Be There in Five

Bad Mormon (feat. Heather Gay)

Feb 5, 2023
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ADVICE

Use Scholarship To Reframe Faith

  • Read scholarly works to separate spiritual value from institutional abuse.
  • Kate recommends books like The Making of Biblical Womanhood and Jesus and John Wayne for context.
INSIGHT

Gendered Salvation And Eternal Roles

  • Doctrine ties women's highest salvation to temple marriage and motherhood in Mormon belief.
  • Heather found this eternally limiting and dissonant with the idea of spiritual fulfillment.
INSIGHT

Happiness As Proof Of Righteousness

  • Toxic positivity is enforced: visible happiness signals righteousness, even amid hardship.
  • That expectation silences complaints and masks real suffering.
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