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EP 81 - Ryan Josiah from TikTok co-hosts, Tim Ballard gets sued twice, and Elder Bednar clip goes viral, and much much more!
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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.
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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
No wonder he was always channeling Nephi
How many people actually watch conference?
Billions of our ancestors are watching conference every single day!!
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.
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!