Forgive me for saying so, but your brother is not truthful in his position. The LDS church was notified as early as 1969, that the climbing suicide rate was identifiable as "having some correlation with church policy." The church responded by making sure that they kept LDS people in highly placed positions to prevent certain types of reports to be amassed. It wouldn't have made a
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Some of you helped write, edit, or read through this book. I'm grateful. Thank you. https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/better-off-dead/id960146761?mt=11&uo=4 http://www.amazon.com/Better-Off-Dead-Children-Mormon-ebook/dp/B00SC4TPRA Every 131 minutes, someone in Utah or her immediate surrounding states attempts suicide. Four teens a day will attempt suicide. A psychological opinion o
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There is a book out on LDS Suicide. http://www.amazon.com/Better-Off-Dead-Children-Mormon-ebook/dp/B00SC4TPRA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1421547524&sr=8-1&keywords=better+off+dead+mormon Curious if anyone has read it?
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My uncle, Jackie Peterson, was convicted twice of sexual abuse of a minor. He was in the stake presidency at the time of the first conviction. He was not ex'd nor disfellowshipped. The second time, he was ex'd. His son was Greg Peterson, who committed suicide after being charged with 11 counts of rape in SLC, Heber, and Utah counties. Greg had not been ex'd after his charges, but it may b
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http://www.missionsite.net/mb_main.php?id=8610
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Leave a message on the kid's blog. I did, and although it was promptly deleted, I've learned that all posts go through the church system, and are seen by other eyes.
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Alpiner Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The high-altitude thing is pretty universally > known; it's not just an LDS thing. That's why > Coloradans and New Mexicans are considered to be > at higher-risk. See, eg, > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC311415 > 4/ > > Correlation holds outside the US for altitude and > su
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it's a bitch to track this, I've been tracking it for years, and only now finding *some* limited LDS vs non-LDS stat trends. The "high altitude" defense is pretty f'ing stupid. I have heard three LDS psychologists bring this up at conferences. No other social group at "high altitude" suffers these stats. The suicide belt isn't only high altitude, either. The fact is,
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PM me with the name of your family? I have a lot of family there, historically and otherwise. I also have an unpublished piece from Stan Kimball on the Hole in the Rock group.
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Am I the only one that didn't know the church was fined by the state of california for their contributions during the Prop 8 vote? http://www.scribd.com/doc/32628498/FPPC-LDS-Church-Prop-8-Fine
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I did find this on Scribd.com, and was surprised to see it's a Church document. http://www.scribd.com/doc/121920227/LDS-Church-Strategic-Campaign-Presentation Check it out
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"The licked cupcake"...is this the same as the chewed gum? I've never seen/heard this one.
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As a child, what sorts of things do you recall that contributed to your indoctrination as a young member of the church? For example, i recall "Follow the Prophet" as a song that told me I should always do what the prophet said. Or for the young girls, remember the used gum on the plate trick? I'm assembling a list of things we didn't know we were being indoctrinated with, and
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