Posted by:
Breeze
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Date: March 23, 2017 12:03AM
Mormon men always come to visit in two's. One was my son's best friend's father, and another was the teacher of the "Gospel Essentials" class, I think. Anyway, it was the class for investigators, who didn't know anything about Mormonism.
The teacher of the class said to me, "I would like to officially invite you to my class. You need to know more about the BOM." I had read the BOM 7 times, had graduated from Institute, and also from BYU, which had all those required religion classes. I had also taught the high school kids in SS, for years.
The teacher said, "There is a new member of the ward, and I think you two would have a lot in common. You really need to meet her. She's back living with her mother, in our ward. She had abandoned her children, and divorced her husband, and was on drugs for many years, and lived on the streets. She went to prison for selling drugs and prostitution, and now she is turning her life around. She actually met with her kids, last week."
My son stood up from the couch, and said, "You just compared my mother to a drug-dealing street whore. Mom never would have abandoned us--she is the best person I know. This conversation is over!"
I stood up, too, and I was shaking for the slanderous insult, in my own home, in front of my son. My son and I walked to the door, and I opened it. The two men stood up, and left, with the usual, "Well, if we can do anything for you, let us know...." My son and I didn't say one word, or made any eye contact, and shut the door.
This is only one incident. There were other encounters, in which the priesthood leaders threatened me, that I would get sicker if I didn't attend meetings, that I would fail financially if I didn't pay tithing, that my children would fail in life, if they didn't obey 100%. We had already been told we would never be a "forever family" and would walk past each other as strangers, alone, for eternity. These last threats are standard fear tactics that the Mormon cult uses on everyone--not just us.
And then there was the physical abuse of my children. One incident happened right in front of me, in our own house, and the Mormon thug would not put my son down, until I threatened to call the police.
I think that if I hadn't been a single mother, and had a man to stand up for me, these bullies might have been more careful. The harassment continued, until we all officially resigned together. I highly recommend resigning, for that reason.