# The Ex-Seventh Day Adventist and Sexuality Episode

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Podcast: [They Talk Sex](https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-talk-sex-4113072)
Published: 2026-03-31T01:40:47+00:00
Episode link: https://www.theytalksex.com/episodes/f3t5jyjy77lyl3p-3g8xw-sf5fa-dmmyc-p3ekl-t2kc9-f8bsl-gsxa7-kpzw2-l5ety-s33w8-rldkd-7k692-jpr5f-2dtnh-2m4c3
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## Resource

Our guest grew up in a fundamentalist Seventh Day Adventist church and led a life of rebellion after she left it. High powered jobs and risky hookups shaped Melissa Duge Spiers before she learned that her father was a serial child predator shielded from the church, and thus began another stage in her reconstruction of self. Let’s talk about her memoir; called “Holy Disobedience - Sex, Sin, and Secrets in the Biggest Church No One Knows”. 2:00 leaving the church  4:00 leaning into the violent things 7:00 family predators and patterns 9:00 what is a “mass tort”? 13:00 how SDA primed her for abusive relationships 16:00 humor about sexual assault 20:00 a book event in Portland? 25:00 how to deal with social isolation 30:00 how to handle sex-repulsion feelings 34:00 opposition to her  37:00 “Adventist Risk Management” 40:00 abusing a weiner dog! James Dobson 44:00 SDA vs Catholics 47:00 who owns the eatery? 50:00 atheism today and sex tips FIND YOUR GUEST: TT & IG @the.glory.whole & @melissadugespiers_writer FIND YOUR HOST: stripperwriter.com See Elle’s $1 Behind-The-Scenes at Patreon.com/strangebedfellows This episode was sponsored by our friends at Nethe rlandsWax.com Co ndomania.com - THEYTALKSEX for a discounted first order! and Love-Blanket.com - 10% OFF with code THEYTALKSEX Please rate and review this podcast :)

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