This one made me need to lie down. It brought up a long-buried, primal need to scream/sob/hit something. I remember being 13 or 14 and having my creepy older Sunday School teacher look me directly in the eyes and tell me, “All things are being restored in the Church. Everything is coming back… polygamy is coming back.” His creepy smile when he said that is forever burned into my memory. It was all I could do to keep from running out of that room. 🤢
It's not vague or fake. My wife and I live in Texas and I think we met this couple. Makes me want to report this guy to the police and the church - he is dangerous, but I think that is up to Alicia.
I absolutely loved the intro to this, including Susan's story, her desire to just deal with one church rather than "good church" and "bad church" as separate things, and her call for us to talk about plural marriage more, not less. I really resonated with all these thoughts. And a huge thank you to Alicia for sharing her incredible story. I haven't been through what she has, but I resonated so much with many things she said. Both seminary and BYU religion teachers taught me that plural marriage applied to my life and future. Alicia's story is a testament that the spiritual and physical abuse caused by LDS plural marriage continues to this day. Not just in smaller break off churches, but also in our own. Like Alicia and her dad, I have arrived at the conclusion it was never divine. For me, it fell apart when supporting women in my life who had gone through betrayal.
This one made me need to lie down. It brought up a long-buried, primal need to scream/sob/hit something. I remember being 13 or 14 and having my creepy older Sunday School teacher look me directly in the eyes and tell me, “All things are being restored in the Church. Everything is coming back… polygamy is coming back.” His creepy smile when he said that is forever burned into my memory. It was all I could do to keep from running out of that room. 🤢
It's not vague or fake. My wife and I live in Texas and I think we met this couple. Makes me want to report this guy to the police and the church - he is dangerous, but I think that is up to Alicia.
Thank you for backing me up, Jackson? Are you in College Station/Bryan? I probably did meet you. The LDS community is so small there
I absolutely loved the intro to this, including Susan's story, her desire to just deal with one church rather than "good church" and "bad church" as separate things, and her call for us to talk about plural marriage more, not less. I really resonated with all these thoughts. And a huge thank you to Alicia for sharing her incredible story. I haven't been through what she has, but I resonated so much with many things she said. Both seminary and BYU religion teachers taught me that plural marriage applied to my life and future. Alicia's story is a testament that the spiritual and physical abuse caused by LDS plural marriage continues to this day. Not just in smaller break off churches, but also in our own. Like Alicia and her dad, I have arrived at the conclusion it was never divine. For me, it fell apart when supporting women in my life who had gone through betrayal.
The answer is definitely to talk about it MORE! Or rather that will allow the most healing, not sure there is an answer. ~C