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🗓️ 7 December 2020
⏱️ 69 minutes
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0:00.0 | Decades after I left the church, I was still dealing with sexual hang-ups from the church. |
0:05.6 | Because the Mormon church is insanely intense about sex. |
0:11.3 | It is as evil, literally in the hierarchy of evil things. Having sex |
0:16.3 | before marriage it comes right below murder. |
0:19.1 | So we've tackled Judaism, Islam, Jehovah's Witnesses and the Westboro Baptist Church so far |
0:26.8 | on the on the edge with Andrew Gold podcast. |
0:29.4 | And that can only mean one thing. |
0:31.6 | It's finally time for the Mormons. |
0:34.6 | And I've got none other than Dan Beecher, one half of the famous Frank and Dan who host the |
0:39.1 | Thank God I'm Atheist podcast. |
0:41.2 | I actually appeared as a guest on their podcast to discuss my exorcism film for the BBC, |
0:45.8 | and I've no doubt that some of our listeners cross over. |
0:48.8 | Theirs is absolutely huge in popularity. |
0:51.6 | Straight out of Utah, there are a couple of ex-Mormans who discuss all things |
0:55.5 | atheism. Dan also has a massive podcast show called The How-Toe heretic, so both touch on |
1:02.4 | atheism, cults, religions, and all that stuff that you and |
1:06.2 | I can't get enough of. |
1:10.0 | We discuss everything from the late British atheist and thought leader, Christopher Hitchins, |
1:14.4 | to haters and polyamary as opposed to the polygamy Mormonism is famous for. |
1:20.4 | We discuss that too and get to the bottom of it. |
1:23.0 | Like most of these podcast interviews, we dip in and out of serious themes and lighter moments that bring some levity to proceedings. |
1:30.0 | I mean, you don't want to be sad for an hour and neither do I. But it does get a little intense, as Dan describes certain aspects of his childhood. His mind conflicted as he searched for a sign from God that would never come. This exasperation and pressure left irreversible |
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