The church only has the power the membership gives it. The church pulls every trick in the book to make your think they have power but in reality, they have nothing. As soon as you KNOW they are nothing the control the wield over you ends. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is one little blip in a world history full of population manipulation scams. As long as people exist that want power over others, these sick organizations will always be out there. It just so happens Mormonism is the flavor of scam we got soaked in.

Totally agree mate. Power unto oneself.
Sincere vonerable people get sucked in.
Tho I believe in the invisable sanctury of the temple
experience OF oneself and BODY as temple, if and when
we choose to move on, and the more we realize the ball
is in our court, not a church power we may well choose
the process just like going through a temple but not
a building or masonary rituals. Tho a process the bible
says that the holy churches of the world would be deceived
as moving onto the holy of holies was the key, but not
through sun pagen symbolism and rituals of the false sunday
sabbath santury with its threatening covenants to keep
people and members in fear and bondage..

A process journey within to adapt christs charactor
apon our fore-heads and be sealed up, without a need
for entering physical pagen buildings and answering
to vain filthy rags of rightous priests...

we have to stop giving our power over to these
power freaks especially mormons to catholicsm etc.

Larry.

They don't pay my bills, go to work for me, clean my house and they don't hold the keys to my salvation! have any authority from God or any spiritual wisdom that I need!!!!

Good post.

after becoming an adult. As a child/youth, I didn't think I had a right to question. After I went through the bullshit I did before my marriage, I started to realize that I could actually bend the rules a little and I kept testing them.

I think I shocked the bishops right from the start after my marriage. I remember our first bishop berating me for not agreeing to pray in sacrament meeting (anyone remember when they had couples give both prayers?)--I always said, "No." He told me I had to pray. I said I didn't. I had a real issue with praying. I have NEVER prayed in front of my ex--EVER (that is probably why he wasn't able to change from gay to straight!?!?!?).

I NEVER went to tithing settlement after I got married.

I quit going to the temple even on bishopric/wife night. My ex always went alone. He has never let me live that down. I laugh about it.

It was very liberating to finally realize I could say NO--that they had no authority over me. I get better and better at not letting it effect me now--which is why I resigned recently.

When the bishop came by and told me I'd be back later at Christmas and I said, "No, I won't," I know I shocked him, but I shocked myself even more.



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