Preparing the Youth for Controversial Subjects | An Interview with David Snell

David Snell is a host on the Latter-day Saint YouTube channel,
"Saints Unscripted." He served a mission in Chihuahua, Mexico, and
then studied journalism at Brigham Young University. He married his
incredible wife in 2017, and they now spend most of their time
having a blast raising their baby boy. David loves diving into
Church history, but also enjoys gardening, power tools, and onion
rings. Highlights 2:00 Introduction to David Snell. He explains
what Saints Unscripted is. 5:30 Saints Unscripted is a YouTube
channel aimed towards helping people with tough questions. It's a
place that shares the gospel to people in our faith and outside of
our faith. They make it possible to understand difficult concepts
without having to read an academic article. 10:50 David gives
suggestions on teaching and guiding the youth and young adults. Be
prepared for the youth to find antagonistic material and be
prepared to talk about it with them. 13:50 The days have passed
when you were able to respond to questions by telling people that
they need to have faith or by bearing your testimony to them. Youth
today want more facts. 14:20 We trust social media influencers way
more than we should. Influencers give us quick answers instead of
us going and doing our ‘homework’ and studying things out to come
to our own conclusions. 18:20 Leaders should remember that youth
are growing up in a much different world than we did. We need to
take them seriously and understand what they are going through.
They are our future leaders. 22:10 The faith and beliefs videos on
Saints Unscripted are valuable for new converts or for members that
are learning about new controversies, for missionaries to help
answer controversial questions that instigators might have. These
videos are even valuable for those just wanting to know more about
the church but not necessarily wanting to meet with the
missionaries. 25:00 Leaders aren’t trained on how to answer
controversial questions and Saints Unscripted helps leaders have
resources and videos to help them. 27:20 David talks about how he
comes up with content for his videos. 30:00 While conference talks
and the standard stuff on the Church’s website is great, it doesn’t
always address the things that people are really struggling with
today. David encourages leaders to check out Saints Unscripted
because it could be a way to connect with someone that is
struggling and provide them with more resources. 36:15 David’s
journey with Saints Unscripted and how it has made him a better
follower of Jesus Christ Links Saints Unscripted Facebook: Faith
and Beliefs Facebook: Saints Unscripted Faith is Not Blind, by
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