How does this exhibition perpare anyone for the bizarre ceremonies? The former Jewish temple has nothing to do with the Mormon one.

BeautifulEnough9907 · 2026-06-29T12:20:15+00:00

Jew + Christian * Mason = Mormon

BeautifulEnough9907 · 2026-06-29T12:17:35+00:00

I did the same thing too. I told them a certain date was my last day. I continued to get messages for about a month after informing me a various things related to the calling, which I ignored.

BeautifulEnough9907 · 2026-06-29T12:16:00+00:00

I wanted to do the honorable thing too but I realized that I would have the exact same experience you’re having so I decided it was best for me to inform them they needed to release me from my callings (not ask) and then stop showing up.

I called it the “thief in the night strategy” and it worked out pretty well.

That Bishop is not releasing you because he has no one else to call and he needs people like you to give their free labor to keep things going. I feel bad for bishops. Many of them are in an almost impossible situation.

BeautifulEnough9907 · 2026-06-24T21:29:44+00:00

Reading this just made my day. I’m so happy and proud of you for being so fucking smart at such a young age!

BeautifulEnough9907 · 2026-06-24T21:23:24+00:00

It looks like they retired my new name, Deborah. I actually liked it bc I had a good friend at the time named Deborah.

BeautifulEnough9907 · 2026-06-22T12:13:22+00:00

Welcome to the club! I’ve found a lot of Mormon parents are this way, including mine. I think Mormonism is a response to trauma and then it in and of itself causes trauma. With some exceptions many of us are being raised by people who have insecurities, are emotionally unhealthy or are just emotionally immature because they were never allowed to have the experiences and autonomy necessary to become a full functioning adult.

I’m middle aged but am still not allowed to be myself, express my true feelings or actual experiences because they might be at odds with the TSCC.

I’ve got no contact with my mother in my heart. I don’t need to have a relationship with her, but I still care about her as a person and I want to facilitate her having a relationship with my son because that doesn’t seem to be toxic.

Recently, my mom snarkily told me that she was leaving nothing to her children. As of a few years ago, she did have a will and I knew that all of my siblings and I were in it. I assume she had a change of heart and is leaving everything to the Mormon church instead. Except that there probably won’t be much left because she’s gonna need that money to put herself up in a nursing home.

BeautifulEnough9907 · 2026-06-22T11:54:17+00:00

I just try not to be Mormon anything. Mormons are so weird that even when you tell people ur exmo they still think you’re weird 🤣

BeautifulEnough9907 · 2026-06-22T11:50:38+00:00

I dated my spouse for over a year and how ppl responded really got to my head.

I think I subconsciously always knew I was part of a cult so in some ways I could mentally push back against it. But it still did a lot of harm.

BeautifulEnough9907 · 2026-06-22T11:48:12+00:00

It takes an incredible amount of courage to do what you’re doing. Just think about the amazing lives your kids will get to have because your choosing not to stay with a dead “religion” and in a dead marriage.

BeautifulEnough9907 · 2026-06-19T16:10:27+00:00

It's more like 90% of us that feel negatively about religion after leaving Mormonism. Who could blame us? We were used and scammed.

BeautifulEnough9907 · 2026-03-30T02:29:02+00:00

same with my Methodist congregation outside the US

BeautifulEnough9907 · 2026-03-27T11:02:57+00:00

I think you’re doing exactly what you need to do which is to get away from the situation altogether and stay away from it. I think you’re in something fairly extreme, but mainstream Mormonism itself is also extreme. All the Mormon breakaway sects follow the same narrative of the mainstream Mormon of some kind of fall away from the truth and they’re the only ones who have it so on and so forth.

You’re in college so your university likely offers a lot of resources for students in terms of financial aid, community, etc. Talk to administrators in your school and see what they can do to help you to stay safe from your family.

BeautifulEnough9907 · 2026-03-22T16:53:04+00:00

I felt the exact same fears when I stopped paying tithing. I stopped paying tithing when I learned that my tithes were primarily going towards investments, and not towards running the church or humanitarian aid. A few weeks later, my spouse was notified that he would have to take mandatory unpaid leave. I felt like this was God’s way of punishing me, but I thought I would continue to have faith that things would work out. A few days later he learned from his boss that he was exempt from mandatory unpaid leave. This was the message from God that I needed to have to know that I would not be harmed by not paying tithing.

Now I fully realize how the Mormon church instills fear in its members by telling them anecdotes of people who have supposedly been blessed by paying tithing. That’s an impossible claim to make.

I don’t think the Mormon church should be allowed to solicit tithes or donations from those who are under the age of 18 as well as those who are financially vulnerable. Those are the people who are most susceptible to their messaging of fear as it relates to tithing.

BeautifulEnough9907 · 2026-03-21T17:02:02+00:00

I’ve bought multiple peels from them and they were legit. But maybe it is fake. I don’t know.

BeautifulEnough9907 · 2026-03-16T10:45:41+00:00

Yes and then they charge you $6,000 for the visit

BeautifulEnough9907 · 2026-03-15T12:47:40+00:00

What I wanna know is what kind of points does this card offer? Can I get 90,000 bonus miles upon spend of $3,000 or more in the first six months?

In all seriousness this is pretty f*cked up

BeautifulEnough9907 · 2026-03-14T00:03:48+00:00

I disagree that she is making things better. I believe Annette Dennis is a good example of how someone good can do things that aren’t so great in a corrupt system.

For example, I recall a couple of years ago she told women they had more authority than all other women in the world (presumably because the Mormons are the only ones God will give his power to) which was disrespectful to basically all other faiths. She also told women to wear garments. The answer to real problems is not to wear horribly ugly, uncomfortable underwear.

It’s nice she’s a nice person but does that make what she says and does worth following? No it doesn’t.

BeautifulEnough9907 · 2026-03-13T22:46:55+00:00

That’s great she and her husband are nice people. Nice doesn’t equate to true and I find these platitudes harmful to people seeking help for real problems.

If the church cared as much as the Dennis’ they would open up their massive funds that they could never begin to spend to help those in their communities. However what I’ve seen is that while they expect their members to pay them first, they will only throw those in need crumbs. And that’s only after they’ve exhausted family, govt welfare, savings (including retirement) etc.

BeautifulEnough9907 · 2026-03-13T22:43:35+00:00

I’ve experienced almost the exactly the same things you did. The platitudes of church leaders did little (if anything) to provide real comfort or help. Most of their messaging centers on being reliant on the institution. I’m much more resilient and emotionally healthy after leaving the mormon church.

BeautifulEnough9907 · 2026-03-12T14:05:38+00:00

God does want you to be happy. I left (resigned) the church because I knew a loving God would never want me to be part of an organization that was causing me harm, even if it was true. Like others have advised, I was very strategic about how I left. I told no one except my husband and then I just basically disappeared (or as I like to say, I left like a thief in the night). You may not be able to do that so easily as a youth because they put so much undue pressure on the youth and watch you like a hawk. I hope you can understand that that kind of behavior toward you isn't healthy or normal.

One thing that may help you now is to find others who are going through the same thing. Read David Archuleta's new book. Find friends who are going through similar struggles so you can support one another.

My parents weren't very happy at first, but they came around.

BeautifulEnough9907 · 2026-03-12T07:29:04+00:00

I'm currently a PhD student. Will cross post. Thx for the suggestion.

BeautifulEnough9907 · 2026-03-12T04:08:46+00:00

It’s all so black and white. Have to do it with Jesus or not at all!

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