1452: Leaving Mormonism in the 80s - Warren & Cindy Driggs

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 15 July 2021

⏱️ 268 minutes

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Summary

Warren Driggs is a part-time attorney and author of several books including “Mormon Boy: A Memoir” and “Swimming in Deep Water, A Novel of Joseph Smith”. In this delightful interview, we sit down with Warren and his wife Cindy as they take us through the different fascinating ways their families raised them in Salt Lake City ranging from orthodox Mormons to casual, but intellectual, members of the church.

Listen along as they share their hilarious stories, impart beautiful insights, and the lessons they learned raising moral children after leaving the religion they loved in the heart of Mormon Mecca.

Show notes:

“Mormon Boy: A Memoir” by Warren Driggs https://www.amazon.com/Mormon-Boy-Memoir-Warren-Driggs/dp/0998779547

“Swimming in Deep Water, A Novel of Joseph Smith” by Warren Driggs https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0779G53GP/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i2

“A Tortoise in the Road” by Warren Driggs https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XPV5MDC/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1

“Old Scratch” by Warren Driggs https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06Y5YMLF5/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i3

“No Man Knows My History” by Fawn Brodie https://www.amazon.com/No-Man-Knows-My-History/dp/0679730540/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=no+man+knows+my+history&qid=1626237620&sr=8-1

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories Podcast. I'm your host
0:03.7	Dr. John DeLin. It is July 7th, 2021. And today we have a very special Mormon Stories
0:10.1	Podcast interview. I say that every time and I mean it every single time. Today we are interviewing
0:15.9	Warren Driggs and Cindy Pulson Driggs and they are currently residents in St. George,
0:22.2	but they grew up here in or at least warranted here in Holiday, Utah. So Cindy and Warren
0:28.5	welcome to Mormon Stories Podcast. Thank you. It's a pleasure to be here. Yeah, it's so
0:33.0	good to have you guys. It's a pleasure. Thank you. For those who like kind of a preview of what we're
0:37.1	going to be talking about, I know about Warren. Well, first of all, I met Warren and Cindy in St.
0:43.0	George. I went down there for an event a couple of years ago and they were gracious enough to host
0:48.0	a gathering of ex-mormons down in St. George. Beautiful home, amazing guests, wonderful food,
0:54.0	delightful conversation. And I just thought these people would be amazing interviews on
0:59.0	Mormon Stories Podcast. I also learned about Warren because he is the author of a book. Of several
1:05.3	books, but one book is called Mormon Boy a Memoir by Warren Driggs. And he is also the author of
1:13.3	a Tortoise in the Road, Old Scratch, Swimming in Deep Water, a novel of Joseph Smith. And it's a very
1:20.8	interesting book, definitely a worthwhile read. So I know a little bit more about Warren than I do
1:25.6	about Cindy, but here is kind of what today's interview is mostly going to be about. It's going to
1:31.2	be about their respective Mormon up, bringing us. I will give away just what I know, which is that
1:37.1	Warren definitely would have reached adulthood more of a, let's say orthodox or faithful Mormon.
1:42.6	The incentive was not to disparage Cindy. They did get married on the temple as Mormons. We'll
1:47.8	talk about that. But let's just say that Warren was gung ho. Maybe Cindy was a little bit less so,
1:53.8	but they were going to make it work as Mormons. And I think where it gets interesting is, let's just
1:58.9	say in their late 20s, mid to late 20s, Warren starts to have doubts in question. And let's just say
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