Posted by:
shux
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Date: June 18, 2017 11:34AM
They can't have a cult and at the same time a non-cult; it can't be both things. Cult mandates keep the tithers tithing.
Cult members are not "thick," but brainwashed and also trapped by circumstance, usually from birth.
You are on a board full of people who have clawed and are clawing free of moism, most often at the expense of family, spouses and children, homes, community, even jobs.
You refer to the mental mechanisms to avoid these losses as being "thick," while in fact, extreme amounts of mental gymnastics are required, both to stay in, and to exit. Many members remain non-believing and active, against their own desires, placing the welfare of those they love ahead of their own. There are inactive members, struggling to make relationships work despite the cult's heavy-handed interference.
Without considering what a cult is, why this board exists, or the populations whom might find aid and comfort here, you named an entire State (and most everyone here) as "thick assholes."
Need I even ask what one might call that move?
No one here will deny that cults impose asshole rules, but nearly everyone will take issue with the bigotry you displayed.
Btw, any rare, authentic "warm fuzzies" are transient, and completely tied to the community of humans, something which requires intelligence to comprehend.
Shunning is the price of rejecting the monolith. Try it. Right now. Walk away from everyone that you know and love.
...Thick?
There are reasons that Utah is the #1 consumer of anti-depressants, the absolute best way to numb emotions. Here, we call the primary reason "TSCC."
The lines that you crossed are blaming individuals for the circumstances of their births, and generalizing entire populations in negative ways. There are gery good, kind and decent people in both Utah and moism.
Had you been looking for something more than a quick fix, you may have realized that there are none, but that compassion is the best medicine.