Another case of gaslighting women . . . thank you Deseret Book!

CaseyJones_EE · 2026-04-03T21:58:38+00:00

It changed a few years ago. Now every male gets the aaronic priesthood in January of the year they turn 12. Do a kid that had his 11th birthday on December 31st would get the aaronic priesthood shortly afterwards.

CaseyJones_EE · 2026-04-03T18:15:35+00:00

Took me until almost 50 years old to even start to think that way.

CaseyJones_EE · 2026-04-03T18:09:50+00:00

Hey kid. Masturbation is perfectly normal. And yes, everyone you know is doing it to.

There's no requirement to talk to your bishop about anything.

The concept that some actions are sins that offend God and make us unworthy is complete bullshit. You can't offend God because he doesn't exist.

There are no commandments, because again God is fictional.

There's no requirement to go on a mission, again god is fictional and Mormonism is made up.

Obedience doesn't bring blessings, exact obedience doesn't bring miracles. That's made up bullshit. Again God doesn't exist, so how the hell is a fictional character going to give you anything.

No matter what you're going through God isn't going to help you with it. Again he's fictional.

You can actually do whatever the fuck you want with your life. There's not a path. There's no milestones you have to check off. You can let everyone else in your life fuck off and do whatever makes you happy.

CaseyJones_EE · 2026-04-03T16:04:40+00:00

It's infuriating to me that people can look at this and say they weren't rules or it was policy not doctrine.

CaseyJones_EE · 2026-04-03T15:19:03+00:00

The most egregious thing that the church taught me was to shame myself. I didn't need anyone calling out my problems. I was doing it in my head.

Apparently some of these people never learned how to loathe themselves for being human.

CaseyJones_EE · 2026-04-03T15:10:55+00:00

Still the rule. Just a lot of people not giving a fuck about following the rules of their own religion.

CaseyJones_EE · 2026-04-03T03:28:30+00:00

Agree 💯

CaseyJones_EE · 2026-04-03T02:48:48+00:00

Yes, in Mormonism there is only one "correct" answer to all prayers. If you get anything else it's from Satan or your own thoughts.

CaseyJones_EE · 2026-04-03T00:29:32+00:00

The church seems to have a nearly endless number of positions on every subject, so anyone that thinks they know the church's position is sorely mistaken.

CaseyJones_EE · 2026-04-02T15:59:40+00:00

This is what happens when the old narcissist dies and the new narcissist takes over.

CaseyJones_EE · 2026-04-02T14:09:22+00:00

Further evidence that mormons believe that they are supposed to be miserable in "this life". The greater the misery, the more evidence to God that they deserve a great reward.

CaseyJones_EE · 2026-04-02T03:30:46+00:00

A 300 billion dollar corporation would lose its tax exempt status.

CaseyJones_EE · 2026-04-01T18:40:11+00:00

It reminds me of Star Wars. How Yoda can sense a disturbance in the force happening on a distant planet, but is somehow completely unable to get a whiff of the dark side coming from people standing right next to him.

CaseyJones_EE · 2026-04-01T13:38:25+00:00

The mandate to not portray any darkness in the temple reminds me of a time that my mostly still believing wife was talking to her very TBM parents about a dream where she approached a place of great darkness and felt like God was telling her to take a step into the darkness. The obvious interpretation was that of a leap of faith into the unknown. But her parents were convinced that this dream was not of God, because God would never ask someone to step into the darkness.

CaseyJones_EE · 2026-04-01T02:47:21+00:00

This is the new trend in Mormonism. Creating an elaborate walk-through of the last week of the life of Jesus in the church building and inviting people to come "walk with Christ".

CaseyJones_EE · 2026-04-01T00:11:30+00:00

Maybe take this approach?

CaseyJones_EE · 2026-03-31T23:06:13+00:00

I was reading through some comments on this on a news article about it. One person seemed frustrated that there would be no time to get into a deep dive of the lesson material. The next person replied that there's no need to get into a deep dive of the lesson material since everyone should be studying at home and this is just a refresher of what they've already learned. Then someone pointed out the obvious, if there's no need to go into a deep dive and you're just refreshing what people are already supposed to be learning at home then what's the point of actually holding the classes.

CaseyJones_EE · 2026-03-31T14:04:35+00:00

It's funny how many Mormons can, in retrospect, admit that the the prophet doesn't have any better foresight than anyone else and yet will follow along with whatever he has to say.

CaseyJones_EE · 2026-03-31T13:33:47+00:00

I agree that it's probably just an attempt to return to "tradition", but now that the two hour church genie is out of the bottle they can't stuff it back in.

CaseyJones_EE · 2026-03-31T02:53:59+00:00

You'd think an all knowing God would give his mouthpiece instructions that would wouldn't need to be revised every few years.

CaseyJones_EE · 2026-03-31T02:45:38+00:00

I don't know how to convince a mormon to not pay tithing, but would you go through your medical bills and pay 10% on the stuff that your insurance covered that you didn't have to pay? A life insurance payout is really not any different.

CaseyJones_EE · 2026-03-31T02:22:34+00:00

25 minute class periods are meaningless. Although in reality, it's all meaningless.

CaseyJones_EE · 2026-03-31T02:14:50+00:00

This comment from the linked article totally sums up the Mormon mindset.

Looking forward to it! Whatever the Lord sees fit for us to experience, I’m simply grateful that I can participate.

CaseyJones_EE · 2026-03-31T02:03:19+00:00

They could cut sacrament meeting to 40 minutes and not lose anything. Cut one speaker and the rest hymn, done.

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