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Posted by: southern idaho inactive ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 04:21PM

In my TBM family of 11. I know of only 4 siblings and their families are TBM. The other 7 have basically dropped the morg, gone inactive or stopped going altogether.... I'm in the middle of the siblings in age. I'm only going to keep my elderly TBM dad happy. As soon he passes away, the resignation letter will be sent shortly afterwards. But that hasn't happened yet.

So in my family of 11, roughly 40 percent are still active. That's a big drop since my siblings are from the Baby Boomer generation, Generation X and some Millennials as well!

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Posted by: jefecito ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 04:24PM

100%

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Posted by: abby ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 04:25PM

My parents are from the Baby Boomer generation. 4 out of 5 are TBM.

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Posted by: MexMom ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 04:29PM

only 1 but still it drives me crazy that she is so blind to the cult nonsense

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Posted by: bender ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 04:30PM

On my side of the family, my parents, all my siblings and their spouses are TBM. Most of them with high up ward and stake callings. On my wife's side, 2 of her 4 siblings are TBM.

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Posted by: adoylelb ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 04:31PM

I have a step family, and the males have all gone inactive, while the women are very much TBM and raising their children Mormon. The youngest one is a RM after a year, who married another RM after a brief dating and engagement period over the summer. At least one good thing I can say is that she and her now husband were platonic friends in high school, so she didn't marry someone she just met. The other good thing is that he doesn't seem like the type to be abusive towards his wife.

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Posted by: gettinreal ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 04:32PM

1 out of 5, so 20%.
And we grew up in the heart of the cult.

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Posted by: Bruce A Holt ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 04:43PM

My parents have lost 1/3 to perdition, just like ol' dad-in-the-sky.

Note: That equates to 2 of 6 out.

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Posted by: veghead ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 04:46PM

4 siblings are still members.

Of those 4 siblings, 2 are inactive.

Of the other 2 that are active:

1 sibling is married to a convert, and they are raising their 4 kids in the church.

1 sibling is married to a RM and they are scheduled to give their first baby a blessing in Sacrament Meeting over Thanksgiving weekend.

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Posted by: claire ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 04:53PM

There are five of us from my mom and five of us from my dad (stepdad).
Of my mom's five, three are very, very active. One of my brothers and I are the only ones out.
Of my dad's five,
One sister is very, very active--seminary teacher, RM.
One sister believes, attends sporadically,
One sister does not believe, but attends for the financial benefits,
And a sister and brother don't attend at all, but still believe, I think. Typical jackmormons.

Of the legions of grandchildren, there are a total of 5 who still believe and attend.

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Posted by: axeldc ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 04:55PM

1 Sister out of 2 sisters and 2 brothers

Both brothers quit as teenagers. My one sister left as an adult. My other sister is the only sibling who still attends.

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Posted by: Kismet ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 05:10PM

100%. I'm the only one out, out of 5.

I have hope for one of my sisters. Although she is completely active, I have seen signs that she may be at least NOMish. And she and her husband are in a position to be well-acquainted with all of Mormonism's troubling issues. But maybe it's just wishful thinking for me to imagine that she could ever join me on the outside. I don't know.

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Posted by: sayhi2kolob4me ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 05:14PM

7 siblings.

3 are inactive but one still believes.

4 are active TBMs with no signs of ever changing.

Wish so much they could see the light and be free.

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Posted by: Anon in Oz ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 05:30PM

One of three who lives in the US .None in Australia.Yeah!!!

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Posted by: rationalist01 ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 05:34PM

Zero. My three siblings were jack-mo's pretty much forever, and I was the one who dove in. I've had my swim, and am drying off now.

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Posted by: Lethbridge Reprobate ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 05:40PM

My 64 year old brother, who has been inactive almost as long as I was, as far as I know was never TBM. Don't know if he ever read the BofM. He never went on a mission either. My sister and 3 brothers from my birth family are nevermo, so 0% I guess.

Ron Burr

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Posted by: tiredofreligion ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 05:46PM

4 out of 5 are active, but I think one of them is only active because of his wife. The two good kids that did everything right growing up are the two apostates. The rebellious and troublesome kids are the TBMs. Funny how that works.

