1878: Healing & Joy Beyond Mormonism - David Bokovoy Pt. 4
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2024
⏱️ 178 minutes
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Summary
Ever wonder what happens when a faithful Mormon Bible scholar has a crisis of faith and steps away from the religion he dedicated his life to? David Bokovoy's candid interview takes you on a riveting personal journey from staunch believer to "spiritual atheist." He pulls no punches in describing how the Church's controversial 2015 LGBTQ+ policy shattered his worldview, leading him to lose his testimony and leave Mormonism behind. With raw honesty and hard-won wisdom, he shares profound insights about the transformative power of education from his work in prison rehabilitation. He grapples with weighty questions of free will, authenticity, and human connection.
You'll be captivated by his stories of finding the "Holy Ghost" outside of religion, confronting trauma through therapy, and continually evolving his understanding of truth. Brimming with thought-provoking perspectives on everything from ADHD to patriarchy to psychedelics, Bokovoy's interview is a must-see for anyone on their own journey of self-discovery beyond rigid belief systems.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories Podcast. I am your host |
| 0:05.0 | John Delinn. It is March 6, 2024 and welcome to David Bacavoy Week on Mormon Stories Podcast. |
| 0:13.7 | How's that sound David? |
| 0:14.9 | I didn't know I had a full week, John. |
| 0:17.2 | That's great. |
| 0:19.2 | Thank you so much. |
| 0:20.2 | And Margie, it's good to have you here. |
| 0:21.8 | Thanks for joining us, Margie. |
| 0:22.8 | Yes, my pleasure. |
| 0:24.8 | For those who are joining us midweek or mid- episode, |
| 0:28.4 | David Bakavoy definitely would easily be ranked as one of the top 10 most important interviews I've done |
| 0:35.2 | on Mormon stories. I'll just do a super quick recap you. If you're watching this stuff linearly, |
| 0:41.6 | you will know that what I did is I took like a three-part |
| 0:44.3 | interview of David's Mormon story that was recorded years ago on Mormon stories |
| 0:49.2 | way back in the archive. We munged them together as one episode and we just shared that on the previous episode to kind of catch you up to speed on David's |
| 1:00.0 | David's Mormon story |
| 1:10.7 | I'll have him recap it, but basically grew up in San Diego, CES, became a, you know, served a mission, got married in the temple, |
| 1:13.6 | Dukoko became a CES instructor, ended up as the Institute Director, |
| 1:19.5 | I believe at Harvard and MIT. |
| 1:22.4 | Was it director or just teacher? I was not the director, just an instructor. |
| 1:26.7 | Instructor. Just an instructor of Harvard and MIT Mormon students and eventually had the hopes to become a you know PhD |
| 1:38.4 | at Brandeis right in Hebrew Bible in the ancient Near East. |
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