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Infants on Thrones

Ep 145 – Happiness

Infants on Thrones

Glenn Ostlund

Personal Journals, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2015

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

Are people happier after they leave the Mormon church?  Randy leads a discussion with Matt, Glenn, Bob, and two long-time listeners, Polly Anna and Jay.  Be sure to let us know what you think as well.  See you on the comments board.

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0:00.0

All right, so this is going to be probably the most serious question I ask.

0:04.1

I'm curious if you guys are willing or able to share something vulnerable with the

0:09.2

audience about you that maybe the audience wouldn't know.

0:12.8

My honest answer is a s-ser for a thing, that's

0:15.8

the shit.

0:16.8

Oh my gosh, don't you weren't gonna do that, Randy?

0:24.0

Oh, stop it.

0:25.0

I totally.

0:26.0

It's just that you asked a question like that,

0:29.3

and it's like, that's the first thing that comes in my mind

0:31.8

and how do I top that? Like, how do I come up? You don't have to say the first thing that comes in my mind and how do I top that?

0:32.6

Well, you don't have to say the first thing to come to your mind. No, but it's like what else is there?

0:40.1

Actually, I'm ready to answer.

0:43.0

It might seem crazy what I'm about to say.

0:46.0

The question of, are you happier now?

0:49.0

Because I do hear a lot of ex-M Mormons say they're so much happier now after they've left the church.

0:57.0

And part of it is that I have inherited from my mother, you know a pretty high

1:08.4

anxiety level.

1:10.8

With the air, like I don't care, baby, by the way. level. since I've left the church and you know I can't honestly say that I'm happier.

1:27.0

So that's that's kind of my confession. I'm not going to be one of those people that

1:35.2

one of those ex- Mormons of trumpets how much happier I am now than I was before

1:40.7

because I don't know if I am.

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