725: Noah Rasheta's Mormon Transition Pt. 3

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

4.5 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2017

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Mormon Stories, we interview Noah Rasheta — the Executive Director of the Foundation for Mindful Living and host of the Secular Buddhism podcast. This meaningful and compelling interview covers:

Noah’s early life as an orthodox Mormon believer and his struggle with the thought that with all of the good in the world, is it possible that the path set forth by the LDS Church is the only valid one?
How he felt uneasy and shaken as he broadened his study of the Mormon faith
His description of his transitioning process, his fears of leaving the LDS Church, and “coming out” as a non-believer to those in his faith community
How as his transition progressed, his view towards people became more kind, warm, and compassionate
His studies of Buddhist philosophy and the development of a purpose-driven life by integrating Buddhist teachings, modern science, humanism, and humor

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0:51.1	So Noah, what are your current beliefs and you could almost just go through
0:55.4	almost the temple recommend questions? I'm interested in God and Jesus and the
1:00.7	Holy Ghost and the Bible and the Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith, you know, prophets,
1:05.9	one true church, all that stuff. So what are you comfortable sharing with now
1:11.7	about your beliefs after your Mormon faith transition? Ah, okay. I think in
1:21.3	some ways, I would say I'm very cautious about having any beliefs at this
1:27.9	point. I feel like I try to analyze the way that I view the world and see in
1:37.4	what ways are my beliefs perhaps limiting the view of what's really there. And
1:46.4	so especially with the existential type questions, I don't know that I have a
1:51.3	position on them whether any position of certainty at least, you know, whether
1:56.0	it's this or it's that or it is this or it isn't that. To me, has become a
2:02.9	relevant for my faith journey. For me, it's more about I just don't know and if
2:09.5	it's something that's unknowable, I'm not interested in it anymore. It's just
2:14.0	it can be whatever it is. It's what it is. Whether I believe it or not. So I try
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