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mama wapikiya
This doctrine causes shame and trauma
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2020
This is a harmful doctrine that has caused so much pain and suffering. As a former member, I definitely do NOT recommend this book. The amount of trauma this religion causes is immense.
Amazon Customer
Author lacks expertise in the topic
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2020
The author is a professional Egyptologist, so his foray into this topic is confusing. The sociological studies cited as evidence of the author's thesis are often in conflict with his premise. This book is also "inside baseball" for members of the LDS faith, who largely already believe what is being said, so I wonder who the target audience is, other than to scare the "faithful". This book contains no new scholarship, and there are other, better texts that deal with the demographic challenges of faith groups without advocating a return to a non-existent 1950's middle-class white nuclear family.
Heidi's IPhone
Harmful information
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2020
If there were 0 stars possible, that’s what I would give this book. Instead of saving faith, I have lost faith. How was this book allowed to be published? Thank you for more LGBTQ+ inaccurate yet extremely harmful information. This book is a true disappointment.
Michael Johnson
Not worth your time
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2020
A horrible book. Not worth your time or money. Equates sexuality with abuse which has been proven false time and time again. Just a total trash book.
Jared E.
Abuse victims become homosexuals?? Really?
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2020
John Gee claims in this book that victims of childhood sexual abuse will be more likely to be ome homosexuals and abusers than non victims. This book is disgusting and shouldn't be sold. This man is an egyptologist not someone who should be writing about issues of abuse which he clearly knows nothing about.
J. spowart
I was extremely offended by the contents of this book.
Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2020
I complained to BYU about the contents of the book and was told it was being removed from circulation. I hope it is also removed here although I have no idea how long it takes for a book to be pulled from Amazon.
Sam Adams
Lacking in integrity
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2020
Gee likes to play it fast and loose with the facts when it comes to re-entrenching his own world view. Particularly abhorrent is the author’s claim that sexual abuse causes homosexuality. Not only does the study he cites for this claim materially contradict his conclusions, but this claim is also harmful to LGBT and LGBT-adjacent parents and children. Look elsewhere for more truthful and responsible insights on raising a faithful family.
Aaron
Complete junk! Trash! Not worth one cent.
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2020
What a piece of junk! In this book the author states “Victims of sexual abuse deserve compassion and assistance. They also deserve special care because they are more likely to become sexual abusers of children.” How can any university today publish such junk?
Darwin8u
Regressive defense of a fascinating Church. Avoid.
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2020
The worst kind of LDS apologetics. The more Gee gets out of his lane (He’s an expert in Egyptian antiquities) the less rigorous his writing and thinking is.
This is the kind of book, with its oblique attacks on homosexuality, and ham-fisted defense of the Church (always right), that is quite dangerous to the very THING it is trying to defend.
The thinking behind it is so regressive. Maybe Gee has spent too much time with antiquities. His book feels like a time capsule from 50 years ago. Ugh.