I am participating in Mustache March! I even pregamed my stache by growing out my beard for 2 months, I shaved everything but my stache this morning! I love mustache march AKA Mitch-Not-Getting-Laid-And-Probably-Will-Be-Falsely-Accused-Of-Being-A-Pedophile Month! Ha ha
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Basically lived in Kaysville, UT my whole life. I live in Logan right now though for school.
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I always thought it was awkward seeing the girls get out of the font. Everyone could see through the jumpsuit when they got out and I thought it was inappropriate and made me feel uncomfortable.
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I would consider myself agnostic as well. I have been out of the church and experiencing my "awakening" over the past 6 months, and yes, I can say that it really is so nice to just be myself. I am so much happier, so much more free, able to think for myself, and appreciate life without dogma.
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Every song by the band "This Will Destroy You". I know, I know, it sounds like a metal band or something, it's not, I promise. It's really good and inspirational instrumental post-rock. Listen to the song "Freedom Blade" it is awesome.
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My suggestion is a book called "Under the Banner of Heaven" by Jon Krakauer. It isn't a blatant "anti-mormon" book at all, in fact, the author isn't even mormon. The book talks about polygamy and the transition of the LDS to FLDS back in the 1800's and the effects of polygamy. It also covers the Lafferty brothers murdering in the name of God. I read this book over the summer w
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...I wanted to throw up a little bit. It's weird how it makes me almost sad to see the TSCC advertise their cult. That is all.
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So I have a returned missionary TBM roommate and last night we were talking. He brought up how he has a lot of gay friends, and one of his gay buddies' confessed his love for him last night. (side note: even though I knew hes is TBM, I thought my roommate was gay when I met him) My roommate obviously said no and he wants to remain friends and he went on to blatantly say that he believes God doesn
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Jack Mormons have always bugged me. I figure if you're going to be a part of any religious group, you're either in it and live it, or don't be in it at all. It kind of defeats the whole purpose of being a part of a religion if you half ass what you're supposed to be doing and what you're supposed to be staying away from. I know plenty of people that are hypocrites that way, they will drink every
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Hey, guys. So, since i'm away at college, my mom has started to send me weekly emails, and as I have stated in a previous thread, basically the only thing she talks about is how sad and disappointed she is in me for "Not caring about the gospel", and how much she wants me to start going to church again and living the gospel for a "happier future". At first, I was starting
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So, I know that I keep ranting whenever my super TBM mother spews one of her guilt speeches to me, but I just had to ask if any of you have gotten this kind of accusation. My mom sent me an email last night and it went sort of something like this: I think of you often and pray for your well-being and happiness. Even when you think you're alone or times get hard, always remember you are never
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Hi everyone. I am up at college now, living on my own, and trying to live my life according to how I want to live it. I no longer have to fake it and abide by my mom's rules of living and breathing the church "as long as I live under her roof" anymore. She called me tonight, asking how I was doing and such. I told her I was really stressed out, trying to find a job so I could pay my tui
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My prediction: 70-63 Oregon.
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Thank you for that
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One of my really good friends Dad served as a SP, bishop, seminary teacher, and he even worked for the church in the educational department. 5 years ago he was ex'ed for finally coming out of the closet. That's the only SP I know that left the church, or, rather, the church left him.
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Polygamy has always bothered the most, even as a kid I could never bring myself to accept it. Also, I hated the guilt that I would feel after "confessing" to my bishop about personal things in my life. I now realize that those things don't matter at all, and I had no reason to tell some random old guy about my personal life.
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That is awesome! I'm jealous! That was the first book I read when I started questioning the church. I will always remember that book as the book that sparked my interest in pursuing my doubts with the church. Lucky!
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My dad got me Robert Hales book "return" and wrote his testimony on the inside of the cover. I started reading the first few pages just for fun, but I didn't get far. I read 3 pages and couldn't take it anymore and put it down. It's safe to say I probably won't be picking it up again.
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Haha!
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I've lived in Utah basically my entire life (with the exception of spending a few years living in SoCal and Idaho) and it's been very interesting to see how Utah really isn't much different or better than that of say, for example, Southern California. Sure, you could argue that crime is more active in SoCal, which it is, but as far as drugs and sex, Utah is right up there. Over the past few years
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"Under the Banner of Heaven" by Jon Krakauer. Such a damn good book. It really opened my eyes to what bothered me the most about the mormon church: polygamy. After that book, it was all downhill from there, I read book after book, and eventually found this site not too long after.
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My dad cheated on my mom multiple times, with multiple women. He even knocked up the last woman he got caught with. They're married now. His punishment? He couldn't wear his garments for a few months. He now has two kids with the woman he got pregnant out of wedlock, and they even just recently got "sealed" in the temple. My cousin got exed because she performed oral sex on some guy
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GO UTES!!!!!! BRING ON THE PAC-12!!!
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Polygamy. Even when I was a believer, the one thing I could never accept and wrap my head around was the law of plural marriage.
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Hello everyone. I am still going through some pretty intense recovery processes, especially dealing with the guilt and shame part. Now that I am not going on a mission anymore, word has spread to basically every ear of my extended family, home ward and neighbors, and all of my friends. Which is fine. I am now 110% happy with my decision to stay home because of what I know, and I am glad to have m
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What happens when you bring alcohol to a BYU party? All the girls pull their panties up and leave...
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haha "Chastity" ironically sounds like the name of a stripper... :)
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I'm still going through some major detoxing of the LDS church, but with all the studying and practicing of logic and reason due to reading a researching philosophy, I would say I am Agnostic at this point. I simply DO NOT KNOW. And I am comfortable with that. I am comfortable knowing that I can make my life whatever I want it to be, and I am starting to make "religion" a subjective thin
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....But obviously didn't go :) starting to realize how good of a decision it was for me to stay
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After a week or two of not really talking about the church with my mom, (which has been really nice) she randomly sent me an email which contains the following: "I feel strongly to tell you that Heavenly Father wants you to have the fullest, happiest life with no regrets. I know you will have deep, sorrowful regrets if you do not make the effort to build upon your testimony and serve a
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