Posted by:
The 1st FreeAtLast
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Date: December 19, 2013 05:57AM
As you know, Mormons are indoctrinated from childhood onward to perceive themselves as God's "chosen people." In the minds of Latter-day Saints, humanity is divided into camps: active, less-active, inactive, faithful, slothful, righteous, unrighteous, wicked, etc.
You wrote that your TBM husband "wants to divorce" you. Why? Because you're no longer "worthy", according to self-righteous Mormon thinking. The blinkered LDS perspective is that you "strayed" from the "straight and narrow path." Your TBM husband did not, so he is "righteous" and "blessed", and you are an "apostate" (so maintains the dysfunctional, ego-reinforcing LDS mindset).
Bear in mind that regardless of what duped, 'brainwashed' Latter-day Saints believe, the documented historical evidence is abundant and clear: Mormonism is a fraud, a religious scam based on lies, half-truths, propaganda, and manipulation.
There is also a lot of proof that the so-called "keystone" of Mormonism, the Book of Mormon, is a work of fiction and not what Joseph Smith (JS) disingenuously claimed, namely, that the volume was an "important and interesting book" in which "the history of ancient America is unfolded" (ref.
http://www.lds.org/ensign/2002/07/the-wentworth-letter).
Documented history has revealed that JS was a serial adulterer. He targeted teenage girls, women who had never been married, and the wives of at least 11 men (ref.
http://www.wivesofjosephsmith.org/). The man whom Mormons laud as the "prophet of the Restoration" was a sexual predator.
Let's not forget that the propaganda-addicted LDS Church has systematically misled millions of people since 1830 and taken an estimated $200 billion from them. That makes Mormonism the largest fraud in U.S. history, by far.
Do you REALLY want to return an environment of Mormon self-deception, institutional duplicity and manipulation, patriarchal arrogance, blocked personal growth, psychological immaturity, and other manifestations of dysfunction?
Again, what matters the most to you? Returning to your TBM husband, who has said he wants to divorce you (so that, no doubt, he can be legally free to find and temple-marry a "righteous" woman)?
Or do you want to be free from cultic Mormonism? You get to decide. You're the captain of the ship of your life; it'll go in whichever direction you choose.
People wish there wasn't a high price to pay for acting with integrity, but often there is. The price might be emotional, financial, or related to one's physical liberty. Or all three.
In Burma, democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi spent a decade and a half under house arrest between 1989 and 2010. The military regime would not allow her to leave the country to say farewell to her dying husband and return to her native land. She opted to remain in Burma to continue her peaceful struggle as a powerful symbol against government oppression. Her children were also away from her for several years due to the house arrest order.
South African leader Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years because, fundamentally, he opposed the government's anti-black apartheid policies. As a prisoner, he did not have anywhere near a normal family life. Like Aung San Suu Kyi, Mandela's sacrifice was really for his people - millions of them.
Of course, to avoid suffering Suu Kyi and Mandela could have cut a deal with the governments of their respective countries, agreeing to abandon their pro-democracy efforts in exchange for their freedom. Instead of caving, however, they mustered their courage and remained true to what mattered the most to them: political freedom for their people. Their resolve ultimately resulted in their societies being transformed for the better. But they paid a high price along the way.
I suggest that you take the time to carefully consider what matters the most to you. The rest of your life will certainly be affected by the decisions you make.
Best wishes!