Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 13 minutes ago
We all know the bond between mother and child is strong, but did you know an unborn baby can actually physically strengthen their mother?
Jenet Erickson is a BYU professor and family researcher at the Wheatley Institute. She shared with us the deep familial connections that form early in an infant’s life and what they mean in an eternal, spiritual context.
We all know the bond between mother and child is strong, but did you know an unborn baby can actually physically strengthen their mother?
Jenet Erickson is a BYU professor and family researcher at the Wheatley Institute. She shared with us the deep familial connections that form early in an infant’s life and what they mean in an eternal, spiritual context.
![The Moment I Realized I Was Wrong About Joseph Smith, the Temple & Freemasonry | Don Bradley [Clip]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ATrkQZbZCNY/mqdefault.jpg "The Moment I Realized I Was Wrong About Joseph Smith, the Temple & Freemasonry | Don Bradley [Clip]
Sometimes, we leave the camera rolling and ask one more question after an episode is done. This is the result of one of those times.
When Don Bradley left the Church and became an atheist, he was convinced Joseph Smith copied the temple endowment from Freemasonry. But when he actually dug into the timeline, things didn’t add up.
What he discovered about the parallels between masonry and the temple is one of the things that started pulling him back toward faith.
In this clip, we talk about:
- Parallels vs. borrowing
- Freemasonry’s biblical roots
- Temple patterns in the Book of Mormon and First Vision
- Why the 1820s timeline creates a real problem for the “Joseph copied Masonry” claim
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References:
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Freemasonry and the Origins of Latter-day Saint Temple Ordinances
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/interpreter/vol15/iss1/15/")
