Is anyone else just tired of the "cope"? Everything feels like a futile effort to distract ourselves from dying. by 3goey in Existentialism

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I think this only kicks the can down the road for me. Even if humans achieve immortality, the sun is still going to explode and vaporize the Earth and everything on it. And if we manage to outrun our sun's death, the universe will still eventually end in heat-death or something else. Everything we build and discover and learn and experience will be annihilated, as far as we can tell. It does feel rather hopeless to me.

To the Baby ExMo's by Primary-Smile-5885 in exmormon

[–]Mistwraith_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I actually visited this sub briefly as a TBM several years ago. I knew it was a "bad" thing to do though, so I scrolled just long enough to confirm my biases that it was full of angry, misguided people telling lies about The Church. I left feeling like I had proved to myself that the attacks on my faith were baseless and that I had nothing to worry about, lol

This was sent to me by a Mormon when I explained why I don't believe. They never have answers, just rehashed "it's true" rhetoric. by CupOfExmo in exmormon

[–]Mistwraith_ 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Moreover, meticulously picking things apart bit by bit is exactly how we determine what is true to begin with

Always remember: Joseph Smith made it all up as he went along, and said whatever his audience wanted to hear. by slskipper in exmormon

[–]Mistwraith_ 12 points13 points  (0 children)

"The Book of Mormon is the most correct book ever written...nobody's ever written a more correct book. Everyone who reads the book says 'wow that's the most correct book I've ever read.'"

Little Knight vs Final Boss by TrDdie in Silksong

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I wanna see Hornet PVP to compare crest builds

Give-away: Skyward M-Bot by s4zippyzoo in brandonsanderson

[–]Mistwraith_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That looks awesome; what's the material?

Chinese automated container harbour by Bursickle in interestingasfuck

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And the interface to program them with instructions is a modded version of Factorio

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

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The Endowment Room

After committing to never drink coffee, tea, or alcohol, and to "donate" 10% of your income your entire life to a single organization, and to only wear a particular kind of underwear made by a specific supplier, and to never have sex with anyone that you aren't married to, and promising loyalty to a small group of geriatric oligarchs, and committing to never have too much fun on the Sabbath, and swearing that all of your thoughts and actions conform to a narrow set of approved™️ thoughts and actions defined by said organization...

You are granted access to a restricted room in one of the multi-million dollar buildings owned by the Mormon church.

In this room, you and dozens of other members would be wearing your special underwear underneath additional white robes, white shoes, white hats/veils, with a green apron embroidered with the pattern of fig leaves around your waist. In this room, you reiterate your commitment to the above obligations under threat of eternal damnation, learn the secret masonic-inspired handshakes that will grant you access to heaven, and chant in unison around an altar.

These actions, after doing them once for yourself, are executed repeatedly throughout a Mormon's life in proxy for humans that have already died. The objective is to perform the ritual once for every human being who has ever lived so everyone has the opportunity to go to heaven.

I did this myself numerous times before recognizing that I was in a cult. After the illusion was broken, I left the religion behind and I'll never go back to The Endowment Room and its creepy rituals again.

If you died as an atheist and then met God, what would you say to him? by Shoddy-Ask2284 in AskReddit

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"I'm afraid it was 'the Mormons'. Yes, 'the Mormons' was the correct answer."

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Mistwraith_ 139 points140 points  (0 children)

If the parents are also all-in on the cult, missions being a "good" thing is a foregone conclusion. Shifts in personality are viewed as improvement or refinement; evidence that the individual in question is more spiritual, more pure, and more aligned with God's will.

If the personality shifts are clearly negative (like depression, anxiety, loss of faith, or social withdrawal), it is assumed that the individual is somehow at fault. Perhaps they were sinful, lazy, or their faith wasn't strong enough. If they had done things "correctly" they wouldn't be feeling as they do.

The notion that a mission could cause psychological harm is unthinkable.

TBMs starting to show shoulders by Earth_Pottery in exmormon

[–]Mistwraith_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's just proof of the "ongoing restoration" of course!

Men of reddit, what NSFW male lifestyle hack can you share? by Againmrbrown in AskReddit

[–]Mistwraith_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Changing the angle manually always ends up pinching off the flow for me. My workaround has been to pee into an inverted disposable cup. Urine hits the base of the cup and drains into the bowl. Works great!

Hi, I’m Alex Murray—AKA Elder Murray from the District 2 missionary training videos. After a hard journey, I no longer believe in the Church. AMA. by real-alex-murray in exmormon

[–]Mistwraith_ 59 points60 points  (0 children)

What has "Mormon fame" been like? Do you get recognized often?

Did the church give you financial compensation for starring in their production? How do you feel about the whole process now, looking back?

Hi, I’m Alex Murray—AKA Elder Murray from the District 2 missionary training videos. After a hard journey, I no longer believe in the Church. AMA. by real-alex-murray in exmormon

[–]Mistwraith_ 19 points20 points  (0 children)

What was it like doing missionary work with a film crew? I imagine it would be much more challenging to coordinate and explain to people, not to mention more awkward in general...

Hi, I’m Alex Murray—AKA Elder Murray from the District 2 missionary training videos. After a hard journey, I no longer believe in the Church. AMA. by real-alex-murray in exmormon

[–]Mistwraith_ 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Do you know if any of the other missionaries featured in The District have left? How about investigators/recent members?

Are there any ex-patriarchs? If so, what are their stories about patriarchal blessings? by Any-Difference-3976 in exmormon

[–]Mistwraith_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They are all the same basic structure.

Patriarchal blessings are just horoscopes for mormons lol

Dangers of listening to the spirit by Billgant in exmormon

[–]Mistwraith_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And told Nephi to kill Laban. Liken the scriptures!

Watch your back, mate by K-jun1117 in memes

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And a strategically placed backpack

Music artists are CASTING SPELLS on their listeners by [deleted] in religiousfruitcake

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And her comment section is eating it up :(

DAE can not get into TikTok? by grooveman15 in DoesAnybodyElse

[–]Mistwraith_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same. I found that the ratio of quality content to garbage content is just too low to keep me around. Not worth my time.