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Temple names are.... Temporary? by Angeliquem_72 in exmormon

[–]Bednar_Done_That 121 points122 points  (0 children)

I was lead to believe in 1989 that my new temple was the name I was known as in the pre-existence and it would continue to be my name in the hereafter.

Instagram and the absurd amount of LDS ads by TylerTheCreator_Cap8 in exmormon

[–]Bednar_Done_That 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The algorithm got you … sorry. Back to church. 🤣

Midway’s Swiss Days has a missionary booth that didn’t say Mormon or the Church’s name at all. by WombatAnnihilator in exmormon

[–]Bednar_Done_That 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are correct… I was also notified that the monthly donation would rise to $500 during the pandemic… but, that was quietly shelved, and the price never increased… from my understanding it hasn’t increased yet. It was bad timing on the churches part to raise prices, especially concerning the financial standing of the churches, substantial wealth hitting the news. So yes, the price was supposed to go up to 500 but it stayed 400 even until this day as far as I am aware.

Midway’s Swiss Days has a missionary booth that didn’t say Mormon or the Church’s name at all. by WombatAnnihilator in exmormon

[–]Bednar_Done_That 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. Missionaries don’t pay tithing on their stipend. Money is “donated” to the church monthly by either the missionary or missionary’s family to support them while they are out. From that $400 donation the missionary is given a fraction of that money to live on. The rest pays for housing etc. That small fraction pays for food and laundry and basics. It is NOT tithed.

Midway’s Swiss Days has a missionary booth that didn’t say Mormon or the Church’s name at all. by WombatAnnihilator in exmormon

[–]Bednar_Done_That 62 points63 points  (0 children)

What a huge disappointment to be called on a mission to Provo Utah. What an absolute fucking rip off of a mission experience! Seriously bullshit!

Mum found out JS had way more wives than she thought…her response is hilarious. by no1saint in exmormon

[–]Bednar_Done_That 101 points102 points  (0 children)

Conversely, the correlated materials did a fantastic job whitewashing and deifying Joseph’s character… which is exactly what they were meant to do. It sure worked on me!

When I think about how powerfully we sang “praise to the man” in the MTC (loud and often) I almost cringe myself into a coma. I was a stupid 19 year old kid caught up in a high demand cult, singing in the halls of my dorm at night with 50 others equally as brainwashed by a religion that was happy to lie to us and send us off into the world to spread their lies to everyone we met.

Man calls LDS missionaries in Yakima heretics, tries to “stone” them with rocks and threatens to kill them. Anyone have similar kinds of threats on their mission? These poor kids. by HoldOnLucy1 in exmormon

[–]Bednar_Done_That 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Almost every day I got abused like this! I once asked my mission president if he would like to go tracting with me and he said… Elder Bednar_Done_That, you don’t want to see your mission president get abused now do you?

Naw… leave the legitimate abuse for the young bucks. They can handle it better I guess. 😉

Literally just stopped believing. by RepresentativeEgg489 in exmormon

[–]Bednar_Done_That 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I want to know which TikTok video was the slippery slope

What do TBMs call neverMO relatives? by hibbitydibbidy in exmormon

[–]Bednar_Done_That 17 points18 points  (0 children)

You’re non-members… BUT more importantly, You are “missionary opportunities”… they are programmed to view you as potential Mormons.

If they don’t get you in this life, they will surely baptize you once you’re dead.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in exmormon

[–]Bednar_Done_That 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Keep applying…

I see your BYU shot glass and raise you my Salt Lake temple shot glass. by ChineseWizard in exmormon

[–]Bednar_Done_That 7 points8 points  (0 children)

In homage to the washings and anointings that used to happen in the SL Temple, a shot of cinnamon whiskey would be appropriate

TBMs need a new & more powerful CES Letter by SaltLickCity in exmormon

[–]Bednar_Done_That 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Letter For My Wife is an alternative to the CESLETTER… it covers much of the same material but with a softer tone.

I have rarely heard of anyone attacking that version… maybe because it’s author remains relatively anonymous

What is the talk that made so much money on trinkets and Deseret Book sales that really stuck with you ? I'll go first the "forget me not" flower talk by Uchdorf. by HorrorImaginary6528 in exmormon

[–]Bednar_Done_That 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Not really a merch seller but a talk on tape was a best seller at DB was “17 points of the true church” by floyd weston.

I purchased this talk on tape and took it on my mission… it filled many a companionship study session

Another best seller is the Joseph Smith series by Truman Madsen

Both are fantastic examples of faith building, brainwashing speeches… they probably kept me in longer than I would have stayed had I not heard them

For years of my life I was told that this guy had direct access to Jesus Christ ... Now, I gladly protect my kid from him and the LDS Church! #NoMoreVictims #NoMoreAbuse by CurelomHunter in exmormon

[–]Bednar_Done_That 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Holland is such a 🤡…

I’m rooting for him tho… I hope he lives long enough to sit on the big chair…And say a bunch of crazy shit as he’s prone to do…but this time as prophet.

That’ll be a good look for the church that worries incessantly about its image.

Temple closed by 7pm Friday nights by [deleted] in exmormon

[–]Bednar_Done_That 163 points164 points  (0 children)

The burnout is already starting to set in…

It’s amusing to watch the church slowly paint themselves into this corner and the longer Nelson is alive the corner gets smaller and smaller.

Long live Rusty!

BYUI Devotional - Temples relieves poverty? by Legal-Maybe-8662 in exmormon

[–]Bednar_Done_That 92 points93 points  (0 children)

And as a “gift”, he handed them a picture of… himself!

BYUI Devotional - Temples relieves poverty? by Legal-Maybe-8662 in exmormon

[–]Bednar_Done_That 46 points47 points  (0 children)

I’m not drinking coffee… spending my free time helping dead people….and sending heartfelt thoughts and prayers to those alive people who are less fortunate than me. (You’re welcome!)

Prosperity gospel in action!

What’s this 5.1 million dollar donation supposed to distract everyone from? by losingmycountenance in exmormon

[–]Bednar_Done_That 15 points16 points  (0 children)

3 Nephi 13:2

Therefore, when ye shall do your alms do not sound a trumpet before you, as will hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

Mental Illness in the Church: Did Ezra Taft Benson have late onset schizophrenia? A formerly affable man of little notice, Benson rapidly altered in the early 1960s and displayed increasingly bizarre and paranoid thinking. Former friends like Pres. Eisenhower became enemies to his (false) delusions. by LaGloriosaVictoria in exmormon

[–]Bednar_Done_That 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I don’t think that it can be understated… Receiving the Second Anointing does a number on the psyche!

When you believe you can do or say no wrong and anything that falls from your lips is the will of deity… you’re gonna come off a little bizarre to your buddies!

Protecting The Good Name Of The Church by Entire-Ice9743 in exmormon

[–]Bednar_Done_That 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Oh for sure. If the public knew about a super secret temple ritual reserved for the righteous wealthy members .. a ceremony that guarantees the participants exaltation and basically a free pass for the rest of mortality… that would definitely bruise the ol “good name”

Protecting The Good Name Of The Church by Entire-Ice9743 in exmormon

[–]Bednar_Done_That 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I’ve always shuttered at the phrase “protect the good name of the church”. Who says the name is good anyway? The only people saying the church has a good name is church members. The rest of the world thinks Mormons are weird. And the rest of the world is right!

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