This is an excellent story upgraded from 20 years ago. It is long and worth the read. It will be updated on the stories list. https://www.exmormon.org/A-Twenty-Year-Journey-to-Enlightenment.pdf
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You can sent it to erickett via gmail I was going to do some updates in the next few weeks
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Yes, worth watching
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I believe this to be a common question amongst those who leave a cult - What do the leaders know? The Watchtower Governing body has to know they are just faking it. Hundreds of thousands have died refusing blood transfusions. The leaders literally have blood on their hands, and they do not care. Scientology is clearly a scam, yet those at the top love making money off of it and their powe
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On Facebook, I received a message from a name I did not recognize inviting me to a Finland mission reunion. I was a missionary 50 years ago. I did not respond. What would be the point of going? I posted many years ago that I was invited to a previous missionary reunion by the former mission president's wife. He had passed away from throat cancer. She said, 'I know you left the church, b
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I have a small very minor link to Holland. I was a convert to Mormonism in 1972 in Houghton Michigan. Holland had written to the branch president asking if someone one could look up some genealogical information for him. Being the gun ho convert, I agreed. I wrote to him the details I found. I had no idea he would someday be a bigwig in Mormonism. Now many years later, I wondered if he wo
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This is adapted from a cartoon: Jesus at age 15 asks his mother Mary, 'Why am I white?' Joseph overhearing the conversation turns around and says, 'Yes, I would like to know too.'
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The absurd temple ritual supposedly has profound wisdom that members strain to have revealed to them. They are taught to repeatedly attend and more insight will be divulged. This creates an endless loop of wasted time. The search for meaning inside something so farcical, even laughable, makes a member have an inferiority complex as others will claim spiritual uplift from attending. So back to
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I cannot find the exact title at the moment, but an interesting book is ‘A history of private life’. There are many variants of this title. In the 1100s and earlier in Europe you were considered insane if you wanted to be alone. Individuality as we experience today was rare. This continued up to the 1400s to a lesser extent. This is one reason why they could build cathedrals that would t
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Whoa. I read 5 pages or so of Book of Jeraneck. It felt like a poorly written book for junior high readers. Tedious. 3 mins of my life gone.
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My bass clarinet. I found it by sheer luck 8 years ago. I wanted to upgrade the bass clarinet I had and so I started a search on eBay. It was a friday morning and a Yamaha YCL 622ii got posted about 5 minutes before I logged in. It was for sale in Nashville. I immediately called the owner who was a Jr High band director. (I bypassed eBay rules and got banned for 30 days. LOL) It had been do
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'A Dallas-area pastor known for his involvement in GOP politics and his close relationship with President has been indicted in Oklahoma on child sex charges which stretch back four decades. Robert Morris was the lead pastor of the Gateway megachurch until last year when he resigned due to sexual abuse allegations. The 63-year-old ... hosted the "Roundtable on Transition to Greatness&q
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Hard to conceive that years ago a Saturday night would be spoiled by DW frantically preparing Primary classes as teachers invariably failed to show up. Sunday mornings were intolerable boredom where everything was repetition. Nothing new ever learned. This weekend: On Thursday, I was asked to fill in on an orchestra concert Saturday. They needed a bass clarinet. I attended the dress rehea
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Hard to believe that the ironing shirts story made it to general conference. No wonder Mormons suffer from depression. That is the best they can do? wow
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https://news.gallup.com/poll/697676/drop-religiosity-among-largest-world.aspx 'WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 17-point drop in the percentage of U.S. adults who say religion is an important part of their daily life — from 66% in 2015 to 49% today — ranks among the largest Gallup has recorded in any country over any 10-year period since 2007. About half of Americans now say religion is not an
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Regarding buying a car. I went to the dealer a month ago to get the car I have been looking around at different locations. I told the dealer I was going to pay cash. He said wait let me show you something. They were clearing the 2025 models and if you took their 6 year financing they would reduce the cost by an additional $4000. Since I am cheap, the new car price was $31k (already reduced
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'Mormonism has pretty much fizzled out except for the extremely rich church in Salt Lake.' I posted before mentioning the small ward we were in years ago is now a stake center here in East Tennessee. I would think the majority of new people are move ins. Our area has more than doubled in size due to all the transplants from up north or folks exiting Florida. There are over 600 homes being
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I am playing German music at a German fest this afternoon. German Christmas themed market today.
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When I look at the sacrifices we made as a family years ago to pay tithing (I worked several jobs for a few years so we could pay) that statement would of been enough to drive me out at that time. No transparency.
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'The term “prosperity gospel” describes a movement or teaching emphasizing a guarantee of financial and physical well-being for faithful believers. The core message is that believers who trust God fully and follow certain prescribed practices will see direct, measurable increases in their earthly prosperity... Obedience Brings Financial Increase: Promises like Malachi 3:10-“‘Bring the ful
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Thanks for this information
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Via Venmo 100 50 Via Paypal 50 75 20 50 200 35 100 Via Check to our ISP (wingnet) Caldwell Communication 400 A total of : $1080 Thanks!! Appreciate the support
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Yes we went over $800 Too tired to compute total tonight. Had a long dress rehearsal for a concert tomorrow and just got home. Thanks for all that donated. We have enough for the year!! Eric
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Many years ago when I was active, a member of the ward had a good job at a auto parts assembly plant near us. He was told by the stake president to quit that job and dedicate himself to being the janitor of our little ward. So he quit and had to drastically scale back his lifestyle to a depressingly little home that he rented with his wife. This home was a short walking distance to the ward.
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Thanks everyone. We had a $400 donation mailed in addition to paypal donations of: $50 $200 $35 So we are almost done already!
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So far have received a $100 donation.
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We are at a much reduced cost. I paid a bit last year out of pocket. So now this is more reasonable https://www.exmormon.org/Donations.pdf There is a Venmo QR code in the link above or you can write a check to Caldwell Communications via WingNET // PO Box 2605 // Cleveland TN 37320-2605 (do not write the check to wingnet - use Caldwell Communications in the check Or Paypal at
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I had a Dr appointment nearby. When that finished, I had two hours before my next rehearsal so I went to the food court and had a pizza. That was the limit of my mall experience.
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