I do too, Stunted. I've had some things happen lately that show me how horrible a religion it is and how it turns some folks into people I don't like very well.
No it's not pure poison. It's poisoned honey. You go in for the sweet stuff and keep asking for more until either it kills you, or you read the label on the bottle that says "Warning, do not consume" and believe it.
Some things are destructive. Mormonism is really insidiously evil. I'm talking to my TBM brother a lot lately, and I can tell he's stuck. It wasn't like this when he was younger, but what began small has gotten so big that he has basically made his bed. It's sad, because he's an amazing guy.
Yeah, that's Alex. He doesn't really talk about it, but I can tell he'd rather be out there making something of himself instead of squandering his life as a Mormon serf in Utah.
I never thought it would be possible to HATE something as much as I hate Mormonism. I'd love to wear a t-shirt with "I HATE THE MORMON CHURCH" on it 24/7.
As for Mormons, I feel nothing but sorrow and pity for them. They are being used by a vampire who wants nothing more than to suck them dry.
Mormonism is sewage....vile garbage....filth....it's a cancer. The world would have been so much better had Joseph Smith never been born.
I, as well, wish JS had never been born. The world, esp. Utah, would be a far better place today.
Mo's really do think they have the one and only truth and that they are better than other people.
When TBM, I used to think that; I truly believed God loved mormons most. How stupid is that?
I cannot believe now that I could have ever been so shallow, arrogant and closed minded, and honestly, I did not even see that in myself.
I never knew ANY of my non mormon neighbors, not one, had not a clue who they were, nor cared. That is just sad. So glad to be out.
I know I am a better person that I EVER was as a mo, still far from perfect, but much improved as I have learned to think and act for myself, instead of always being told how to live.
One can never truly grow up under that kind of indoctrination.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 07/13/2011 01:47AM by think4u.
When I was a TBM, I never thought that I was better than everyone else, in fact I've always thought that everyone else is better than me. I always knew that God loves everyone equally, we are all His children. Most of my friends aren't mormon and I love them to death. I just thought I would add that not every mormon (or ex-mormon) on the face of the planet believes they are better than everyone else. There is at least one that doesn't.
Mormons are told regularly they are god's elect, a special, set apart generation. Yet they are also told they aren't doing enough-more HT'ing, more donations, more member mish work, stop masturbating, and so on.
So that can create an assortment of internal states for mormons themselves. But I think what we're talking about is how Mormons come across to others, and it's highly elitist even when they don't necessarily feel superior.
little bird, you've landed on the wrong branch so fly, fly away and leave us wise owls to hoot in peace. fly back though if you ever decide to open your mind to reality and fact.
Lately all the morgbot spammers have been randomly commenting about how cool mormons are, and doing it on threads that are months (sometimes years) old. WTF? It's got to be a google search pulling up the thread, and then they pop in to tell us how we're all meany heads, and they they vanish back into the night.