I have had an easy exit from the church, all things considered, and compared to many peoply on this board. In addition to that I live in California, so it makes it no problem in public and I never hear LDS news or anything like it in the general media. My question is, How do you former members do it and live in Utah? It's got to be tough, considering every facet of the community is tied in
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Hmmm, I've never heard of a Bishop coming over after hearing that a member has made some extra money to collect tithing. If this is true, I think its very unusual. As far as the Bishop being sexist, I can believe that unfortunatly.
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George's "Worlds Colliding" speech is the single funniest monologue ever to be on TV.
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Steve was at BYU when I was there. I always did find it odd that he didn't have to serve, when the rest of us did. And he was tapped to speak to youth all over the nation for firesides plus I think he even spoke in GC. I have nothing against Steve Young, its just odd that the GAs loved him even though he didn't go on the required mission....and didn't go just to play football.
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Actually my initial reason for going inactive was a little different. As my kids started going inactive as they reached adulthood (to our credit, we never forced them to church) we just couldn't attend church anymore knowing the dream of our "perfect" mormon family was over. The insidious part of this is that church leaders always held out the promise that we needed to be even MORE fai
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Wow, they ex'ed you and you hadn't been through the temple at that time? That was VERY harsh! Good on you for living well now, its the best revenge.
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1971: Parents tracted out by Elders, parents went inactive almost immediatly, but no, not me until last year. 1981-1986: BYU, loved it. (What can I say, I had a great time and dated lots of beautiful women!) 1982-1984: Mission. MP no other than Jon Huntsman. 1986: Temple marriage, still married, we both left together last year (I know, we are lucky) All my children went inactive
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LOL, never thought I had "high status", never was really into that. I guess I should post some of my "exit" story, maybe a new thread? Not sure of the protocal here.
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And today after a lifetime membership (in my 40s now), I'm fully inactive. Sometimes I almost wish it were true, it can be a great life, I loved my time at BYU in the 80s. But the Church isn't what it claims to be...... I could go on and on, but this is my first post.
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