Mormon Stories 314: Ceasing to Believe in the LDS Church as a CES Seminary Teacher - Part 2 of 4

In this series we interview John and Brooke McLay. John served for 14 years as an employee of the LDS Church Education System (CES). In this capacity he served as: a seminary teacher and principal, an institute teacher and director, a BYU Education Week speaker and an EFY Director. John also served as a member of a stake high counsel, and was serving in a bishopric during the months leading up to his decision to leave the LDS Church. John and Brooke resigned their membership of the LDS Church in August of 2011. This is their story.

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi8kxNPSeBc
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PillN8z7MRY
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfUQdQONK08
Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jg8AVUT3C4

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Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction
00:30 Why leave the church
01:04 What seeds of doubt were there?
05:37 Starting researching
08:34 Polyandry
11:00 Reading Rough Stone Rolling
11:59 Disconnect with what he's teaching and what really happened
13:24 Process more important than a one silver bullet
16:55 Racism
18:07 Question from a student makes something click
20:32 Telling Brooke he had doubts
21:28 One true church doctrine
24:25 Shelf break
26:44 Changes in temple ordinances
28:24 Feeling betrayed
29:27 "There is no middle ground."
32:35 How can you deny past experiences?
33:30 Brooke's first experiences with doubt at BYU
34:51 Little things during the marriage that were strange
36:13 At a meeting a connection with a gay man
39:00 Realizing non LDS people being really happy
40:57 March: Brooke tells John she wants more from life
42:22 Brooke working and loving it
43:00 Breaking stereotypical roles, having new thoughts and experiences
47:38 Feeling John would not comfortable with it
48:50 John Dehlin summarizing
50:00 Realizing what her potential is
51:12 John loving Brooke's process and explaining he made his decision on his own
53:35 Growth outside the church that could not be inside
56:23 Comparing to Pleasantvile
57:52 Stereotypes about people leaving the church
1:00:33 Putting integrity first
1:03:38 End titles

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