Mormon Civil War

About Mormon Civil War

This is a place for dialogue about 'Christians vs Pharisees: Choosing sides and how to fight for them in the Mormon Civil War' and other collaborations like 'The Loyal Opposition' where Peter Bleakley has teamed up with Nemo the Mormon. At current rates of decline in active membership the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will functionally cease to exist in Europe, most of the rest of the world and several regions of the USA in the next 10-15 years, so radical reforms need to happen now if it is to survive, and it may already too late. The vast majority of members have already left the Church globally, including 80% of the young people raised in it, and recently leaked data has revealed that in my homeland of the UK and the Republic of Ireland we are down to less than 15% of our members active and it is falling fast. The stats across the rest of Europe are similar. I will be discussing not only what the General Authorities and local leaders and members have to stop doing and saying to choose Christian Mormonism instead of Pharisee Mormonism (and stop trying to teach and practice both at once and failing), but also the positive changes that need to happen radically and fast to have this amazing religion with so much positive potential survive and thrive in the real world of the 21st Century. What do you think it will take?

Publisher

Peter Bleakley

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Apr 2021

Latest episode

21 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

43 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Dec 2025

   MORMON CIVIL WAR EPISODE 16 - RESISTANCE, PROTEST AND STILL FIGHTING FOR A BRITISH MORMON UTOPIA - A PERSONAL JOURNEY

   In this presentation from the recent 2025 Sunstone UK symposium I review my version of the journey hundreds of thousands of Latter-day Saints have walked from passionate enthusiasm for this religion to astonished disillusionment, yet still not able to entirely walk away. I talk about some of the amazing, forward thinking and potentially world changing yet simple ideas in the best of Mormon thought, with a particular focus on the superstar LDS intellectuals who I have only recently discovered ...

2. 

   15 Sept 2025

   MORMON CIVIL WAR EPISODE 15 - MODEST PROPHECIES FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS

   After 5 years of the Mormon Civil War podcast, I team up with Gene Judson and Randy Watts of Latter Daily Digest to make infallible prophecies about how the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will continue to change over the next 5 years.

3. 

   5 Jan 2025

   MORMON CIVIL WAR: THE CHRISTMAS TOSCANO DIALOGUES DAY 12 - THEISMS AND THE SUPREME BEING

   Peter, Paul and Mormonism – The 12 Days of Christmas Toscano Dialogues In this final conversation Paul shares his conclusions about the Godhead that the text of the Book of Mormon actually describes, and it’s nothing like the ‘Fullness of the Gospel’ deity the LDS Church thinks it is telling us to believe in. We also talk about the what a final judgement may involve when administered by a merciful deity who is rooting for us to learn and grow and become like them.

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

93,467

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

88 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

14 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 47 / 100

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Quality

23

Social presence

0

YouTube

85

Engagement

93

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