Listen "Approved (& Unapproved) Reading Material"
Episode Synopsis
Today I dial into the concept of the Mormon church’s list of Approved Reading Materials for missionaries, which includes a small “Missionary Reference Library” and not much else. With the help of the beloved BITE model, I argue that this is yet another aspect of inappropriate control which led to my unhealthy personal development. This twelfth week’s journal entries include a day of distraction due to a “Ke$ha-style” Mormon kids-bop-style cd, a district meeting with the exciting focus on my favorite topic of the Atonement, and encouraging and receiving the trauma dumping of a random lady in the hopes of converting her to Mormonism. In an exciting turn of events, I even crack open my old set of mission scriptures!-Approved Missionary Reading List:latterdaysaintmissionprep.com-Dr. Steven Hassan’s Bite Model handout:BITE modelSupport me on patreon:Dpatreon.com/AllyChristiansenWritten, read, edited, & produced by Ally Finlinson Christiansen.Music credits:Clown Music by Seth_Makes_Sounds -- https://freesound.org/s/677166/ -- License: Creative Commons 0Church Music by Seth_Makes_Sounds -- https://freesound.org/s/678022/ -- License: Creative Commons 0#sistermissionary #sdrcm #NdbM #postmormon #exmormon
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