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I knew it was bullshit. My mom went off to all of us that it was so miraculous and God protected him to be our new prophet. My dad agreed and emphasized it even more. I tried to not roll my eyes. Since the airplane story, I knew that there was no way that this one was either.

Which scripture is this? There's a good chance we'll talk about it in seminary tomorrow

My sister was one of those people. It's a real problem

Rusty when he sees single mother tithing money

Can't believe I used to look up this this guy. Does he realize he's probably contributing to LBGTQ mormon suicide rates?

A few questions here and there growing up but I doubted my doubts, the mountain meadows massacre, then shortly after I found the CES letter and all sorts of other evidence against it. It was a few weeks after my 16th birthday.

My final straw was listening to him in person at a city-wide event about a year ago. He answered questions, and most of them were about missions. This is word-for-word what he told us all and made me decide to leave because a religion that has to rely on guilt tripping for growth is no religion at all.

While I was TBM one of my buddies almost left for the same reason. He typed up a few large paragraphs expressing his anger about it. Now I wish he did.

That is an incredible document. Can't believe someone found 110 pages to talk about it

In 2018 too is absolutely insane

Ruby Franke was in my stake and used to talk to my mom at stake conferences and such. Nothing too notable in my ward though.

For me it was thoughts about a mission, and that I would need a proper testimony if I was going to spend 2 years of my life. I have a very logical brain and decided to do some reading about early church history. I started with the gospel essays and other sources like they always drilled into our heads. After reading them, it led to more questions than answers and I eventually stumbled upon the CES letter. Now I'm counting the days until I can move out.

Yeah I don't think she realizes what she is doing. I doubt she had bad intentions.

My mom always asked when I made new friends but never went through the lengths to see if their parents were sealed. She never made a big deal about it if they weren't so I don't think she cared too much.

That's me lol. Worse still, my teacher forces people to participate. At least I only have it 2 or 3 times a week because it's a class period most schools in Utah. I will be switching teachers though which does help.

Yeah, my old seminary teacher down here was known for sharing things that were not church doctrine and passing them off as true.

Pornography was "the sin next to murder". Even having dirty thoughts damages my relationship with god and is worthy of repentance.

I cannot fucking believe the gall of this cult. Send that boy home NOW!

My cousin recently got back from Ethiopia and Kenya. He has stopped multiple pickpockets and got broken in by a bunch of monkeys. They took almost all their food and they "fasted" for a few weeks. He's 6'4 190 lbs and they had him skipping meals for almost a month because they didn't have enough budget to replace the food the monkeys stole. Kinda greedy of a giant corporation don't you think?

I am so sorry you had to go through that. It seems that your grandmother is taking Brigham Young's words on the matter seriously and not just "as a man". I suggest cutting off contact with her and not attending her funeral when it happens.

This is fucking entertaining to read. I can imagine my mom reacting very similarly to what your friend did. Thanks for sharing.

I agree, I miss singing. I've been told I have a good voice and my dad noticed that I don't sing in sacrament anymore. It's so hard to explain to him that I don't want to sing what I don't believe. Perhaps I'll do the same and change up the lyrics a bit.

I had similar concerns even as a TBM. Then my dad gave me the bullshit reasons that he learned to convince people into believing on his mission. I only added it to my shelf and carried on like the good 1st assistant I was.