Posted by:
presleynfactsrock
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Date: April 14, 2019 07:27PM
Amen and amen to the statement that "Mormonism is a tightly sealed bubble".
Many years in the past, after my husband and I lost the battle of trying to talk our dear first born daughter out of a mission, and then when she got her call, to pleeeease ask for it be rethought and re-revealed (ha, ha) so she could not be sent to such a god-forsaken, unsafe and unclean country, she stepped on the plane that would take her there anyway.
Before that fateful day, I spent a lot of time at the library (no internet then) to find out more about this country BECAUSE the MormonCult was not telling her information and facts except, you know, to NOT forget her scriptures and pack 13 pairs of nylons, even though the country's year round temperature was 102 F (ok, I am slightly exaggerating, but just slightly).
I was so angry, so broken that the cult had her ears and trust, stolen from her evil, non-attending Mormon apostate parents. I knew from what I read, that even though she would be surrounded by amazing colorful, loving people in this country, she would see poverty, disease, and even sexual happenings which would forever haunt her.
She was too young and too sheltered and too unprepared to be going to this country or any country. At this time in her life she needed to be doing what young people are meant to do....to have the freedom and time to explore, learn, make choices and make new friends. To discover who they are without adults hovering over them, sharing their ideas and rules.
I myself learned what a tightly sealed bubble the cult is through this experience. Three of my children served missions and to this day I know more about these three countries without ever stepping onto their soil than they do.
But, these three "ever-more TBM children" can quote more scripture than I can.