I really relate to this feeling. I feel disgusted when I am around especially arrogant Mormon's. Because I used to be one.. :S
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I actually had posted this in reply to another forum member's posting on here, but I wanted to put it out as a separate topic to see if anyone else could relate.. Back in 2007 I had been attending the temple quite frequently trying to find answers or peace or something about all of my questions concerning the church. I had actually set up an appointment to talk to the temple president earlier
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I'm 35 and they would do "private room confirmations" when I was 12.
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Thanks for sharing your experience. It's really quite reassuring to know that I am not the only one who has felt that dark feeling in the temple. My last temple experience was one i'll never forget. I had been attending the temple quite frequently trying to find answers or peace or something about all of my questions concerning the church. I had actually set up an appointment to talk to the
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As a 12 year old boy, I started masturbating (as many 12 year old boys do). I remember reading a law of chastity booklet put out by the church and realizing that I was "sinning." I felt terrible, and immediately set up an appointment and confessed everything to the bishop. I was shamed severely and forbidden to take the sacrament until I could go two weeks without masturbating. I con
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