This is a collection of topics from posts to the bulletin board at www.exmormon.org which give a wide and extensive overview of life as a Mormon and life after Mormonism. 

Updated April 21, 2008.  Most recent threads are at the bottom of table.   See also: Organized by Topic   More than 5500 pages (520+ documents) of stories and information in "Short Topics".  Try selecting some at random and enjoy the wide variety of topics.   To help those who were never Mormons with the terms and abbreviations used by Mormons, please refer to abbreviations and phrases.

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13. Non-Mormon and Garments

44. Stopped wearing garments

146Mary Ann Benson's Story

197. Mormon Women and Prozac

208. Great Moments in Mormon History

226. A Bishop's Blessing

316. Breaking the Will of Members

329.  Can Mormon Leaders Tell the Truth?

333. Is FARMS Credible?

395 More Mormon Missionary Abuse

406 Southerton - DNA and the Book of Mormon

441 A Summary of Mormon Apologetics

508 The Second Anointing

 

Complete Listing:


1. The Evils of Monogamy

2. Faked Priesthood Blessings?

3. Mormon Missions - regrets?

4. I Feel Trapped

5. Boyd K. Packer

6. Harm in Being LDS?

7. Smith's Amazing Finds

8. Men on Moon

9. Merry Smithmas

10. Denial of Polygamy

11. Horses - Book of Mormon

12. Leaving the Fold

13. Non-Mormon and Garments

14. I had more friends when LDS

15. Temple Divorces

16. Worst Enemies to LDS?

17. Ex-Mormons are different?

18. Anxiety in Mormonism

19. Feel Ugly in Temple Clothing?

20. Legalism and Guilt

21. Myths of ex-Mormonism?

22. Hyrum Smith's Blessings

23. Why wasn't Emma Destroyed?

24. Cult?

25. Origin of 3 Degrees of Glory

26. Smith's Polygamy

27. A Mormon Letter to FARMS

28. Reformed Egyptian

29. Missionaries Were Here

30. Self Discovery

31. Smith and Epilepsy

32. The Changing Temple

33. First Time to the Temple

34. Origin of Celestial Kingdom

35. The Steps to Recovery

36. Mormon History of Sex

37. Purpose of Life

38. Christ's Body

39. Missionary and Death of a Parent

40. Ex-Mormon Realtor In Utah

41. Mormon Implosion Hypothesis

42. Washing and Anointing

43. On the Verge of Baptism

44. Stopped wearing garments

45. A Melancholy Longing

46. Children of Ex-Mormons

47. The Final Straw

48. Mormon Recovery Movie List

49. Help, I am in Shock

50. Missionaries Use Manipulation

51. Horses, FARMS and BofM

52. Why I Visit Here

53. Cureloms

54. Book of Abraham

55. I am not alone

56. Baurak Ale

57. Sunstone looks at Exmormon.org

58. Enemies of the Church

59. A non-Mormon reads the D&C

60. Mormon Urban Legends

61. Mormons say, "I know"

62. An Appeal to Faith

63. Were you active Mormons?

64. A Mighty Change of Heart

65. Mormon Food

66. Secret or Sacred?

67. Lamanites and DNA

68. Blacks and Atonement

69. Unconditional Love

70. It is not Easy

71. Testimony Meetings

72. Wedding Invitations + Receptions

73. How did you find Exmormon.org?

74. Missionary Companions

75. Turbulence - Exmo Life

76. Crazy Mission Rules

77. This Wicked World

78. Mormon 30+ Years

79. A Lurker Speaks

80. Better dead than unbelieving

81. Mormons and Boundaries

82. Busted at the Market

83. Loving Church more than Kids

84. Let my Children be Mormons?

85. Regrets of LDS Mission II

