Yes, that is what I was taught. Oddly, though, I have a black niece who attended BYU and is currently a TBM. That isher business, but I don't understand why.
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I am so sorry for your loss
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My mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother were all born in Fairview. Yes, some of them were characters.
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I don't have a clue about the afterlife except Mormon heaven isn't included in it.
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I don't much care for Mit Romney. However, to mention his polygamous background is pretty meaningless if you come form an old Mormon family. I can trace my genealogy back to Brigham Young by his first wife. The other side of my family goes to the Allreds who are a major part of the FLDS. I bet allot of posters on here can do the same thing. We are here because we are trying to deal with
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I live my own life. If I fit in fine, If I don't that's fine too. No guilt.
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I also am not a mormon, because I define who I am. That really says it all.
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I whole heartly agree that mormonism fits the definiton of a cult. And I know close up how destructive this cult is. It has taken me years to get my life on track because of it. However, I have noticed how there seem to me these conversations floating around on here and elsewhere about whether or not mormonism 'Christian' or not. But the source of these judgements seem to be coming from mai
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Don't get me wrong. There is nothing that I like about the mormon religion. I left it 45 years ago and haven't looked back. But this business of those fundie/evangelicals who say that mormons are not christians are like this business of the kettle calling the pot black. I have noticed that there these churches who are trying to 'save' mormons are doing nothing more than trying to entice peo
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My family is different but still the same. We don't talk about anything of importance. The fact that I am not a Mormon at all is just ignored and yet it is like the invisible elephant in the middle of the livingroom. I wrote in my journal the other day that I feel like an orphan. I have no family. My mom past away last november. And yet I can't morn her passing. Now all that is left ar
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I think that the psychological climate inside the church is extremely damaging. It is a religious addiction. So, it can take a long time to get over it and understand what happened to you. For me, even though I had not entered a moromon church for over 40 years, I felt it hanging over me. Then I discovered this blog. I followed the directions and resigned officially. This freed me immensl
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Good question. I am free! My brain belongs to me.
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I used to drink quite allot of coffee until I had a heart attack. Green tea is healthier.
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Umm, No. All I remember was being told by Morgs how much non-Mormons respected us. Just another Morg fantasy.
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I feel sorry for Ann Romney. She is just one out of many mormon women who are brainwashed and stuck in a bad situation. I am not against women staying at home raising children if that is what they want to do. But to pop out one baby after the other in order to house spirits. What a bunch of cock and bull.
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Not to downplay this thread, but don't most mainstrtream christians ignore the bible that they claim to believe?
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Thanks for the posting. I have not been in an LDS church in over 45 years, and I am still recovering.
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Pretty funny comments. Someone could use this material in a stand up comic routine. Only trouble is only those of us who were unfortunate enough to have been around lds culture would get it.
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Pretty interesting!
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It has taken me years to come to terms with religion. I ideas change from year to year about who I think God (and Goddess) are but that is just fine. I have noticed that a certain number of exmos have been snagged by the evangelicals now believing that they practice "True Christianity". I guess that I believe anyone who things that they are a Christian is one. That is between thei
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It makes me sad, and yes, I feel that I have sacrificed allot, but there is no other way for me to go. I just never believed it. The price to be accepted by them would be to bullshit myself. Then there would be no me. nodedog
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With Mit Romney being in the public light, I am wondering how the Church will respond to many curious questions concerning some of its more unusual ideas. For example, the church denies that it practices Blood atonement. At the same time it is okay to lie in order to protect the Churches image. How are we going to know whether their PR is the truth or just a cover up. The Church in recent t
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They will find you sooner or later, that's how it is. Best thing to do is to resign. I guarantee they won't chase you after that.
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I don't see any reason to convince Mormons of anything. That's what they do. I have no responsibility at all to go in that direction. If a person is happy being a Mormon then fine. It's none of my business.
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No!
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All of my Mormon relatives are on my fb page. Well, not all, but allot. They found me. I am sick of looking at pictures of their snot nosed kids, or from the niece who keep popping out babies to "give bodies to little spirits." I moved 800 miles away from them and now thanks to technology we are one cozy family.
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I'm not an atheist, and don't care to offer an explanation. Why should I? What exactly are you trying to say? Which version of Jesus kissed her? Mormon, evangelical, catholic, independent, gnostic, agnostic? Or how about ChristoPagan?
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I'm a descendant of Brigham Young (from his first wife). It has taken me a long time to get over it. After all, I don't measure up and disappointed them all. I think that when you are ready, resign. It was a really liberating feeling for me. The directions are on this board somewhere. You can not control how your family or friends view you. All you can do is take care of how you see yours
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This really creepy. I left the church in the early 80's and never was married in it, but my parents must have done all of that. Even I forget how crazy the church really is inside and then I hear something like that and it is a real shock.
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That's a personal decision. I resigned years later. I got tired home teachers showing up at my doorstep. After, I did it, I felt free of the church inside my head. It was worth it for me.
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