T2H Episode 02: Truth-Seeking In a Nutshell
We all want the truth. We go through every waking minute of every day making plans and decisions based on our understanding of the truth. But what about conflicting truth claims? How can we sort out which truth claims are actually true? This episode considers epistemology generally, and how the LDS Church emphasizes one, somewhat narrow epistemic resource, to the near exclusion of other such resources. When the religious epistemology promoted by the LDS Church no longer seems to serve church members well, they often abandon religion ... and God ... altogether. Caught in the middle of all this are bishops, CES teachers and leaders, Relief Society officers, stake presidents, and other mid-level church leaders. When young adults and other church members begin to question the church's traditional methods of ascertaining truth, the resources from the LDS Church itself are not always helpful. Everyone is left somewhat stranded and in need of new ways of figuring out what is true and what is not true.
