I just thought that with the holiday it would be cool to post this. I am thanful to be an Ex Mormon mainly because I feel like a big binder has been lifted from my eyes, and I am free to live my life how I want to without feeling guilty. That is just off the top of my head. Anyone else?

I can have as much gay sex as I want without feeling guilty.
I can smoke.
I can drink.
I can frequent Starbucks and not have to get hot chocolate.
I can cuss and swear and say shocking things that make Mormons cringe.
I can grow facial hair.
I don't have to wear white button up shirts on Sunday.
I don't have to eat stale bread and drink metallic water during church.
I don't have to go to church.
I can verbally bash stupid Mormons.
I can (and do, quite frequently) masturbate.
I can look at porn.

I could go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on.

I can think what I want,
read what I want,
say what I want,
eat or drink what I want,
do what I want
when I want to do it
and
NO DAMNED BORING MEETINGS TO ATTEND!!

For all that I am indeed thankful.

Shop on Sundays
Go boating on Sundays
BBQ on Sundays
Have me time on Sundays
Turn aways annoying assholes on Sunday
Masturbate on Sunday

Yep, lots of stuff to do on Sunday

Sundays are mine. So are all the other days of the week ChurchCo saw fit to steal from my life.

I can enjoy really good R-rated movies without feeling like I'm going to be cast into hell for doing so.

I am no longer "living to die." I'm living to live!

God doesn't exist, and neither does Satan!

My wife and I were both out of the church before we got married. We are on the same page where religion is concerned.

So many more...

Our family is much happier, stress is easier to manage, money is easier to manage, time together is more abundant and meaningful, and we are in a good mood when church is over.

So if there is truth the the oft repeated and plagiarized counsel from the prophets of mormo that no success in life can compensate for failure in the home, then it stands to reason that the burden of LDS Inc, needs to be removed. Besides, the LDS measure of success in the family is raising up obedient tithe-payers, and nothing more.

Yes, the joy we had before we joined the church has returned.

I don't pretend to believe.

BUT I am most thankful that my adult kids and grand daughters are not messed up by that church.

K

Ha ha ha! God that so reminds me of my DH, AnonyMs, he drinks on occation but he hides the beer in our fridge! Seriously, he's been living on his own for 14 years and he HIDES THE BEER!!!

I am most grateful that I don't have to wear ugly uncomfortable underwear!
I can sleep in on Sundays and stay in my PJ's all day if I want to
I can swear, drink, smoke, watch R-rated movies, dress like a hoe on halloween, go to a bar, watch porn...ya know the usual!



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Please say hi to them--you know, whassisname and whassername. *winks*

HEY Clugie
I didn't know you were "posting" to me.
But I got an email from whatshername/your relative........ :)
So happy to meet you.

I just love your kin. They are great people and exmos.

I hope to see them in December.

It's a small world-----after all (after mormonism too)

K

such as family and friends and my love for them.

I am thankful that I can wear sexy underwear whenever I want and not just for sexy time with DH. ;)

My sexy red lace thong isn't going to wear itself.

You have to make sure and let the thong show above the top of your pants in the back so others can see.

Even though I have a vagina, I am allowed to think/stand up for/give credence to myself. I can teach/expect my daughters to do the same, and not assume that because I am penis-less that I am incapable of rational thought or the need for someone to love me unconditionally.

I can gain an education in science, and not "Homemaking." I can refuse to do the dishes and watch rated R movies while having a beer instead. I can decide I don't want to have sex, and not feel like I'm betraying God or the Holy Priesthood...I just happen to be tired tonight.

I can demand that my husband not treat other women (namely the single women he home teaches) like alternate wives. I can insist that I am the only one for whom he does favors like change the washers in the bathroom faucet and clean the hair out of my drains.

I can raise my children in a manner that makes ME comfortable, not one that everyone else says is right...rules they enforce by subtly exiling, ignoring, and banishing me and my children. I am thankful that their rules do not cause contention between my husband and I. I can love my children unconditionally, even if they choose to not serve missions, if they are atheists, if they are gay/lesbian, if they have an opinion that differs from my own.

I can love my husband with my whole heart, because I don't have to worry I'm giving my heart to a man who serves a mistress (the church).

I can be free.

Too many to list.

But I think the main one is that my mind is not tied down to black and white thinking anymore. I love color...

I'm not a second class citizen because I have a vagina
I can chose my own underwear, even sexy ones if I want
I can shop on Sundays
I can sleep in on Sundays if I want
I don't have to wear skirts or dresses to church
I can pick where and when I go to church
I can enjoy a good R rated movie if I want
I can skip church and nobody shows up at my door
I can read anything I want to read
I can drink coffee or tea
I can enjoy alcohol in moderation if I want to
I can laugh as often and as loud as I want
I can enjoy life instead of waiting to die.
I can wear shorts and tank tops in the summer when it's hot

I could go on and on about the benefits of being free.



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My time is my own.
My mind is my own.
My money is my own!
I can do, say, and think what I want.

Can't get better than that.

There is nothing wrong with identifying oneself as an atheist!

I can enjoy coffee (which I love)
I can enjoy alcohol
I can smoke a good cigar
I can enjoy Sundays
I feel free and at peace
No garments
No meetings
I can be truly be myself
Not being controlled
Trying to do what I think is right

Hmmm...explain.

while i don't believe in any god or want to be part of a religion, does that make me an atheist? i don't want to be associated with believers & non-believers. i don't want to be involved in any of that stuff.

maybe she/he wants the same?

then again, i am here writing on this forum.

I was thinking along the same lines. My screen name says it all.

I am free to live life without the cheapening guise of my existence as being some kind of test or dry-run.
"The price of life is death, but it's still the best bargain in the world."

Being able to look at things with an open mind. And enjoying the time I have now.

no shame, no guilt for thinking for myself and by myself.

before i was just trying to please an invisible god. i was trying not to upset him by bringing weird thoughts to the beautiful minds of 'his' children on his planet.


before i was in a closet. all my thoughts were just for myself: from quantum physics to politics to evolution to extra-terrestrial intervention.


now i can speak or write freely.

I am most thankful that my three children were not raised Mormon. The generational madness has been broken (at least on this branch).

The fear is gone. I live honestly with nothing to hide.