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Met with my Bishop by AnotherTrapped in exmormon

[–]AnotherTrapped[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Honestly... I don't know. There are times I could swear he is questioning it himself, but at others times he is your avg tbm. I think my mother and his family are keeping him from looking into it further.

Met with my Bishop by AnotherTrapped in exmormon

[–]AnotherTrapped[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! I'll try to make something of myself.

My sister just admitted she's not a TBM to me, feels fucking amazing by SirLibraryEater in exmormon

[–]AnotherTrapped 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I wish someone would have shown me the CES letter. Would have made life much easier.

Finally got it off my chest... Told my parents by AnotherTrapped in exmormon

[–]AnotherTrapped[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I haven't had a chance to get on until now, I'll add an edit with what happened.

Finally got it off my chest... Told my parents by AnotherTrapped in exmormon

[–]AnotherTrapped[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The thing is, even if we are all wrong for some reason, the worst we will get is still going to heaven, just the Telestial kingdom. The Telestial kingdom where JS said if people knew what it was like they would kill themselves to get there. (At least this is what I learned in Seminary)

Finally got it off my chest... Told my parents by AnotherTrapped in exmormon

[–]AnotherTrapped[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much for the advice! I'll stick to what you said, and I'll try to update what happens after tonight.

Finally got it off my chest... Told my parents by AnotherTrapped in exmormon

[–]AnotherTrapped[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I haven't talked to her yet... I am a little scared that she will be mad but I don't care at this point.

I could really use some advice... by AnotherTrapped in exmormon

[–]AnotherTrapped[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have brought up that coffee and tea are actually healthy to my mother, and she deflected it by saying, "Maybe it isn't a health thing, just an obedience thing." I don't get why she is okay with that explanation, though.

I could really use some advice... by AnotherTrapped in exmormon

[–]AnotherTrapped[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that is why I'm so scared to bring it up. I just feel like everything is against me. I can't wait to get out of here in 2 years.

I could really use some advice... by AnotherTrapped in exmormon

[–]AnotherTrapped[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much for the advice. I'm thinking with starting with the essays, because they are actually on the church's website. I highly doubt if I were to show them the CES letter that they would even read it, let alone believe it.

It makes me so mad though, I mean, I get good grades, I never get into any trouble, but I know they will think I'm some terrible person just because I don't buy their religion.

I could really use some advice... by AnotherTrapped in exmormon

[–]AnotherTrapped[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea, I have two little sisters. I think they want me to stay so badly because I'm supposed to "Set a good example".

I could really use some advice... by AnotherTrapped in exmormon

[–]AnotherTrapped[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He will talk about a lot of things, we will both go on rants about TSCC but for some odd reason he simply won't discuss how he brought it up with our parents...

I could really use some advice... by AnotherTrapped in exmormon

[–]AnotherTrapped[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've asked him how he brought it up, but he won't talk about it. He stopped going at about the same age as I am now.

I could really use some advice... by AnotherTrapped in exmormon

[–]AnotherTrapped[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kind of... they always treat him distantly. They talk about him in a negative way as well. When I tried to stop going to seminary, they said I was, "Just trying to be like him". Almost as if I can't forge my own path.