After having lived in Austin, I can say it's got to be the least Mormon-friendly city in Texas and would not be surprised if, after the greater influx of liberal culture, they simply are attending just outside the city or moved. But I do love a good "there are less Mormons here" story!
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Time in the real world talking to people who have never been in your ex-cult.
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P.S. My ex-husb threw many comments my way that seriously jarred me as I was totally unprepared for them, had no idea what I was doing, didn't have my own non-Morm support system in Utah, and because I actually believed them for a long time. He said things like "You're really going downhill because of this." "I just can't raise my kids with someone like you in my house." (som
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P.S. My ex-husb threw many comments my way that seriously jarred me as I was totally unprepared for them, had no idea what I was doing, didn't have my own non-Morm support system in Utah, and because I actually believed them for a long time. He said things like "You're really going downhill because of this." "I just can't raise my kids with someone like you in my house." (so
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Hi friend, it's been a while since I've been on this site but I'm so glad I got on today and read your post. My heart really goes out to you. First and foremost, I want to just say that everything will work out okay, so hang in there. I highly relate to your situation. I know how it is to try to say anything at all "against" the LDS church and have that reaction: "He made it clea
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It's nobody's right to tell you where you are or aren't going, so you can safely ignore them. A passive-aggressive "thank you" and a smile might do the trick. Some Mormon friends and even my soon-to-be-ex-husband told me I was "taking the much harder path" by leaving LDS. They had no right to say anything like that. They don't know the future. They can't speak on any of tha
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Watching "Polygamy, What Love is This?" episodes on YouTube. It's millions of times more enlightening than GC ever could be.
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I appreciated the helpful posts so much! I reread and reread. Everyone has good and constructive advice. My questions were different each time - first, how to get over my husband and how could I have fallen for the church? Second, now I'm going through the difficulty of what my in-laws and old friends are saying, thinking, etc. Perhaps a more mature person wouldn't have to ask two or three differ
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Personally, I think the missing possessives have to do with the emotional and spiritual disconnect from "Heavenly Father" they have due to the nature of how HF is taught. How HF operates, and how his love and approval needs to be earned. They make him out to be a distant god. Also, it may have something to do with the authoritarian nature of the church. For example, I noticed that any
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I was living in Provo; we lived in a house owned by his family member; since there was no expectation of payment and the family wanted me out, I couldn't legally have enforcement to stay there. My family is out of state, so I "escaped", had to quit my job to make the move just to live with them. It's better being down South far from Utah away from the situation, but emotionally I'm stil
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I came out to my TBM husband a few months ago about not believing any of mormonism, and 3 weeks later was consequently kicked out of our house and hated by his whole family, and he told awful lies about abuse, hatred from me, that I just wanted to drink, etc. I've been struggling with this. I was only in the church a total of fewer than 2 years, but these were all my loved ones, not to mention
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As a Christian, this is what I noticed after leaving a short while ago. Christ isn't the main god. Christ is just the tool that Mormons wield as they build themselves up to become their own god. The Christ in the Bible is so different because Christians believe He is God and there is one God. Since Mormons follow three different gods, they can't give their whole heart/might/mind/strength to EAC
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I just found out TSCC built and owns the City Creek mall in SLC! I'm sure most of y'all know this already. Man, it just gets better and better! I laughed out loud when I found this out. My question is: HOW? Does the LDS church claim 503c status? Are its expenses public info? Are there any other "nonprofits" that own shopping centers? Why don't members care? Was it paid for with tith
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In my opinion, you could actually just call and ask if they're LDS and I think they'd tell you. Or, ask their education and if they went to BYU then it's safe to assume they are. My suggestion, though, would be to use a Christian church near you to find the best non-LDS counselor. From my experience when I left the mormon church while living in Provo, all Christian churches there are extremely
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I just recently went through something similar to your situation earlier this year. Except, just 3 weeks after I told my husband I no longer believed LDS and would be a Christian, he divorced me. Just love her and show her you care. Show her that your morals are not lost simply because you choose not to be LDS. Show her you stand by the commitment to marriage. In my case, my husband almost
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"There are no secrets here! LDS.org has everything you ever need to know!" Mine focused so heavily on blessings I would receive for doing everything. It sounded so appealing. Now I realize how selfish that is - to ONLY do things in return for blessings from God. Now as a Christian, good things I do aren't for me but for His glory. The worst part is - I fell for all the bologna th
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Interesting, I haven't heard of that before. Yes, that would be great!
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I'm in the process of leaving the church, and I now consider myself a born-again, biblical Christian and am loving following the One True God of the Bible. I made the right decision in leaving the church. I left because of doctrinal discrepancies, false teachings, and false translations made by Smith. Although my husband left me as a result of this choice, I feel joy & happiness having left T
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Thank you so much for the support and encouragement. This was pretty bad, but in his email I stumbled upon an email from his sister, who absolutely adored me last year...(she's on a mission right now, and apparently just heard the "news") She said, "I KNOW YOU DID THE RIGHT THING and HIGHLY SUPPORT YOU AND COMMEND YOU FOR GETTING THE DIVORCE...Losing trust in someone is sickening
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We didn't share any major assets, and the home was owned by a family member, so it was a gray area since there was no expectation of rent by either me or my soon-to-be ex-husband. I didn't fight over staying in the house because it was so painful for me to live with someone I love so much, but who didn't want me there, didn't respect me or my beliefs, and had so clearly turned his family and no
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My life is now in chaos. It started right before our wedding in July last year, with the endowment and going through the temple. I was super happy and emotional having my then-finance's whole family there, but it just wasn't what I expected, and didn't make me feel closer to God. Also, I had converted just 1 year prior to that, and coming from a Christian background, had been very skeptical a
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