The First Stone: Cheating, shame and a series of unfortunate men

Thanks For Asking

Feelings & Co.

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 13.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Jenni was raised Mormon, and for the first part of her life, was a dutiful follower. She got married young, attended church, and was a loyal wife. But life got messy and complicated for Jenni, and she eventually made a choice that surprised her. A choice considered a sin in her culture, and a pretty hurtful thing to do by the rest of society: she cheated. For the last year, Jenni’s been grappling with the shame and guilt of this choice and how parts of her dating history led to this choice.

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0:00.0	Um, how are you?
0:05.0	Most people answer that question with fine or good.
0:09.0	But obviously it's not always fine and it's usually not even that good.
0:15.0	This is a podcast that asks people to be honest about their pain.
0:21.0	To just be honest about how they really feel, about the hard parts of life.
0:30.0	And guess what?
0:32.2	It's complicated.
0:34.0	I'm Nora McNerney.
0:37.0	And this is terrible.
0:39.0	Thanks for asking.
0:45.0	There's a story in the Bible that might be familiar to some of you.
0:50.0	If you want to follow along, it's John Chapter 8, verse 3, but here's a summary.
0:57.0	The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery.
1:02.0	They made her stand before the group and said to brought in a woman caught in adultery.
1:02.9	They made her stand before the group and said to Jesus,
1:06.1	Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
1:10.0	She should be stoned according to laws.
1:13.3	And Jesus says,
1:15.2	Let any one of you who is without sin
1:18.4	be the first to throw a stone at her.
1:21.7	I'm telling you this, because terrible thanks for asking is now a Bible study.
1:27.0	Kidding? And also because this story is significant to today's guest.
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