Audio and text transcript of comments made by Elder Teh, a General Authority Seventy, during the Alpine Utah Stake Conference in June 2022. Some personal commentary in reaction at the end.
Gender & Sexuality
The Legacy of Adam-God in the Mormon Theology of Heteropatriarchy
The Adam-God doctrine may be a “deadly heresy” in the current LDS church, but ideas that have their origins in this doctrine remain at the center of Mormon theology today. Let’s discuss how current temple worship and LDS teachings/policies regarding gender and sexuality continue to be influenced by ideas initially developed as part of Young’s polygynist cosmology.
The Man of Sin Revealed: The High Priesthood and Discernment
This week’s Come, Follow Me lessons use the revelation addressing the Shakers, and another on spiritual discernment, as a platform to propagandize heteropatriachal marriage as essential to God’s “plan of exaltation.”
The Requisite Indoctrination of Queerphobia at BYU
The LDS church claims they now oppose conversion therapy, but courses at BYU still teach conversion therapy principles, including that LGBTQ+ members will be “cured” through Celestial Conversion Therapy.