63. Mormon Escape and Disillusionment - Mike Collier (Part 2)

Life in the commune was interrupted by life on the run, and then the painful emergence from Latter Day Saints fundamentalism.

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(03:19) The interview (03:45) Not enough females (05:51) Prophet decides who marries who (08:25) Tensions and counseling (12:54) To Guatamala, to escape (15:36) Van meets ravine (16:57) Acquiring property (18:02) Van living (18:54) Wife is done (20:23) Pregnancy (21:22) Returning for work (21:54) Beginning to form opinions (22:54) Two birds with one mission (24:58) Families that had left (25:40) Divorce while in Mexico (27:01) Weeping in bathroom (28:02) Views on the Kingdom (29:36) All this pain for...truth? (30:21) Decision to be in kids' lives (31:05) Construction job, LDS boss (31:47) LDS mainstream and God's guidance (32:47) Guilt in buying things (33:33) Reconnecting with kids (34:51) Events (37:24) Kegan Chandler, opening night #UCAcon2022

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