86. BofM a Missionary Tool?

87. Pay Up you Lowly Peasants

88. Recovery from Mormonism

89. A Recent Convert

90. Grandson of the Prophet

91. Garment 'Police'

92. Exploitation of Older Mormons

93. More on 1st Vision

94. New Missionary Standards

95. Exmo Conf 2002 Review

96. Temple Phrases (humor)

97. The Final Straw II

98. Caste System

99. Missionary Farewells

100 Ballard, Dyer and Missionaries

101 Helped my Husband to See

102 Proud of my Husband

103 Irrational Dogma and Doctrine

104 Loss of Individual Identity

105 Bishop Dad and Boy Scouts

106 Attended Sacrament Meeting

107 Fast and Testimony Meeting

108 Cost of Leaving Mormonism

109 Women - 2nd Class Members

110 Lost without the Gospel

111 Dallin H. Oaks and the BofM

112 Can't Keep Just One Foot In

113 Raising Kids without Mormonism

114 Tithing in a Mixed Marriage

115 Limits to Obedience

116 Met with Missionaries

117 Who's not leaving whom alone?

118 A Kinder, Gentler Apostasy

119 Disappointing those I Love

120 Missions Promote Lying

121 Great and Abominable Church

122  Why do they keep holding on?

123 Mormon Leaders define emotions

124 Discarding Mormon Scripts

125 California Mormons

126 Leaving Bountiful - Polygamy Film

127 Temple Marriage Ceremony

128 What Church Now?

129 Negative Impact on Children

130 Wife is a Mormon

131 Mormons don't Wear Crosses

132 Recently Learned about Adam-God

133 The Sacred Flow Chart

134 Sabbath - A day of Rest for Women?

135 Great Moments in Church History

136 Tithing - 10% of Gross?

137 Seminary Lesson - Have a Large Family

138 The 116 Lost Pages

 

140 Was God Once a Man or Not?

141 My Boyfriend is a Mormon

142 Regrets Mormon Mission III

143 Feeling Guilty about Visiting Here

144  BIC, RM, and Ready to Bail Out

145  Why I am Now a Better Mother

146  Mary Ann Benson's Story

147 Mormon Church and Free Speech

148  Diversity, Not Perversity

149  Finding Truth Behind the Symbols

150  Unable to Talk to My Own Children

151  Saying  'No' to Mormon Missionaries

152  Salt Lake City Main Street Plaza

153  Ballard, "I Am an Expert on Women"

154  European Mission Experiences

155  New Names Given in the Temple

156 Girls Camp "Faith Promoting" Activity

157  Endowed Women have the Priesthood

158  The Fastest Growing Church?

159  Gnawing Doubts & GAs

160  Half in, Half Out and Scared

161  Sunday's Youth Message

162  Mormon Statements on Christianity

163  Lost Respect for My Mormon Parents

164  Have the Apostles Seen Christ?

165  Not allowed to the Temple Wedding

166  Any Still Attending Church?

167  Funny Testimony Meetings

168   Spouse is Still a Mormon

169  Can Temple Ordinances be Changed?

170  Mormons Pestering My 8 Year Old

171   Why So Much Anger?

172  Do You Ever Wish to Go Back?

173   BYU and Organic Evolution

174   Silly or Annoying Church Callings

175  BofM - Any Value Left to Ex-Mormons?

176  I Am an Agnostic but...

177   God's Love is Conditional

178  Milk Before Meat

179  A Christian Nation?

180  You are the Problem, Not the Church

181  1st Presidency on Missionary Work

182  "Something Missing from Your Eyes"

183  Paul H. Dunn and Orrin Hatch

184  Tired of Being Egocentric

 

186  Mother of All Battering Rams

187  Angels Coerced Smith into Sex?

188  Sometimes I Wish I Could Go Home

 

