Growing Up Mormon-Beau Oyler
Soft White Underbelly interview and portrait of Beau Oyler, a Salt Lake City man who was raised and still in Mormon.
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0:00 –Intro
0:42 – Growing Up Mormon In CA
2:09 – Mormonism As A Cult
5:26 – Hemophilia, HIV & Losing His Brother
7:49 – Childhood Sexual Abuse
11:05 – Shame, Guilt & Religious OCD
14:06 – Life As A Devout Missionary
21:12 – Racism & Hierarchy In The Church
23:08 – Prop 8, Doubt & Inner Conflict
26:23 – Becoming Bishop & Losing Faith
29:07 – Wife’s Revelation
32:29 – Trading Certainty For Curiosity
35:15 – Conditional Love & Church Control
39:02 – Abuse & Church Corruption
49:39 – Son Rejects The Church
51:06 – Family Deconstruction & Identity Loss
52:21 – Psychedelics & Spiritual Awakening
57:03 – Learning To Trust Himself
58:07 – Thoughts On Religion & Control
1:01:16 – Journey To Nepal & Spiritual Growth
1:09:12 – The Raft Analogy & Letting Go
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