still true? What is the purpose of a mission? Do we as members of the church have something valuable or unique to offer the world? If so, what is it? As always we hope you enjoy the discussion and we would love to hear your thoughts. You can reach us on twitter @2guysonatangent or email us at [email protected]. Check out our facebook page to stay up to date on announcements and new content!

In today's episode, we talk about the Netflix special about the FLDS church, "Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey". What does "keep sweet" mean to you? How does emotion play into church experience? When watching the show, there are times where you feel that they should have realized what was happening was wrong. What harmful things do we do that are obvious to others but not to us? Does God use fear to motivate? Where do we draw the line between religious freedom and something that is widely considered morally wrong? As always we hope you enjoy the discussion and we would love to hear your thoughts. You can reach us on twitter @2guysonatangent or email us at [email protected]. Check out our facebook page to stay up to date on announcements and new content!

In today's episode, we continue part 2 of our conversation about afterlife in the media with special guest Jonny Maruji from the podcast Bless the Refreshments. How have the depictions of the afterlife in The Good Place affected you? How does it compare to LDS beliefs? What can we learn from the various aspects of the show that help us prepare for the afterlife? What role does morality/principles play in preparing for the afterlife? Last but not least what was your favorite part of The Good Place? As always we hope you enjoy the discussion and we would love to hear your thoughts. You can reach us on twitter @2guysonatangent, email us at [email protected] or leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform.  Check out our facebook page to stay up to date on announcements and new content!

In today's episode, we have a special guest Jonny Maruji from the podcast Bless the Refreshments. Recently we discussed our thoughts on what the afterlife would be like and that got us thinking, what other depictions of the afterlife exist out there? So today we're talking about depictions of the afterlife in media. How has Hollywood depicted the afterlife? Was there any particular that doctrine that we found amusing? What can we learn from the various depictions? How do LDS depictions compare to non-LDS depictions? In the end you'll see there was only one that we really wanted to talk about. This episode was so fun that we split it into a two-parter. We hope you'll join us next time for the rest of the discussion! As always we hope you enjoy the discussion and we would love to hear your thoughts. You can reach us on twitter @2guysonatangent, email us at [email protected] or leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform.  Check out our facebook page to stay up to date on announcements and new content!

In today's episode, we finish our discussion of the CES Letter section on polygamy. What danger is there from assuming that good outcomes means something is from God and bad outcomes means it was from Satan? Do the later doctrinal developments such as polygamy clash with the first vision, translation of the Book of Mormon and other early revelations? Could polygamy have been a mistake? Do we ignore more troubling aspects of polygamy because we don't know how to handle it? Is there a chance that Joseph was a fallen prophet? How do we take the lessons of the past and apply them to the present so we don't repeat the same mistakes?  As always we hope you enjoy the discussion and we would love to hear your thoughts. You can reach us on twitter @2guysonatangent, email us at [email protected] or leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform.  Check out our facebook page to stay up to date on announcements and new content!

In today's episode, we continue discussing the CES Letter, specifically the section regarding Polygamy. What comes to mind when you hear that so and so was a polygamist? What does marriage/sealing mean to you? Are they similar and how do they differ? Does it matter? Do we ignore more troubling aspects of polygamy because we don't know how to handle it? How can we deal with this history? Is it possible that maybe the early saints had misunderstandings that led to the institution of polygamy? Does the knowledge that Joseph practiced polygamy impact your testimony at all?  We ended up going deeper than expected into the topic so we split this episode into 2 parts. As always we hope you enjoy the discussion and we would love to hear your thoughts. You can reach us on twitter @2guysonatangent or email us at [email protected]. Check out our facebook page to stay up to date on announcements and new content!