190  Gained Confidence

191  Mormon Mailbag

192  Just Discovered the Truth

193  McConkie's Mormon Doctrine

194 An Aversion to White Shirts

195  Formal Resignation Necessary?

196  McConkie and Evolution

197 Mormon Women and Prozac

198  Kimball and Evolution

199  Joseph Smith's Wives

200 A Mormon Apologist

201  Cut Back on Leisure Time!

202  Mormon Grandparents

203 Adam and Eve as Literal History

204  Satan Stories

205  Missions - Future Apostasy

206  Divorce and Holland's Talk

207  Obsession with Numbers

208  Great Moments in Mormon History pII

209  Control at the MTC

210  Where are the Michelangelo's?

211  Ballard 2003 and The Decline

212  What Controls an Ex-Mormon?

213  Ruining My "Eternal Family"

214  Breaking Mission Rules

215  Mormon Miracle of Angels

216  Child Brides - Polygamy

217  Resign - Not Name Removal

218  Life in Polygamy - 2003

219  Loss of Passion

220  Mormon Ignorance of Judaism

221  Visiting a Mormon Service

222  FARMS - Mormon Apologetics

223  Confessing to the Bishop

224  Meeting with Stake President

225  Ridiculed at Sacrament Meeting

226  A Bishop's Blessing

227  Tentacles of Mormon Sealings

228  Fanatical Things We Did

229  We are Thankful for our Policy Makers

230  For Young Mormon Women

231  Mormon Myths on the Fly

232  Mormon Church Crumbling?

233  25 Yrs Ago - Blacks & Priesthood

234  Changing Rules? Temple Marriages

235  Fear of Losing a Testimony

236  Manipulative Mormon Women

237 .General Authority Visit to the Stake.

238  She Can't Stand The Temple

239  Choosing the Next Mormon Prophet

240  Told Son He Does Not Believe

241  Suicides after a Mission

 

