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The Testing, one, two, three, testing one, two, three. This is Radio Free Mormon, on the air,

broadcasting behind enemy lines. Tonight's episode, a look at the truth and light letter. There has been

a recent permutation of responses to the CES letter. Let me back up just a bit and say around

10 years ago or so. It's been quite a while now. Jeremy Reynolds put out his CES letter,S. letter, which is a collection, a rather extensive

collection of criticisms of the LDS Church and the Book of Mormon and things of that sort. It has

had a massive, massive impact on membership resignation rates. And therefore, the apologists have

taken it upon themselves to try and respond to

this CES letter by Jeremy Reynolds in order to stanch the bleeding. Now, Jim Bennett, I know did one.

He did a response to the CES letter. Haven't read it like Jim Bennett, though. But the most recent, the most recent iteration

of responses to the CES letter is now making the rounds. It is being hailed as the silver

bullet that will finally kill the CES letter by the light of the full moon. It is called

the truth and light letter. And therefore, the title of tonight's

episode is a look at the truth and light letter. It's certainly not going to be an exhaustive

response to the truth and light letter. But I am going to take a look at it. And the reason that I

finally decided to take a look at it is because I was going through my email the other day,

and I have an email exchange going along with the gentleman named Phil McLemore.

He is a former member of the church.

He may still be a member of the church.

I know he was a former chaplain in the military, and he's also very into meditation. I think yoga as well. He's not going to be a guest

on the show, but he will be here by virtue of his emails to me. And one of the things I wanted to talk

to Phil McLemore about had to do with the CES letter. Actually, he brought it up. And by CES letter, of course, I mean the

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