1170: How to Survive BYU as an Unorthodox or Non-Believing Student Pt. 2
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2019
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Join us now on Mormon Stories Podcast as we do an all-day, live-streamed series of interviews on "How to Survive BYU as an Unorthodox or Non-Believing Student." Please share your questions, comments, and stories here so we can use them in the show.
And please share this info with anyone who you think might benefit from it, including any past, present, or future Brigham Young University-Provo or Brigham Young University–Idaho students. Thanks in advance.
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| 0:59.2 | Okay, so you decided not to push the button on the mission? |
| 1:12.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:13.4 | So then I went back to BYU and instead of being on the mission at the same time as him, |
| 1:18.2 | I was at BYU for another year kind of struggling with test money. |
| 1:22.2 | Oh, so you started to struggle with your testimony at BYU? |
| 1:25.2 | Yeah, because I came back from Romania and had a really hard time reconciling my privilege. |
| 1:31.2 | Like I had a really hard time being like, what? |
| 1:34.8 | Like I get to come back. |
| 1:36.5 | I'm going to college for a really great price. |
| 1:40.7 | Like, Romanians can't get college for this price. |
| 1:43.9 | I get it because I was a member, but like they didn't even have a really good chance to |
| 1:48.0 | be a member and like what I get a washer and dryer and no one has washers and dryers. |
| 1:53.0 | They're like doing it by hand. |
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