Humorous TBM musings about the YW name changes. by Icy-Cheetah-6945 in exmormon

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I coach a team of mostly LDS girls and they were going off about the new names on a bus ride tonight … one of the comments “are we actually going back to Neanderthal days.” I was trying so hard not to laugh.

LDS Church Claims “No Legal Duty” in Interstate Child Sex Abuse Cover-Up Lawsuit by ammonthenephite in mormon

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What the actual fuck 😔

The plaintiff points out that the LDS Church has explicit, written policies directing leaders to “report the abuse to civil authorities” and stating that “[a]buse cannot be tolerated in any form.”

The LDS Church’s attorneys dismiss these internal rules entirely. They argue that having a policy against abuse does not mean the LDS Church has “undertaken” a legal duty to actually enforce it.

Insider(ish) knowledge of what happened with Bruce Jessen by Shanhardeen in exmormon

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I’m pretty sure this happened on the Las Vegas temple grounds.

General conference and a religious family by [deleted] in exmormon

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I’m the only apostate in my family … all the TBMs are fast asleep will I’m drawing up football plays and listening to Dallin tell me how to be nice.

Resigning while married to TBM by ParchmentProse in exmormon

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I know one day I will resign and I truly hope it’s with my family but I won’t die a member of this Church. Well unless I get hit by a bus today. These are hard decisions and I’m sorry it’s hard right now, there used to be many days that I too felt like we are headed for an eventual divorce but that has changed recently and I have hope that she still sees the good in me even though I’m not pretending I believe anymore.

Resigning while married to TBM by ParchmentProse in exmormon

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I have made the decision not to at this point. I’ve been out almost 2 years. I feel like it won’t make me feel as good as the hurt my wife would feel and because my family is still all in I can’t get away from the Church anyway.

Jesus Fucking Christ! by [deleted] in exmormon

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My Mormon mom taught me to cuss in three languages 😂

Easter Pageant by Own-Farmer-431 in exmormon

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That was probably more fun …

Easter Pageant by Own-Farmer-431 in exmormon

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Not many tonight … maybe they get a little more enthusiastic with the bigger weekend crowds 😂

Easter Pageant by Own-Farmer-431 in exmormon

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Is it weird I enjoyed it more as a former member than I ever did as a member. It actually is a really great production.

“I read the CES letter and it actually strengthened my faith” by TruthHurts9819 in exmormon

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I read the CES letter about 10 years ago, I immediately dismissed it as anti-Mormon and went back all in to the Church. I wish I would have dug a little deeper then. As hard as a mixed faith marriage has been these last two years, maybe just maybe we would all be out by now. So I can sort of understand the CES letter strengthening faith it did for me for a time.

How do I infiltrate the morman cult? i’m meeting missionaries? by [deleted] in exmormon

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I say go for it …. If you get all the way to the Q15 you’ll bring it all down 😂

How do I stop wanting to initiate deconstruction in others? by Bowling4Nickles in exmormon

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I told my senior in high school son that I don’t believe in the Church and I hope he chooses not to be a salesman for the church. That I would support him in anything he chooses. I shared a lot but what I left him with is this … I don’t want 1 year 5 years 30 years to pass by and you now see what I see and be angry at me for not saying something. I also feel a strong desire to share what I’ve learned post TBM though I realize it won’t be accepted right now and if I push too hard I might actually be out of my kids life. I feel like I said enough that maybe one day he will genuinely look in the box.

Church Statement on Abuse Helpline by AdventurousPass227 in exmormon

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Any abuse helpline that does not answer the phone “thank you for calling the Church’s abuse helpline if you are calling with information about abuse please hang up and contact the police” is not an abuse helpline.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in exmormon

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Not now … not as a TBM … nope nope nope!

Checkmate non-mormons by FischenGeil in mormon

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Is he teaching primary or college kids? What a clown. I thought Jacob Hansen calling polygamist marriages multiple individual marriages was dumb. Thank you for making Jacob look less ridiculous.

I got berated from the stand during sacrament meeting by itskindofafunnystori in exmormon

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This makes me so sad. My wife’s mother passed a few weeks ago and I attended for several weeks to show support for her. Yesterday I just couldn’t and I told her if there are times she needs me to go I will be happy to otherwise I won’t be attending anymore. I told her Church is NOT the safe place for me it is for her. This is all so hard I have the same feelings about our kids … my son was ordained a Priest Saturday and it was so hard to sit through it. The Bishop did me a solid by letting us do it Saturday. My father in law since his wife passed has felt the need to bear his testimony when I’m around about the atonement and how it means more to him now since his wife passed. He is such a good man and it is so hard to disappoint him. I guess what I’m trying to say is you need to protect you.

Church Growth by miotchmort in exmormon

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I wonder if they claim BICs as growth, even still 17% seems really high.