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Podcast: Mormon Stories Podcast
Episode: 1386: The Miracle of Forgiveness: Why It Should Be Removed From Desert Book, and How You Can Help
Description: In my opinion, one of the most damaging books ever published by the Mormon Church is Spencer W. Kimball’s “The Miracle of Forgiveness.” Among other things, this book teaches that: No young Mormon man or woman is worthy to go on a mission if they masturbate. Masturbation alone leads to masturbation with others, which leads to “homosexuality.” Being gay or lesbian is “ugly,” “repugnant,” and comparable to a disease. “Homosexuality” leads to bestiality. “Homosexuality” can be easily “cured.” People who have pre-marital sex, and even rape victims, are “blighted” and “scarred.” It is far better to die than to lose one’s “virtue.” Death by...