Benson & the John Birch Society (Part 9 of 13)
If you were born after 1975, you may not have heard of the John Birch Society. Dr. Matt Harris tells us more about this group,
LDS Podcast interviews by Rick Bennett of Gospel Tangents, the best place for Mormon History, Science, and Theology.
If you were born after 1975, you may not have heard of the John Birch Society. Dr. Matt Harris tells us more about this group,
Ezra Taft Benson joined Eisenhower to be his Agriculture Secretary in 1952. Benson didn’t even vote for Eisenhower! But President McKay allowed apostle Benson to
Must science and religion conflict? In our final conversation with Ben Spackman, he will compare two events that require a lot of faith to believe:
President McKay was an educator before he was called to be an apostle and future church president. Was he more open to evolution than other
Many fundamentalist Christians insist on a literal reading of Genesis. Ben Spackman says that the meaning of the word “literal” has literally changed over the
The Book of Genesis describes the creation of the earth in 7 days. Can that be interpreted through a scientific viewpoint? Ben Spackman will answer
For millennia, mankind believed the earth was flat. Does the Bible support that view? Ben Spackman says yes. We’ll talk about a biblical world view,
Many people like to say that man evolved from Apes. We’ll talk about that assumption, and I’ll ask Ben Spackman his opinions on the evolution
Early Mormon apostles BH Roberts, John A. Widtsoe, and James E. Talmage seemed to be very amenable to evolution. It seems like Joseph Fielding Smith
Rick Bennett is the friendly, independent historian at the heart of Gospel Tangents LDS Podcast: The Best Source for Mormon History, Science, and Theology. When he isn't interviewing Mormon scholars, prophets, and others, he is teaching math and statistics at Utah Valley University. He also freelances as a research biostatistician in the fields of Dermatology and Traumatic Brian Injuries, as well as in the network television/cable T.V. industries as a sports statistician. Rick holds a Master of Statistics Degree from the University of Utah.