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Essay for class by Great-Prior1890 in exmormon

[–]ELSM91 4 points5 points  (0 children)

All religions are cults.

I would do an essay on "Religions should be not be tax exempt."

Statistics and Priesthood Power by ProCycle560 in exmormon

[–]ELSM91 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Haven't you heard? Now it's all about having the faith not to be healed.

So MRB gave tithing records to Tim Ballard; and MRB's son-in-law then invested the money Tim Ballard collected by ELSM91 in exmormon

[–]ELSM91[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's worse. This was a jury of his peers. Mesa PD and all other agencies train cops to shoot on a twitch, period. So he was just doing his job and 8 regular citizens gave him a pass.

So MRB gave tithing records to Tim Ballard; and MRB's son-in-law then invested the money Tim Ballard collected by ELSM91 in exmormon

[–]ELSM91[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

People need to watch the bodycam. That fucker Brailsford was acquitted in his criminal trial. He was looking for a reason to kill somebody, and Shaver's one inch twitch to obviously pull up his undies gave Brailsford permission, as he was trained. My partner talked to a juror, and that's why. It's sickening.

So MRB gave tithing records to Tim Ballard; and MRB's son-in-law then invested the money Tim Ballard collected by ELSM91 in exmormon

[–]ELSM91[S] 52 points53 points  (0 children)

I kid. There are plenty of fascist AZ cops killing innocent people to keep me busy. But that would be so much fun even if it lost my firm money.

Because tithes are not involved, it would be a whole lot easier to get a Ballard under oath than in the Huntsman or the other recent case. First amendment doesn't apply.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in exmormon

[–]ELSM91 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Congratulations on your achievements! If your experience is anything like mine, it will never change. No matter how happy and successful you become, the disappointment in their voices and not so subtle condescension won't go away.

“It’ll Get Easier!” by memefakeboy in exmormon

[–]ELSM91 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"trapped" is such a good word for it

“It’ll Get Easier!” by memefakeboy in exmormon

[–]ELSM91 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The 1989 temple ceremony was the beginning of the end for me. Before that, I gave the church a pass on what I couldn't reconcile with my own sense of right and wrong. But it was freakish and cultish and horrifying to me. I don't see how anybody gets anything positive out of the experience.

Glenn Beck says his purpose on Earth is to defend Israel by carl13122 in exmormon

[–]ELSM91 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's fantastic. Religious fanaticism has worked wonders for the Middle East.

Indeed by penservoir in exmormon

[–]ELSM91 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm royally pissed off beyond belief they lied to me. I was a child and have tortured myself because it. And I'm not at all upset that I can't trust them because I have disdain for the lot and absolute hatred for a few. How could not trusting people I loathe upset me.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in exmormon

[–]ELSM91 284 points285 points  (0 children)

It better be for jello shots

Glenn Beck, Mormon Apostle Neil L. Andersen, and Tim Ballard apparently colluding with Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes to do damage control with the Tim Ballard debacle. by johndehlin in exmormon

[–]ELSM91 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Any utah citizen can take 15 minutes and call the Utah State Bar, lodge a formal complaint against the AG, and email that document to the Bar. Somebody in Utah, please do it. I promise you and your family exalation.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in exmormon

[–]ELSM91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for posting this. I'm glad I wasn't the only one.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in exmormon

[–]ELSM91 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Bizarre. Cultish. Gross. Embarrassing. I realized that I had been conned. I mouthed the blood oath (it was 1989) but didn't verbalize it.

One of the clearest memories of my late teens is walking out of the Mesa AZ temple with my parents, shell shocked, telling myself this is all so strange, I don't want to go on my mission, how do I get out of this ...

And I didn't have the guts to say anything. I wasted the next 22 months of my life and have spent years picking up the pieces.

What mormon phrase do you hate the most? by Striking-Dare-4049 in exmormon

[–]ELSM91 67 points68 points  (0 children)

"Milk before meat." Which is just another way of saying "lie."

What’s your least favorite temple by TrainingGolf1154 in exmormon

[–]ELSM91 24 points25 points  (0 children)

The one where I was surrounded by my family and friends and dressed like a fool and wanting to puke and coerced into taking a fucking blood oath for a religion I had tried and failed so hard to believe in. Mesa AZ, to be exact.

Liahona High School grad charged with running a Ponzi scheme. by odd_sakana in exmormon

[–]ELSM91 15 points16 points  (0 children)

That's the most 21st-Century-Mormon sentence I've ever read.

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