BASED Mike Lee Posting Based Mike Lee Things! - Is Neal A. Maxwell The ULTIMATE Based Apostle?

BASED Mike Lee Posting Based Mike Lee Things! - Is Neal A. Maxwell The ULTIMATE Based Apostle?

From WARD RADIO by Cardon Ellis

June 6, 2026 · 20 min · Episode 1103

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of Neal A. Maxwell's 1978 talk in relation to contemporary secularism and religious freedom.

In this episode the Ward Radio crew reacts to a clip Senator Mike Lee posted just hours ago from Elder Neal A. Maxwell’s October 10, 1978 BYU Devotional “Meeting the Challenges of Today.”Maxwell delivers one of the most clear-eyed diagnoses of our time: we are entering “a period of incredible ironies” where a maximum effort will be made to establish irreligion as the state religion — a new form of paganism that uses the very freedoms of Western civilization to shrink freedom while rejecting our rich Judeo-Christian heritage.The hosts break down:How secularism is succeeding in virtually establishing unbeliefThe paradox of tolerance and why religion is being relabeled as “harm”This 1978 talk feels like it was written for right now.Drop your thoughts in the comments — is this the prophetic warning our generation needs?CHAPTERS (copy and paste these directly into YouTube):text0:00 - Intro: Sen. Mike Lee Drops the Neal A. Maxwell Clip1:45 - The Irony of Irreligion as State Religion (Maxwell Clip Begins)4:30 - Paganism Using Our Freedoms to Shrink Freedom + Claire Booth Luce6:15 - The Paradox of Tolerance & President Oaks Quote8:45 - James Lindsay: Wokeism/Atheism as the Unofficial…

People in this episode

Host: Cardon Ellis

Topics covered

  • secularism
  • religion
  • freedom
  • paganism
  • tolerance
  • Judeo-Christian heritage

Keywords

  • Neal A. Maxwell
  • Mike Lee
  • secularism
  • religious freedom
  • paganism
  • tolerance
  • Judeo-Christian

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