Mormons (thread 11), Episode 3: When the Spanish Inquisition Met Mormonism: A 17th-Century Smackdown

Imagine sitting in a tense 17th-century tribunal as Joseph Smith drops bombshell after bombshell — angels, buried plates, a new scripture, and the idea that the whole church had gone off the rails. The inquisitors are learned, deliberate, and utterly flummoxed; they don’t hate religion, they just hate being told their whole system is obsolete.

This episode walks through that slow, increasingly panicked deliberation with a mix of wry humor and close reading of theological stakes. It’s a fun, curious thought experiment that asks: what happens when Christianity 2.0 shows up at the Inquisition’s door?