Thanks, but I have already told my dad and mom I don't like saying family/dinner prayer and all I got was "Just because you don't like to do something, doesn't make it right to not do it." They are not Mormons, but still have some Mormon mentalities.
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I feel the same way! I don't like saying dinner prayers. They always feel meaningless and robotic. I have never understood why the food needs a blessing. Blessing sounds like you are trying to get the food to come back to life. Like how they give blessing to people who are ill. If you are going to say a prayer at dinner time it should be to thank God for the food. There is no reason to ask blessi
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So I have found that I really don't like praying publicly or with my family. Prayers are super personal to me. I don't like other people listening in to my conversations with God. I hate when my dad makes me come up for family pray or dinner prayer and makes me say it. I feel like I am not really praying because I am too self-conscious with everyone listening in. Does anyone else feel this way?
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Does anyone else ever have people ask them about Mormonism and feel like it is hard to describe to someone that knows nothing about it? It is a cult and so it makes it very difficult to explain to others the mindset and lifestyle of Mormonism and the emotional baggage within the religion. I have had this issue. I don't mind when people ask questions about it, but I struggle with explaining th
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It is the bathtub drain that is clogged. Good idea, I think I will tell her I took her suggestion and found online if you pour olive oil and lighter fluid down the drain it unclogs it and we just happened to have these products laying around the house!
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My hippie-dippy roommate is sitting in the bedroom brooding because I said I am going to go buy Draino for the clogged drain. She wants me to use natural products I can find around the house instead of pouring awful chemicals down the drain. And now she is taking the shared work car to go out instead of her car so that I can't go to the store to get the evil chemicals.
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Oh my, that is pretty bad. I am starting to keep a tab of things she does in my journal. Did your roommate shave at all? Mine doesn't and she loves wearing tank tops. Every time she lifts up her arms it is both an unpleasant smell and sight.
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Hahaha, that is a really good idea.
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I recently moved into my first non-mormon housing situation and one of my roommates is a total hippie and she drives me nuts sometimes. Right now her BO is driving me mad. She spends a lot of time outdoors working in the garden, hiking, biking....She doesn't wear deodorant and doesn't wash her clothes because she wants to conserve water. She does shower but she always smells bad because of her cl
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What are some of the good dessert wines?
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I tasted wine for the first time tonight. It was Pinot Noir wine and I spit it out almost immediately. It was nasty and tasted like yeast. Why would anyone want to drink liquid yeast? I don't know anything about wine so maybe that was not the best kind to try for my first experience.
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I did not know any of that, but those are definitely some interesting facts. Thanks for sharing!
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LOL, I also got the gift of discernment and discerned that Mormonism isn't true.
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Just out of curiosity. Did anyone here get their Patriarchal Blessing? Was there anything in particular in it that you considered strange or ridiculous? and Have you kept it or disposed of it?
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Since I grew up Mormon the only knowledge I have of normal weddings is basically what I have seen in movies. So, my question is, What is the purpose of bridesmaids, the maid of honor, groomsmen, and the best man? I know they typically plan/host the bachelorette and bachelor parties, but do they serve any other purpose? Edit: And if one is not interested in having a bachelor/bachelorette party
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I have had it with family telling me to get married. I heard enough of it while I was a Mormon having it constantly drilled into my head at church that the purpose of a woman's life is to get married and shoot out baby's by the dozen. My anti-feminist sister is constantly badgering me. I have told them I am not interested in marriage, but Mormons will be Mormons. They're as persistent as hell.
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Greyfort Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I find that my Mom is the last person that I > should go to if I need to work through something. > I always regret it when I try to turn to her about > something emotional. I feel this same way. I stopped going to my mom for emotional support about a year ago. The only trouble is now she comes to me
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I too am a young adult and must say I have come farther than I thought I could, but still have a lot of healing to do. My healing doesn't just involve recovering from hurt feelings of being lied to doctrinally wise. It also involves recovering from the social and emotional bullying I received from girls in my church classes.
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My problems from Mormonism don’t just stem from false doctrines and blatant lies. I don’t consider myself to have had a very happy childhood. The girls at church often formed cliques and I was always the outcast that was made fun of. This started in primary and followed me all the way through young womens. I don’t really have any happy memories of being a Mormon, just a lot of pain. I ma
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Two questions: 1. How long did it take you to recover from the anger toward and hurt from Mormonism? 2. What helped you overcome the hate, anger, and/or hurt feelings toward/from the Mormon church and its members? Edit: I feel like it is taking me a long time to dispel all my negative/hurt feelings toward Mormons and Mormonism.
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This is the Mormon church we are talking about. They will take numbers wherever they can get them. My guess would be they include the excommunicated ones in their numbers too.
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It has nothing to do with being a "good exmo." I have wanted to taste wine for many years, even before I was an exmo. Plus, it has been researched that red wine could be beneficial to your health. When my dad was diagnosed with cancer the doctor suggested he start drinking green tea and/or red wine because both have anti-cancer properties. I do believe that alcohol consumed in large amo
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I am not a drinker, but would like to try wine. For a first time drink would one glass make me drunk because I don't want to get drunk I just want to try it. Also, did anyone on here like wine the first time they tried it or is it an acquired taste?
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Here is a conversation that I had with a Mormon friend a couple months ago. Her: Do you remember Katie from high school? Me: Yeah why? Her: Well, she has been married for 5 or 6 years now, and I am not judging her, but she IS Mormon and hasn't had a single child yet. That is a long time to be married with no kids. She should have had one by now. I would never wait that long. But it is her l
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Yes, but they are making it a church wide rule. So, it will be like that everywhere now.
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I've heard a rumor recently and was wondering if anyone else has heard similar. Apparently, starting September 1st of this year the Mormon church is announcing that Mormon temple weddings will no longer be considered legally legit. Headquarters is going to announce that couples have to be married civilly first by someone with a legal license to marry and then get sealed in the temple after. I th
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I was thinking earlier today and I realized I sort of went on a 2 year "unmission" at BYU. I did 2 years of schooling at BYU and in that time asked lots of questions and discovered the truth about Mormonism. At the end of that two years, when I sent myself home, I unconverted.
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BYU definitely backfired on me. That is where I first started asking lots of questions and realized the church was deep in lies. I hated it there and was beyond relieved when I decided to leave.
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I need to vent. This isn't Mormon related, but I don't have anyone else to tell. Today I am upset with my mother. I told her that I signed up for a floral design program from an online school. (I have been out of school for a year and a half. I needed that much time to recover from going to BYU. I have just worked in that time). I got no "congrats" or "good for you" all I got
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Brandywine, I am sad that others feel this same way, but it is also nice to know I am not going through it alone. It is hard to juggle feelings of wanting to be free of the painful and angry feelings, but also not wanting to let go of them. I know that forgiveness is something that takes time and it will come eventually. I just need to continue being honest with myself and work through what I am
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