We know, of course, that the Interpreter Foundation is nearly at death’s door.  Most notably, a critic who called himself Bond James Bond pointed this out almost precisely eight years ago, on 25 January 2013.  And, just this morning, I learned on the same message board where Mr. Bond made his venerable prophecy that the disastrous failure that looms over the Foundation’s Witnesses film project has reduced me to “desperation.”  Despite my fragile state of mind, though, I… Read more

    If you would like to see the nearly five-minute interview with Paul Wuthrich that aired this morning on ABC Television ‘s Salt Lake City affiliate, you can do so at the link just below.  Paul Wuthrich is the actor who portrays Joseph Smith in the forthcoming Interpreter Foundation theatrical film, Witnesses:   ABC 4 Utah (KTVX, Salt Lake City): “Portrayal of Joseph Smith in Witnesses shows humanity”   This has been a long time coming, not only because… Read more

    Update:  We’re now told more specifically that Paul will be on between 9:35 and 9:45 today.   Just so you know, on Thursday morning, 21 January 2021 — just a few hours from the time I’m writing — the host of ABC 4 “Good Things Utah” will do a live television interview with Paul Wuthrich, who plays the Prophet Joseph Smith in the forthcoming Interpreter Foundation theatrical film, Witnesses.  It is scheduled to last for 3-4 minutes, and… Read more

    At least by the time I was in graduate school, evangelical Protestant anti-Mormonism was clearly the single most obvious overt challenger to the claims of the Restoration and to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — as distinct, of course, from the usual tugs of worldly temptation and sheer burn-out.  It was the day of The God Makers and of Ex-Mormons for Jesus.  There was an actual anti-Mormon visitor center in greater Los Angeles — Todd… Read more