Episode description
Episode description
Recently the Mormon Church released a new set of storybooks for children. For the storybook entitled "Doctrine and Covenants Stories" it has released a polygamy section that many feel is extremely harmful to children.Please join us as a Mormon Mom (Alyssa Witbeck) and a Mormon Therapist (Natasha Helfer) discuss their feelings about the likely harm that this section will cause to children.
00:05:30 The background and where to find this
00:13:30 Coming clean of their own volition vs the internet forcing them
00:14:54 Obedience is more important than intuition
00:19:09 God condones prophets to be predators
00:21:46 “The Lord commanded plural marriage”
00:26:45 Nowhere does God command polygamy in the Bible
00:32:21 Joseph is devastated for having to live polygamy
00:37:50 How did this happen if these men were called of God?
00:39:25 To claim that Joseph didn’t want to do this
00:43:15 Emma sometimes helped Joseph decide who to marry
00:46:44 Teaching the Twelve Apostles about polygamy
00:50:15 Brigham Young with his first wife
00:52:02 The laws against polygamy
00:52:52 John Dehlin’s polygamous grandparents
00:59:00 The Manifesto and end of polygamy
01:03:20 How sealings work in the Mormon church
01:10:02 This polygamy lesson teach and normalizes to children
01:26:30 Do they want to believe in a God that was okay with all of this?
01:30:50 Quick quiz
01:40:00 Why does all this matter?
01:47:10 Does this qualify as grooming?
01:52:20 Upcoming lessons on plural marriage for 2025
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