243  Temple Hype Versus Reality

244  Some Mission Rules

245  Don't Wear Two Earrings

246  Slipping Toward Being Agnostic.

247  Mormons - Guilt and Shame

248  Alvin & Samuel Smiths' Deaths

249  Mormon Funerals

250  Ricks College Professor Responds

251  Tolerance Towards Mormons?

252  Non-Believer Baptizing His Son

253  Joseph Smith, Menses, Pedophilia

254  Sacrament Prayer Repeated

255  LDS Interpret Word of Wisdom

256  Age 34 Female and Afraid

257  Mormon Grandparents are Stalkers

258  Why Do you Post Here?

259  Why Were GAs Duped?

260  Father-in-law:  Me in 20 Years?

261 My Kids Don't Respect Me?

262  Share Your Wife with J. Smith?

263  Life is Better after Mormonism

264  Unquestioning Obedience

265  Hill Cumorah

266  Apostle: "Smith used a Seer Stone"

267 Coping w/Death w/o Belief

268  Bruce R. McConkie: E. England

269  Prophet: Denial of Major Doctrine

270 Forever FamilyŽ versus Reality

271  Never Happy as a Mormon

272  Internet and Leaving Mormonism

273 Was Sunday a Day of Rest?

274  Pay Tithing - Ignore Other Obligations

275   Do Mormon Prophets Really Know?

276  Share Wife with Mormon Prophet

277  Life Inside General Conference

278  High School Seminary

279  Ex-Mormons: Don't Murder Santa

280  Remember Evils of Card Playing?

281  Drinking Coca-Cola is a Sin?

282  Women are Not Really Members

283  'Court of Love' - Experiences

284 Amazing Letter in The Ensign

285  First Time to Temple II

286 What is Mormon Culture?

287. Funny Church Stories

288. Protestant Minister Pre-1990 Endowment

289 Not Allowed to Serve a Mission

290 Life is Better in Zion

291 Mother's Role in Child's Baptism

292 Is Wife a Tithe Payer if I don't pay?

293 Excluded from Children's  Wedding

294 Help! Wife Wants to be Baptized

295 Mormon Bashing

296 A Mormon Spouse Writes

297 Bruce R. McConkie as a Father

298 Mormon Malignancy Seen in Missions

299 "Get the Fire" - Mormon Missionaries

300  Ward Boundaries

301 Speaking Publicly about the Temple

302 Divorce due to Spouse's Unbelief

303 Shunned by the Mormon Community

304 How Long Can One be a Hypocrite?

305 Resigning Membership & Temple Sealings

306 Temples are Running out of Names

307 Mormons Feel Superior to Others

308 I Feel I am More of an Adult Now

309 Happy that Your Mission was Over?

310 Judgmental Visiting Teachers

311 Limiting Family Size

312 Intellectual vs. Personal Turning Points

313 Paying Tithing Never Brought Blessings

314 Ensign Feb 04: "Children Who Stray"

315 Ezra Taft Benson Plagiarized CS Lewis

316 Breaking the Will of Members

317 Early Mormons Unaware of First Vision

318 Stories of former Church Custodians

319 A Mormon Writes: "My Wife Wants to Leave the Church"

320 Why Did Smith Die Willingly?

321 Response to a Mormon Eavesdropper

322 Mark Hofmann's Forgeries

323 How Boring is the Book of Mormon?

324 Selling Our One Year Supply of Food

325 Why Does it Hurt So Much to Leave?

326 Bishops Asking Sexual Questions

327 Mormon Church's Contempt of Catholic

328 Mormon Parents Rat on Missionary Son

329 Can Mormon Leaders Tell the Truth?

330 Captain Kidd, Joseph Smith and Moroni, Camora Island

331 Apologist Defends Temple Changes

332 March 2004 Ensign on Tithing

333 Is FARMS Credible?

334 A Mormon Father's Cruelty

335 Finally Resigned - Exit Letter & Story

336 Is This Site of the Devil?

337 How Can I Know the Church is a Fraud?

338  A Personal Look at Polygamy

339 Temple Marriage vs. Traditional

340 What is a Mormon Fundamentalist?

341  Word of Wisdom and Obesity

342 Excluded from Father's Funeral

343 Apostle Nelson and Donuts

344 Secrets of Temple Hidden from Ex-Mormons?

345 BYU Prof. Resigns - Letter from His Brother

346 Apostle Dallin Oaks and Truth

347 Central Control and Ward Budgets

348 Personal Meeting with a General Authority

349 No Testimony?  What is Wrong with You?

350 Types of Mormon Testimonies

351 Joseph Smith and Helen Kimball age 14

352 Members Told Not to Believe Everything They Hear

353 Lehi Forgot the Wheel?

354 Hinckley to NYC: "You are Babylon"

355 Mormons' Lives are Micro-Managed

356 Utah Leads the Nation in Bankruptcies

357 Changing History to Boost Faith

358 Hinckley: "Baptisms to Double"

359 Canceling a Temple Sealing

360 Mission President Caught Lying about Mark Hacking

361 Missionaries Pressured to Marry Soon after Missions

362 What is So Evil about the Church Today?

363 Mormon Church and Prostitution 1885-1941

364 Emotional Breakdown of a Mormon Missionary in Japan

365 FARMS, Folklore, Racism and Daniel Peterson

366 Naked Touching in the Temple?

367 Breaking Down Personal Boundaries

368 Why Do Non-Mormons Post Here?

369 Mormon Bishops are Untrained

370 Mormon Relief Efforts after Florida Hurricane Ivan

371 Young Women Dress up in Mother's Temple Wedding Gown

372 Shaking Hands with Spirits

373 Tithing Settlement

374 Sunday, Primary and FHE Beatings

375 Justified Abuse

376 Tactics of Mormon Apologists

377 A Bishop's Message

378 Rigdon and the Origin of the Book of Mormon

379 Improving the Quality of Converts

380 An Update to 'One Nation Under Gods'

381 Hinckley on Larry King Dec. 2004

382 Excluded from Daughter's Mormon Temple Wedding II

383 Never Turn Down a Church Calling

384 Child Molesters Expose Fallacy of Church Callings

385 God had Sex with Mary

386 Changing the Temple Ceremony Again?

387 Mormonism is not a Cult?

388 What is Limited Geography Theory?

389 Joseph Smith as Sole Author?

390 BYU Students Commanded to have Children Now.  Do Not Wait  

391 Mormon Apologetics and DNA

392 Great Mormon Money Machine

393 Teaching Mormon Children Intolerance is Good

394 Church Shrinking in Europe - Missionaries at Universities

395 More Mormon Missionary Abuse

396 GAs Clarifying Mormon Doctrine