AS117: Two Ex-Mormon Stories, Part 1
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Thomas Smith
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🗓️ 9 March 2015
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
This week I'm very pleased to be joined by two ex-Mormons, Bill and Gerald. Their stories are similar in many ways, but also diverge at a few key points. Get a glimpse into what it's like to grow up as a Mormon; the missions, the creepy corporate feel of the church, the very firm expectations. … Continue reading AS117: Two Ex-Mormon Stories, Part 1
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to, atheistically speaking. Oh, Hello and welcome to atheistically speaking episode 117 with your host |
| 0:37.0 | Thomas Smith. Now this week I am joined by two very esteemed guests. To people with similar stories will find out the |
| 0:46.8 | differences and the similarities. Both ex-Mormans am I correct in saying? |
| 0:51.1 | Yes. |
| 0:53.0 | That... |
| 0:54.0 | Uh, technically, I'm still a member. |
| 0:57.0 | Ah, okay. |
| 0:58.0 | In my mind, I'm not. |
| 1:00.0 | So, uh, Bill is still a member. You're hearing Bill. Go ahead and introduce yourself. |
| 1:07.0 | Okay, I'm Bill from originally from Savannah, Georgia, currently living in Japan, where I went on my mission. |
| 1:16.0 | Ah, very interesting. |
| 1:17.4 | And then there's also Gerald, who is the, who just said he's not a member jailed if you'd briefly introduce yourself. |
| 1:24.4 | Sure, I'm originally from Salt Lake City. |
| 1:27.4 | My parents live here and I'm visiting them this weekend, but I live in San Antonio. |
| 1:32.1 | So you're getting some godless recording in from Salt Lake City. |
| 1:37.0 | I like it. |
| 1:38.0 | While drinking a beer. |
| 1:40.0 | Oh man. |
| 1:41.0 | Well I really am curious, let's not get, we'll get into that in due time, but I'm curious if that's a how that works with your family. But so I happen to get in contact with you guys I think from a different panel we were going to do but then I you both happen to have somewhat similar story so I thought let's do an episode about Mormons, about missions, about that experience, how it happened, and how you |
| 2:08.1 | guys eventually lost your faith. |
| 2:11.0 | And it's very, I'm glad one of you is still technically in the church we get a bit of a different kind of view |
| 2:15.6 | So that's going to be very interesting. So let's go ahead and start with you Gerald. What's your basic |
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