Mormon Truth #18-Interview With Joy-Part 1

Summary: Mormon Truth Podcast #18-An Interview With Joy, An Ex-Mormon-Part 1 Well, I felt that it was time to get a woman's perspective on these issues that I've been covering for the last 10 months, between my blog and my podcasts. I really want to thank Joy for coming forward and being that voice for women and explaining her perspective on things, from a woman's point of view. It takes courage to want to do an interview like this and it also takes a lot of internal strength, to want to rehash these issues again, that have been in her past now for many years. I know that Joy sincerely wants to help others, as I do and I appreciate her efforts to do so in this 3 part podcast. As former Mormons, it is hard for us to ever forget our past, especially after we were so repressed and now have that taste of freedom, which helps us understand even more, just how controlled we were by the cult and its leaders. How can we simple forget and move on, as TBMS always say we should do, when we were cult members and survived and actually found our way out? Some of us were members for 30-40 years or more and we are now supposed to pretend it never happened? I guess in a delusional, twilight zone and a TBM, twisted, jacked up reality and world, it sounds great and makes sense!! Here in part one, we first get to know Joy and her background and how her Parents were converted to the Mormon Church when she was 4 years old, soon after they had left the re-organized Mormon Church. Joy discusses some of the differences between the Salt Lake based/Brigham Young sect of Mormonism VS. The Re-organized Church. Joy then shares how difficult it was when her parents divorced and how she was treated in her ward, and what was behind many of the invitations that she received, which led to a period of inactivity, although she still believed the Church was true. She then discusses what is taught in Relief Society and compares it to what men are taught in Priesthood. Joy then tells us what her experience was like going to the temple at the age of 8 and being sealed to her Parents. We go on to discuss many more subjects that I'm sure most of you will find very worthwhile. I think Joy did an outstanding job!! Thank you Joy for sharing a part of your life with us and for sharing your personal pain and experiences. I'm sure Mormon Truth listeners will be very grateful for your willingness to share what you have and that they will all be able to learn a lot from you and be better for having heard this interview, just as I'm better for having done it. THANKS SO MUCH!! The personal Email for Joy, for those that want to get in touch with her, is: jezebelofperdition@gmail.com Here is the link I promised during the podcast, for the audio of the temple ceremonies. You can listen to the pre-1990 and current ceremonies. http://www.lds-temple.org/audio.html Also, here is the link where you can compare the two ceremonies, and see exactly what was erased and what was added, when the ceremony was drastically changed in 1990. The first Presidency called them "modifications" and then once again, instilled their typical fear BS, when they said, "As with the other aspects of the Endowment, you are under solemn obligation not to discuss these sacred matters outside of the temple": http://www.lds-temple.org/compare.htm Also, here is the outrageous Kimball quote, that Joy read during the interview: “We recommend that people marry those who are of the same racial background generally, and of somewhat the same economic and social and educational background (some of those are not an absolute necessity, but preferred), and above all, the same religious background, without question” (“Marriage and Divorce,” in 1976 Devotional Speeches of the Year [Provo: Brigham Young University Press, 1977], p. 144). We both look very much forward to all of your comments and opinions!! Samuel the Utahnite Originally published May 24, 2006