Margi Dehlin on Life after Mormonism (Pt. 3 of 3 - Rec. 2016) | Ep. 686
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Margi Dehlin on Life after Mormonism (Pt. 3 of 3 - Rec. 2016) | Ep. 686

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 21, 20261 hr 28 min
  • Interview
  • Religion

I am incredibly pleased to re-release this 3-part interview with my wife of 33 years, Margaret (Margi) Weber Dehlin - first recorded in 2016 (a year after our excommunication from the Mormon church). I say "our" excommunication, because Margi felt that when they excommunicated me, they excommunicated our family as well. Part 1: Margi's life as a believing Mormon. This includes questions about how her family joined the LDS church in Washington D.C. during the 1970s, reflections on her own "conversion" to the church, Margi's favorite parts about being a believing, active Mormon, and the most challenging parts as...

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Okay, so we've come to the third part of the interviews now and they're about kind of where you are now. So it's not about the transition, it's about where you are now, how you think and feel now and what you do now.

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Okay. It's about being the new... On the other side, yeah. So it's rebuilding the tower, you've built the tower, what does it look like?

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What does it look like? Yeah. So let's talk about your current beliefs. What are your beliefs about God?

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