878: Brooke Bonham Miller and Josh Miller - Seeking Support from Spencer Fluhman and the Maxwell Institute in a Faith Crisis Pt. 2
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2018
⏱️ 72 minutes
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This episode of Mormon Stories Podcast is an interview with Brooke Bonham Miller and Josh Miller about the difficulties they faced during their Mormon faith crisis. They also share a wonderful and challenging experience they had speaking privately with Dr. Spencer Fluhman (Head of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship) about their questions and doubts. This interview highlights Brooke and Josh’s background in the LDS Church, what doubts they encountered, why they decided share their doubts with Dr. Fluhman, and their reactions to the answers he provided.
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| 0:57.0 | So we can talk more about that towards the end about where you're believing now. |
| 1:03.0 | So it sounds like, and I'm so sorry for your loss, I can't imagine what that would be like. |
| 1:08.0 | We had some miscarriages but not still born. |
| 1:12.0 | I think that's a whole other level of difficulty of tragedy. |
| 1:16.0 | So I'm so sorry. |
| 1:18.0 | Thank you. |
| 1:20.0 | So it sounds like that kind of put the discussion or even the pursuit of questioning on pause for some time. |
| 1:27.0 | Yeah, I think, |
| 1:30.0 | although communication wise, right, I'm just still wrestling with these problems by myself. |
| 1:36.0 | Actually, so it was October 20th of 2015 that we lost our baby. |
| 1:41.0 | And it was just shortly, not even a month later, they came out with the stance on the LGBTQ issues. |
| 1:49.0 | So I think that the November 2000, yeah, I think that kind of a cause an up an uproar in our like our questions. |
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