Episode 94: American Messiahs: Mormonism & The Many-Tiered Heaven

CW: Proselytizing, Forced Religious Participation, Polygamy

So beyond the history of two prophets, where did Mormonism go in the modern era? How does it mesh with our modern sensibilities and contemporary religious practices? We discuss this along with some personal experiences in this episode, neatly finishing our foray into the LDS.

Right off the bat, let’s look at the PEW Research people. I pulled a lot of facts from their survey of Mormons in the country, so here it is for you to read the details and about stuff I didn’t even bring up in this episode.

This is a general look at the history of Mormonism. We’ve talked about it for two episodes, but this is a round up of it all the things we’ve already been talking about plus more than we’ve managed to speak on.

This is an account from someone who left the church. It’s basically an expose of the church, the temple, going on a mission, and so on. It’s a great look at the inside of the religion from someone who was hardcore into it.

I read this one aloud on the podcast, but here it is for you to look at yourself. This is the Steven Hassan BITE model for cults, and it looks at where the LDS falls on that scale.

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