What Your Ward Thinks About Priesthood Authority, Temple Marriage, & Brigham Young | An Interview with Josh Coates

Josh Coates studied computer science at UC Berkeley and is the
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Leader Library Highlights 3:20 Introduction to Josh Coates, one of
the founders of the B.H. Roberts Foundation and Mormoner. They
write short articles on controversial topics. 5:45 Who is B.H.
Roberts? Why is the foundation named after him? 9:20 Josh and his
foundation began a research project surveying Latter Day Saints.
16:00 Creating the survey in order to have useful data. You have to
be very careful when formulating questions. 18:15 What were they
looking to find out in the survey? 21:30 It seems like people are
leaving the Church in droves. Is that really true? 23:30 They have
found that there are two types of Latter-day Saints according to
their analysis. Cluster 1 - 80% are pretty orthodox. Follow closely
to the commandments and are very active in the Church. Cluster 2 -
20% are scattered in their beliefs even if they identify as
Latter-day Saints. 29:40 Millennials are dramatically represented
in the 20% of members that have scattered beliefs. We worry about
Gen-Z a lot but maybe we are overlooking the millennials. 33:30 The
cultural evolution of the Church has improved over the last 20 to
30 years but there have also been things that have eroded the
foundation of people’s faith. 34:00 The difference between the
different generations in the Church. Why are millennials struggling
so much compared to other generations? 35:15 How can leaders better
approach or talk to millennials? Separating policy and doctrine.
39:30 The data that Josh found on marriage and divorce in the
Church. They found that temple marriages are a big deal. 42:00
Research on moral foundation theory. The five foundational values
that go into making a decision: Will it hurt someone? Is it fair?
Loyalty Authority Purity 52:00 The survey data on LGBTQ members of
The Church of those that have left The Church and their view on
marriage 54:30 Resources and places to go to find out more about
Josh’s work. 56:00 Josh’s encouragement to Church leaders The
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