I left because I learned I had been lied to about the history.

I left when I learned They didn't give a rat's ass about me.

I left because I figured out I was not worthless scum

Thank you.

Very well stated.

And it resonates with me. It was the sheer dishonesty and brutality of the leadership that made any sort of modus vivendi impossible.

I have a friend who just left a job after being transferred to Paris because she was treated like worthless scum.

She had the courage to stand up for herself, even though there will be many who will criticize her for it for years to come.

That’s the price for personal integrity.

I've told the story enough! There was a point of no going back. I gave them all the chances and more than they deserved. I'm really in shock some days about what they put me through.

As my therapist said (he comes from a very mormon royalty family) we tested mormonism to its limits and it failed us.

I left at age twelve. It was the miserable members who drove me out. "This can't be good," I thought. "They let assholes like my father in." And his Mormon friends were like half-men, no personality.



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"Half-men."

That captures it well.

I’m going to use that term “half-men.” Very apt.

I think had I been employed at Harrah's Casino, I would have been treated better when my home burned.

This is how the church tricks members- They use some parable about Heavenly Father supporting his sons and daughters, but not Stan.

But the truth is the church doesn't support its members; especially when it comes to $$$.

I did not know the history way back BG. (Before Google)

I left because of the poison. Once I saw it in SWK I saw it everywhere.

SWK was a poisonous little toad.

I actually wasn’t aware of most of the historical and doctrinal issues when I left. I gave up on religion because I could no longer accept the concept of god that is found in abrahamic religions, nor could I accept the idea of eternal punishment or eternal reward.

Learning about the history of TSCC certainly reinforced my decision to leave.

It starts off when you discover Santa Clause was a lie. Then you find those old men running the church are lying to you. Then you discover the government has been lying to you. Then you just decide everyone is full of shit and get a dog because dogs are more trustworthy.

Per the late Tom T. Hall:

He said 'Women think about themselves
When menfolk ain't around,
And friends are hard to find
When they discover that you're down.'
He said, 'I tried it all
When I was young and in my natural prime.
Now it's old dogs and children and watermelon wine.'
--Tom T. Hall, "Watermelon Wine," 1973



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History of Polyandry started it for me, there after, the doctrine just began to look ridiculous, and then I popped a CD of the BOM featured by Daniel C. Peterson where in the first couple of minutes he stated that the BOM has never been changed.

I went up to my bed room right after and ripped up the check for tithing that was waiting to be mailed. 12 years later, I can't even imagine going back. Hell, I wouldn't want to bump into DonBagley's asshole father and his half men friends.