1.4 Unutterables

Secret or sacred?  Taboo or simply uncomfortable?  Important or trivial? With the temple ceremony changes in the news lately, our hosts discuss why Mormons don’t go into the ceremony specifics, what kinds of venues are appropriate for difficult subjects, and when it’s appropriate to espouse the virtue of silence.  Also, awesome 80’s comics apparently helped change the church?

First Presidency Statement on Temples

https://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/temple-worship

Temple firesides in prep for the open house, including topics on Eve, the creation, and the temple experience.

Tweetstorm from @MattathiasW regarding silence and the temple ceremony

https://twitter.com/MattathiasW/status/1081576820057681920

Eric’s tweet requesting examples of some things Latter-day Saints shy away from speaking of

https://twitter.com/thmazing/status/1085779539668566016

Laugh precedes the miracle:: How Calvin Grondahl and Pat Bagley Changed Mormonism, by Lynne Gorton Cropper.  The specific comic referred to in the episode is reproduced in this article.

https://www.sunstonemagazine.com/laughs-precede-the-miracle-how-calvin-grondahl-and-pat-bagley-changed-mormonism/

The virtue of silence, by Scott Alexander. In the episode we cite this article but go in a different direction. It’s worth checking out the original topic.

https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/06/14/the-virtue-of-silence/