excommunication of Bill Reel
Bill Reel was a Mormon Bishop who started a podcast called mormondiscussionpodcast.org, to discuss the faith. On December 2, 2018, he was excommunicated from the Mormon church for "apostasy". Reel describes a friendly relationship he once had with Elder Holland. However, Reel said during his own faith crisis, when he posed doctrinal questions to the apostle, he was met with silence. Then he began calling church leaders Liars for exaggerating church statistics and making other false statements. He recorded the disciplinary council and publicly shared the recording as well as his excommunication letter. Bill was a nuanced believer and made the faith work, but through his podcast episodes, listeners can witness his crisis of faith increase until we see him excommunicated.
Profiles with excommunication of Bill Reel on their "shelf":
Noal DavisBorn & raised in Norther Utah, I quickly learned that my personal value was only connected to my obedience to the Mormon faith. I was, but am no longer, a Mormon
ashmonster2000I’m a husband, father, Soldier, and secular humanist working on the best version of myself. I was a mormon.
Jim AdlhochI enjoy food, art, glass-blowing, friends, meditation, and enjoy partaking of what the Earth has to offer in herbs and drink. I'm a clinician, voice-over actor, artist, philosopher, teacher, and counselor. My spiritual path is now Druidic in a neopagan tradition, and love what the outdoors and the universe can teach me. I was a Mormon.
freidomI am finally free to be happy!
rlboston92I enjoy camping, art, and amazing food. I am a very curious person and I enjoy learning about other people. I was a mormon.
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