Mormon Expositor Podcast

Mormon Expositor Podcast


96: Mormon Bullying

May 06, 2015

Heather, Clay, Tom and Mithryn explore the question, "Is there a culture of bullying in the Mormon church?"

Links and References:
Mithryn's Blog - Daniel C. Peterson: Another Day, Another Paid Bully

Bullying definitions:
Wikipedia
Stop Bullying
Dictionary

LDS talks on bullying:
Your Sacred Duty
Your Holy Places
Loving Others and Living with Differences
Spiritual Whirlwinds
Protect the Children

References for bullying in history:

History of the Church, 2:23; spelling, punctuation, and grammar modernized; paragraph divisions altered; from “The Elders of the Church in Kirtland, to Their Brethren Abroad,” Jan. 22, 1834, published in Evening and Morning Star, Apr. 1834, p. 152

History of the Church, 3:385; from a discourse given by Joseph Smith on July 2, 1839, in Montrose, Iowa; reported by Wilford Woodruff and Willard Richards

History of the Church, 3:385; from a discourse given by Joseph Smith on July 2, 1839, in Montrose, Iowa; reported by Wilford Woodruff and Willard Richards

Brigham Young, in Historian’s Office, Manuscript History of Brigham Young, 1844–46, vol. 1, p. 16, Church Archives.

Journal of Discourses 11:262

Daniel Tyler, in “Recollections of the Prophet Joseph Smith,” Juvenile Instructor, Aug. 15, 1892, pp. 491–92.

Packer - The Mantle is Far, Far Greater than the Intellect

Thomas B. Marsh slandering
More March slandering
Symonds Ryder slandering

Modern Examples of Bullying:
Ballard - Stay in the Boat and Hold On!
Robbins - Which Way do you Face?
Oaks - The Parable of the Sower (pickle suckers)
Cook - The Lord is my Light
Perry - Why Marriage and Family Matter