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Posted by: nonamekid ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 05:54PM

zero

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Posted by: donbagley ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 06:55PM

six siblings:

2 living in it
2 acting like Mormons
1 whereabouts unknown
1 exmo resigned like me



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/09/2015 06:56PM by donbagley.

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Posted by: formermollymormon ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 07:03PM

Five siblings all 100% in. So far, all of their children are, also. One likes to be a little more wild, but as far as I know she still goes when she can't find an excuse not to. She still posts stupid church stuff on facebook. I thought another niece might find her way out until they brainwashed her at EFY.

It is kind of depressing sometimes that I am the only one. I supposed that makes me the smartest. :-)

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Posted by: beyondashadow ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 07:09PM

Out of 7 kids, 4 are exmo and 3 are TBM. Mom is TBM. Dad is hunting young lovelies in the hereafter.

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Posted by: frogdogs ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 07:10PM

0 of 100%. All of us are exmo, Zero next generation TBMS among grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. Sky's the limit.

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Posted by: DaveNotInTX ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 07:14PM

three brothers counting me. I totally quit and resigned. Never even got in Peiesthood. Oldest brother is an Elder but has not set foot in an LDS church service for 40 tears. Middle brother is TBM after a 15 year hiatus in 70's and early 80's.

So 1 of 3 is TBM.

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Posted by: cognitivedissonance ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 07:28PM

2 of 5

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Posted by: L Tom Petty ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 07:29PM

40% still TBM
60% saw the light

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Posted by: saucie ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 08:25PM

My two sisters and my cousins who drank the koolaid.

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Posted by: To hell in a handbasket ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 08:25PM

100%, but they are still under my parents' roof. We will see what happens when they get out.....

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Posted by: Anonymous User ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 08:28PM

0%

25% are still active, but are not TBM. My younger sister goes to bars & clubs with her friends (despite not drinking), dates nonmembers, & claims to not hate LGBT people. That doesn't sound very TBM to me, even though she's still very active.

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Posted by: spiritist ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 08:30PM

0% ----- My sister was thinking of going back until I told her to study the history of JS and the church.

However, some of our children are still TBMs.

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Posted by: dydimus ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 09:01PM

1 out of 6; the one is stuck

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Posted by: ificouldhietokolob ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 09:01PM

There are three of us. I'm the middle.
My older brother, still 100% TBM.
Me, out.
Younger sister -- out.

So...33% of us are "in." :)

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Posted by: randyj ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 09:07PM


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Posted by: IdahoBanana ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 09:25PM

There are 5 of us.
I'm the oldest.

2 of us are out - me and my baby bro.
3 are still in.

1 of the 3 still in is almost rabidly so - especially after the children announcement.

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Posted by: Not logged in kj ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 09:30PM

There are 4 of us sibs...three girls/one boy
(I'm counting me)

25% TBM

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Posted by: sillymoful ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 09:43PM

There are five of us.
4 of us are completely out.
1 is slowly transitioning into exemormon world (He no longer pays tithing.)
So 0% tbm.

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Posted by: perky ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 09:46PM

Five siblings. 1 active

Spouse - four siblings - 1 TBM and one out as soon as he finds the door/moment.

Spouse's out brother told his mom he will never baptise his kids into LD$ Inc.

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Posted by: Joe W ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 10:41PM

Out of 7 kids, 3 are TBM (all girls), 1 brother is a loyal/pragmatic Mormon, but I wouldn't call him TBM, and the other 3 of us (all boys) have left the church. (One brother-in-law left the church, the other is TBM times infinity, yet his middle daughter has left the church, which I predicted ten years ago--she was a little too fanatical on her mission.)

My mom is TBM to the max; my father is a loyal/pragmatic Mormon.

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Posted by: the1v ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 10:53PM

I have five siblings. Currently 100% of then are still attending. All sisters are TBM and my brother is a Jack Mormon. I have to hide the good stuff when he comes over.

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Posted by: captain ( )
Date: November 09, 2015 10:57PM

2 out of 5 in my family
1 out of 4 in my wife's family

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