.....Dog shit. You can still smell it after you clean your shoes off.

Herpes.
The gift that keeps on giving.

time dilators. One hour listening to a Mormon feels like years.

Especially in a ward meeting.

...a shot charging rino. They are mortally wounded, but too stupid to even realize that they have been shot.

Let's keep our hatred to tscc and those who know better yet continue to keep silent. Most of us were tbm's at some point.

I knew a lot of great tbm's and still do. They are tainted by the horrible cult. I was once.

That said, of course there are tbm's I'd despise regardless of their beliefs. Just the same as many people who aren't.

So yeah, I despise the 15. I despise the financial arm of tscc. Beyond that, it's all about the individual person.

we were;
Like we are, they may become.

. . . like seeds with no soil, no water, and no sun.

I still remember how I felt when a friend proved to me that there was no Santa. It was very similar, on a lower scale, to how I felt when I learned the church is not true. Lied to, disrespected, embarrassed, stupid, indignant. WHY?!! I wanted to know.

So, Mormons (former me included), are like children who believe in Santa with all their hearts.

liesarenotuseful Wrote:
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> So, Mormons (former me included), are like
> children who believe in Santa with all their
> hearts.

Except that small children have not fully developed their reasoning ability to realize that the idea of Santa bringing presents all over the world in one night is not logical. Adult Mormons do not have a similar excuse.

Mormons are like weeds in the garden of religion. Weeds do not respect boundaries and no matter how hard you try to get rid of them they keep popping back up.

Zombies. Jesus ate their brains.

Mormonism is like Disneyland:

Based on a fairy tale and raking in the cash.

I look back on the years of being brainwashed and plodding on a treadmill with regret and embarrassment. Regret for having a skewed mindset in some (a few of them significant) of my child-rearing decisions and approaches. I don't think I will ever be able to fully forgive myself for that part of it. Regret, also, for the loss of my own life's experiences and possibilities because I also was raised as a mormon.

The embarrassment comes from thinking about my decisions and mindless adherence to some extremely ridiculous things. I'm 56...so for those of you of a similar or older age, you probably know many of the things I refer to, which are now not referred to or maybe even known by the regular church meeting going TBMs today.

The feelings I have, for those who are still mouldering in the muck of being TBMs, are mixed. There are loved family members still in it. And I wish with all my heart that they understand that they have been duped. I like what byuatheist said: Mormons are like we were; Like we are, they may become.

The flying spaghetti monster knows that leaving the church didn't solve all my problems, but it sure did knock a thousand pound monkey off my back. May all be so fortunate.