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Bite Me
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Date: August 19, 2013 01:42PM
Now that my wife has given the green light and the latest family wedding is past, yesterday was the last straw...
WML (also now our home teacher since they had to monkey with this by reassigning away a guy that I had a perfectly good understanding with who would call me every so often with a fifteen second "Hi. Yeah, we're good. Thanks, Bye." call) dropped by with no appointment. He's been told that any home teaching conversations would need to be at church and not in the home. He came by under the guise of asking about another less-active family in the ward. Really? That family lives two houses down from him. (We're three streets away which might as well be on the other side of town here.) Oh, and by the way, how are you guys doing?
This really got under my skin.
So, it's done. I sent in my resignation letter. I sent it via email with delivery and read receipts requested. We'll see how that works.
It's pretty much a standard verbiage letter with a dash of "up yours" thrown in. Here is a copy of it...
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Bite Me
Address
DOB
MRN
August 13, 2013
Member Records Division, LDS Church
50 E North Temple, Rm 1372
Salt Lake City, UT 84150-5310
email: msr-confrec@ldschurch.org
To whom it may concern:
This letter is my formal resignation from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and it is effective immediately. I hereby withdraw my consent to being treated as a member and I withdraw my consent to being subject to church rules, policies, beliefs and 'discipline'. As I am no longer a member, I want my name permanently and completely removed from the membership rolls of the church.
I have given this matter considerable thought. I understand what you consider the 'seriousness' and the 'consequences' of my actions. I am aware that the church handbook says that my resignation "cancels the effects of baptism and confirmation, withdraws the priesthood held by a male member and revokes temple blessings" I also understand that I will be "readmitted to the church by baptism only after a thorough interview". (Quotes from the current Church Handbook of Instructions.)
My resignation should be processed immediately, without any 30-day or other ‘waiting periods'. I am not going to be dissuaded and I am not going to change my mind.
I expect this matter to be handled promptly, with respect and with full confidentiality.
After today, the only contact I want from the church is a single letter of confirmation to let me know that I am no longer listed as a member of the church. There is no need to have anyone come by to talk at me about why I am leaving. It would just be an exercise in futility. I am not going to debate my leaving of the church, nor will I ever consider coming back without having a frontal lobotomy first.
In the end, my reasons for leaving don't really matter, and honestly, no one really cares beyond it being a loss of tithing dollar revenue to the corporation. The church will believe what they want to believe, say what they want to say, and it will probably be something along the lines of "I left and went to get more beer, smoke a joint, sleep around a bit, shoot some heroin, spend a few nights in the gutter, kill someone, contemplate suicide, steal a bagel, kick an old lady while she is crossing the street, lie with my hand on the bible, starve a puppy, and watch a few hours of porn."
So, what's the point. Let's just keep things simple and leave it at, "Going to get milk, never coming back."
Sincerely,
"Bite Me"
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I'll let you all know how sending this via email works as far as response time frames go.