Posted by:
Martin Luther
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Date: October 20, 2010 09:14PM
A couple of months ago I put my papers in mostly because of social pressure. I openly questioned the church to some of my friends, things like sexism, racism, polygamy, and the absolute power and authority of the Mormon hierarchy. A Morgbot I worked with heard some of the things I had to say and told my stake president. He called me in and started by saying the first interview we had, he felt “impressed” to ask me some questions that he had never asked other missionaries before. He went on by saying that he heard rumors of me joking about sacred things (Of course he would define his and the GA’s authority as sacred). He said I would have to talk with my bishop more about this before my papers could be submitted. Afterward I felt absolutely betrayed, and I wonder about all of my close friends that could have been his informant. A month later I sat in his office without an appointment demanding to meet with him. I told him that I had a right to know who his informant was and what had been said about me. He lied to my face and said all of the specifics had been discussed in the previous interview. I said that was absolutely untrue, that I wouldn’t have felt so beaten down and defenseless if I had specific accusations. My SP finally told me and one of the things I was accused of tipped me off to his informant. Then I said something like I wasn’t sure why I was being singled out, and that it didn’t seem that serious. His voice became very loud and he became very aggressive saying no one was singling me out he was just protecting the good name of the church, blah blah. Anyway I was just wondering if anyone has any similar controlling, 1984esque experiences?