I am getting relatively close to being able to drop Mormonism officially. I am currently debating whether to be quiet about it, or if I should try and make a stink before I leave. What would be the best way to get noticed for apostasy and get called in for a court of love?

Not sure about the court of love thing, but...
If you just want to make an impression on the every day members, live a happy life. It'll drive them nuts.

If the bishop asks you to take a new calling: "no"

Then just let it hang there. No anger no apology just "no". When he starts to sputter you can suddenly remember some emergency and leave.

When the RS president asks if you did your visiting teaching: "no"

Can you say the opening prayer? "no"

We need you to help the Johnsons move..."no"

I wonder how long you could make that last.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/11/2013 02:02PM by koriwhoremonger.

I love doing that. A high councilor and ward clerk came by before ward conference to get me to participate in the stake goals. I just told them flat out I did not want to help with any of the goals and I didn't act guilty at all for saying no so they didn't know what to do. When the missionaries came by to get to know me they seemed pretty surprised I was inactive and once they figured that out started throwing out the invites one after another. I just said no, no, no, no, no. Or when they text me to find out if I did my home teaching instead of not responding I always go ahead and write back, "No I did not complete any home teaching last month."

I have to admit, this was very enjoyable to do before I left the church for good.

I have a higher calling
Jesus wants me somewhere else
Do you think Jesus wants me to serve free breakfast at an open congregation church or here on Easter?

hug hugs

Give your un-testimoney in sacrement meeting. End it properly with "I know this church is un-true, in the name of Jesus, yes even jesus the christ, pause... (makes it more sincere)....amen.

I dreamed of doing this . . . Never had the guts.

I wish I had gone up on Fast & Testimony just to say, "I don't believe. Good-bye" and then left the building. But I didn't.

All we did was let the bishop know we didn't believe, and invite our friends over to dinner. We also posted a few things on FB, quotes by the Dalai Lama, and the text of an email saying we were under the control of Satan, stuff like that. We became "too influential" and "disturbed others". That got us threatened with excommunication if we didn't resign. Maybe you could go super extreme and take two pieces of bread from the sacrament tray.

When we actually resigned last month, we emailed the entire ward, the stake leadership, and every bishopric in the stake. That caused a pretty good splash.

Hahaha just take a big handful of bread

Just grab the whole tray and dump it in your mouth, so the bread pours all over your face! Ha ha ha! I'd pay good money to see the looks on TBM's faces!

And then the water tray, just throw it down the isle hahaha
That would be (as the mormon youth in my ward say) bassad

LMAO!!

And do it with your left hand.

Just leaving and never going back has rocked the boat considerably.

Yesterday we happened to be in a place where we could see the entire ward drive by on their way home from church. My husband (a well known button pusher) stood there and waved at them as they passed by. Not one single person waved back. These are people we've known for 10 years.

Nice!! That would be awesome to sit on the main drag through town in our lawn chairs, some cold brewskis, on a nice sunny day, and wave. Priceless!

We were at a flea market, having fun.

The quickest and most sure fire way to get excommunicated for Apostacy -is to chose subjects that the local leadership do not have a clue about --

Say you read the following discourses by Brigham Young

Adam -God Discourse
Plural Marriage Discourse
Negroes and the Priesthood Ban

AND THAT YOU BELIEVE ALL THREE DISCOURSES GIVEN BY A PROPHET OF GOD !!!

Jb

Go up to the podium to give your testimony. Then let loose about all the bullshit. I wished I had the guts, but I just cashed out the day after I got released.

wear your temple clothes to church-

There was a crazy lady in our ward that actually did this! She left off the veil and the green apron (the best part).She looked very strange in her ankle length white dress, and white shoes. It was obviously her temple dress that looked like a mumu made out of polyester. Her 32 yo daughter was mortified. It was F&T meeting. Of course she got up and bore her testimony of the temple. Made a complete fool of herself. She was oblivious to how silly she looked.

The next week the bishop gave a talk and told people to only wear temple appropriate attire to the temple. That lady went on a mission to Hawaii the next week. She probably offended every one she came in contact with. She was out to lunch big time.

Hmm....show up nuts and get a 'trip' to Hawaii. There may have been a method to her madness, ya know :-)

Show up to your last meeting, drinking starbucks.

Just told what I thought for an hour before the council. Perhaps it started some on the process of doubting.

speaking as a devout boat rocker, it depends on how you want to leave, do you want to flip everyone a big old birdy, or maybe sow some seeds that will help others stop being fooled?

I dreamed of the untestimony, literally, right in sacrament meeting, but I don't like people getting conned. thing is people don't like to admit being conned. from what I have learned is too direct of an approach is simply too much for most. better to let them 'feel' the spirt from you while knowing you apostate, let them keep that nugget on their shelf for a while.

but if blaze of glory is what you want, by all means do it in testimony meeting from the pulpit, just make sure it gets taped and pu on youtube you will get millions of hits

Speaking of rocks, how about getting up to deliver a testimony with a big old-fashioned hat, then placing a rock in it and reading as if you are receiving revelation....?

I think the testimony thing is the way to go. Get up and go on and on about all the stuff you believed, how important the church was in your life, the expectations that you'd be with your family forever, god of your own planet etc...

Then tearfully relate how you know that Joseph Smith lied. He was a conman and sent other men off on missions so he could sex up and marry their wives.

End with something to the effect of "...so sad that I wasted so many years following a lier...goodbye."

These are all awesome ideas. I need to consider what's best, luckily I have two months to plan.