How Do I See Myself In the Scriptures?

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🗓️ 14 February 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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In this episode Charlie and Ben share some of their recent insights while reading through the Book of Mormon. They share things they learned and how they have related it to their lives

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0:00.0	Welcome to Questions from the Closet. I'm Charlie Bird and I am Ben Shalati. Each episode we discuss a question that we commonly get asked is LGBTQ plus Latter-Dissaints.
0:14.6	We're not trying to answer this question or come to a consensus, but simply sharing our perspectives.
0:18.9	Today's question is, how do I see myself in the scriptures?
0:22.1	So Charlie Mayer not terribly diverse,
0:24.0	and we share many opinions, life experiences.
0:26.0	For example, we both just finished reading the Book of Mormon.
0:29.0	However, there is one big difference, which is that I finished reading the book before Ben did.
0:33.0	That is quite an accomplishment.
0:34.4	It honestly was.
0:35.4	Yeah.
0:36.4	I was surprised that I beat you.
0:37.4	Well because you were so far behind.
0:38.8	Yeah, I was really far behind for a while and then I was just like I got to get going so I just kind of sped
0:43.7	red I started taking less notes at the beginning I was like taking like
0:46.7	meticulous notes on many scriptures and then towards the end I was just like if it ain't
0:51.9	important I'm not ready to do.
0:54.0	If I thought it before, I didn't take May no in another set.
0:58.0	I didn't take minutes at all, but I did take more of the beginning as well.
1:01.0	Yeah.
1:02.0	I thought our similar indifference would be the, I love my shirt and you hate it. I it's designed well I don't like a graphic tea especially and on the podcast. Yeah, I'm wearing a shirt.
1:13.0	Ben's wearing a Disneyland shirt.
1:14.0	About turning 40 because I, because we're talking about me training 40 today.
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