The SRA Loop · Backfire

Sunday School at 2 AM

At 2:15 a.m. on September 26, Tim Ballard posted a 14-minute "clip from Backfire, Episode 3" to Facebook. His caption: "It's a doozy!" Here is what's in it.

Compiled September 26, 2026 · TB Backfire Log entry V036 · Every quote is his own (machine transcript)

Card: Sunday School at 2 AM. Teacher: excommunicated.

Where the clip comes from

The visual aids

Twenty of the graphics in the clip, each with what he's saying as it appears:

An actress, eyes closed, in distress
0:18 · An actress, eyes closed, in distress
"…proceeds to tell you that your spouse has had penetrative sex with a woman. You know it's false…"
A dark church interior with a glowing window
0:42 · A dark church interior with a glowing window
"I think she's an angel from hell that torments these people…"
Two men in a hallway
1:30 · Two men in a hallway
"…in 2022 because we were filming a massive operation…"
Text card: "Section 102… you must allow the member to decide to have a council of 12 people"
1:54 · Text card: "Section 102… you must allow the member to decide to have a council of 12 people"
his reading of D&C 102
Caption over Ballard: "I am your…"
2:18 · Caption over Ballard: "I am your…"
"…I can override that because I am your judge in Israel…"
Title card: "D&C 102" Comment
2:30 · Title card: "D&C 102" Comment
"…this is Joseph commenting on section 102…"
Highlighted: "AND INJURE OUR FELLOW-BEINGS", History of the Church 2:25–26
2:42 · Highlighted: "AND INJURE OUR FELLOW-BEINGS", History of the Church 2:25–26
"countless fellow beings… were injured"
Caption: "MYTH OF INFALLIBILITY"
3:18 · Caption: "MYTH OF INFALLIBILITY"
"…a subject that usually is limited to a dining room table after church…"
VICE headline about him, Sept 15, 2023
4:42 · VICE headline about him, Sept 15, 2023
"…from the tabloid magazine, from Doug Anderson…"
Caption: "You still do it?"
6:54 · Caption: "You still do it?"
"…2nd Nephi 28. He tells you you're gonna do it, and he's still doing it."
Caption: "LIE for the greater good?"
7:18 · Caption: "LIE for the greater good?"
"Is that what Jesus would do? Lie for the greater good…"
Paper-cut style illustration
7:42 · Paper-cut style illustration
"…'Tim's not effectuating an atonement here. He's trying to rescue children.'"
An arm reaching toward a stormy sky
8:06 · An arm reaching toward a stormy sky
"…and he tosses tables, and he exposes people who are hypocrites."
Stacked hands, caption "AMEN TO THE PRIESTHOOD"
9:06 · Stacked hands, caption "AMEN TO THE PRIESTHOOD"
"…amen to the priesthood… mental gymnastics…"
Ballard acting out a fist-pump and face-palm
9:18 · Ballard acting out a fist-pump and face-palm
"…what a great judge in Israel he is. This is disgusting, guys."
Captions: "I AM YOUR JUDGE IN ISRAEL" / "NO WITNESSES"
10:06 · Captions: "I AM YOUR JUDGE IN ISRAEL" / "NO WITNESSES"
"He's a high councilman. I'm your judge in Israel. No witnesses."
Caption: "Your children no longer have a father"
10:18 · Caption: "Your children no longer have a father"
"…Your covenants are dead. Your children no longer have a father…"
Title: "Read D&C 102"
10:30 · Title: "Read D&C 102"
"Go read Doctrine and Covenants 102… then 121"
D&C 121 text card
11:06 · D&C 121 text card
"…amen to his priesthood."
D&C 121 text (verses 17–20)
11:42 · D&C 121 text (verses 17–20)
"…not to Kevin Hamilton's policy."

One more frame, a photo of a private individual he accuses of lying (9:30), is deliberately not shown.

What this page does not claim

It doesn't say whether his statements are true, and it doesn't say where the illustrative images came from (the actress, the church interior, the paper-cut art, the reaching arm). Those haven't been checked yet. It shows what the clip contains and when it was posted.