747: Losing the Lamanites - Vania Moore (Brazil) Pt. 2
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2017
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
This episode begins our series on “Losing the Lamanites” where we interview people from Central and South America, Native Americans, and Pacific Islanders with the intent of exploring their faith transitions—especially their thoughts and feelings on the identity of “Lamanite” being given to them.
Vania Moore was raised in the LDS Church and has recently experienced a faith transition. In this episode, we explore:
*Vania’s upbringing in the LDS Church and her desire to serve an LDS mission
*Her thoughts about the label of “Lamanite” and how she never felt it applied to her, and why
*The cultural differences of the LDS Church she noticed having been raised in Brazil and then immigrating to Utah
*Her marriage and subsequent divorce
*Immigrating to America in search of a new life for herself and her children
*How her struggle with anxiety and depression immediately subsided after she decided to leave the LDS Church
*Her remarriage to a true-believing member of the LDS Church and how they make their mixed-faith marriage work
*Vania’s YouTube channel where she explores different truth claims of the church
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| 0:49.3 | So how did so your marriage that first marriage didn't work out? Is there anything |
| 0:56.1 | worth talking about there or how long did that last? It lasted for 12 years. |
| 1:04.2 | Okay. Actually, you know, as I look back now, we weren't ready for marriage. You |
| 1:10.4 | know, I wasn't nor was he. We were, you know, we didn't even, I don't think we've |
| 1:16.5 | even fell in love, but there was that pressure when you come from a mission, oh, |
| 1:21.0 | you've got to get married. When are you going to get married, you know, so we kind |
| 1:24.9 | of, you know, went with that and ended up getting married. It was just like, you |
| 1:30.6 | know, a good curriculum, if you will. He was a former missionary, both raised in |
| 1:35.9 | the church and all that. We just thought, you know, looked at each other and thought, |
| 1:39.5 | why not? But it wasn't even close to enough to get, you know, to jump into a |
| 1:44.9 | commitment like marriage, especially when it's an eternal marriage. So yeah, and |
| 1:51.6 | that's just, that's Mormon culture. You just dive in and get married. And if |
| 1:55.2 | you follow the church's plan, hopefully, you're so busy that whether or not the marriage |
| 2:00.1 | is good, the marriage kind of stays intact, right? Yes, exactly. But for you guys, it |
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