Today I dial into the concept of the Mormon church’s list of Approved Reading Materials for missionaries, which includes a small “Missionary Reference Library” and not much else. With the help of the beloved BITE model, I argue that this is yet another aspect of inappropriate control which led to my unhealthy personal development.

This twelfth week’s journal entries include a day of distraction due to a “Ke$ha-style” Mormon kids-bop-style cd, a district meeting with the exciting focus on my favorite topic of the Atonement, and encouraging and receiving the trauma dumping of a random lady in the hopes of converting her to Mormonism. In an exciting turn of events, I even crack open my old set of mission scriptures!

-Approved Missionary Reading List:latterdaysaintmissionprep.com

-Dr. Steven Hassan’s Bite Model handout:BITE model

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