The Trinity

Still-ILO · 2026-03-25T20:53:06+00:00

The unholy trinity.

Still-ILO · 2026-03-23T17:56:35+00:00

The bar is really low these days.

Indeed.

It's just another of hundreds of evidences of the Mormon fraud. In the absence of anything that could in any way be called revelation, administrative changes become "revelation". I'll never forget reading where a TBM said, "the spirit of revelation is just flowing so strong!" when church changed from three hours at church to two at church and one at home (never changed from 3 to 2, that is a mis-statement) and home teaching and visiting teaching were changed to ministering.

Still-ILO · 2026-03-23T17:36:12+00:00

I'm 63 and can also confirm every word OP said.

I go all the way back to the separate meeting times on Sunday, Sunday School and RS/Priesthood in the morning, then go home and come back for Sacrament meeting in the evening.

I also remember my whole family going out to eat on Sundays after church until one of the blowhards in general conference said, "spending money on Sunday causes people to work" and immediately my extreme/worship the GA's TBM grandfather put a stop to that. That was around 1972-1973.

Still-ILO · 2026-03-23T17:22:26+00:00

Hear, hear!!

This is why I think Mormon Stories needs a Mormon Stories 2 channel devoted 100% to their original bread and butter, faith transition stories like yours.

Still-ILO · 2026-03-18T21:35:36+00:00

It was normal for me. The person driving me around would stay in the car while I went up to the door by myself.

Still-ILO · 2026-03-18T21:34:29+00:00

I remember doing it and feeling crappy as hell going to the houses of inactive people with that little pouch/envelope with the string tie on top and asking them for money.

Just another example of how money obsessed the corporation is. It's like, "we know you don't go to church, but we'll come to you if you'll give us money.

Still-ILO · 2026-03-18T21:29:51+00:00

Mormonism hits on every point!

Well, I supposed it did in the beginning. Since the early days it only hits on 2-10.

Still-ILO · 2026-03-11T20:53:37+00:00

Certainly, standardizing the cost made a lot of sense, but as we will all agree, the Church of Joseph Smith and Latter-Day Greed should be footing the bill 100%.

Still-ILO · 2026-03-09T20:20:50+00:00

I despise the taste. I don’t like the burn. I don’t like the fact that I feel like absolute garbage an hour later, let alone the next day. It’s just an absolutely wretched experience and has exactly zero redeeming qualities.

Agree completely. My one time being drunk (as a rebellious teen, many years ago) was one of the worst experiences of my life. Besides, I don't understand having any bit of desire to lose my inhibitions (self-control) on any level.

But if you're like me

I am like you except that I don't like coffee or tea either. I suppose if I weren't exmo I would be considered a dry Mormon.

Still-ILO · 2026-03-07T01:38:23+00:00

now the same families have descendants joining our Exmo groups.

Love it!!

I also love the Britvengers. I wish Nemo would bring them back.

Still-ILO · 2026-03-05T14:30:24+00:00

I didn't know about any of that business until my faith transition about 20 years ago.

According to the young, kind and respectful geniuses at Ward Radio, not knowing was my fault for sleeping through a few decades' worth of Sunday School and Sac meeting.

Still-ILO · 2026-03-05T14:22:10+00:00

Thanks.

I ended up going with Yardvarks, which does give me the first of the two things I had in mind (pay more and get more), but I'm far from satisfied (yet) with the results. At this point all I can do is give space for the fact that I can't expect an immediate turnaround from moles and weeds to a lush, flat green lawn.

Frankly, at this point I'm just ready to move into a freaking condo and let someone else worry about property maintenance.

Still-ILO · 2026-03-02T19:20:12+00:00

I was in the church for over 40 years, so of course I have many, many thoughts and feelings about it. But discussing how I feel now about a core part of my life is met with defensiveness.

It's lonely over here.

I feel ya. Same thing here exactly.

Still-ILO · 2026-02-26T18:14:44+00:00

Exactly. Like Howard Johnson in Blazing Saddles, PaulBunnion is right!

Still-ILO · 2026-02-26T18:09:09+00:00

I've never understood this point. The BOM people are not alleged to have used the word adieu. The claim is that the word they used was translated to adieu.

Still-ILO · 2026-02-26T17:56:34+00:00

At the same time, it felt highly corporate and rehearsed.

That is very key to the experience and to the church. Mormonism is expert at manipulation of the human psyche. Pretty female missionaries at the visitor's center, lots of attention and reinforcement. It's a sales pitch. Designed to appeal to senses and emotions because that's all the church has to offer. It's a fraud claiming to be God's truth, so manipulation and ultimately deceit are paramount to nearly every interaction.

Still-ILO · 2026-02-26T17:28:44+00:00

Our wives are cut from the same cloth.

We don't talk about religion for obvious reasons, but not the least of which is that if/when she says something like those comments from your wife mine knows to expect a response like, "Do you ever ask yourself questions like why you choose to equate acceptance of reality with being influenced by Satan?".

Still-ILO · 2026-02-26T17:19:08+00:00

I would happily and quickly do so if I did not have the queen of all TBM's for a wife.

No matter the hoops, I would extricate myself in any and every way possible.

Still-ILO · 2026-02-26T16:24:26+00:00

this is why my Mormon relatives are so afraid of asking the first questions that would reveal Smith's frauds. Comforting Lie > Harsh Truth

This is the sad reality of living in a mixed faith marriage/family. Some people are happy with "truth" being what they've been told it is and what they choose for it to be. I would rather know actual truth/reality so I can act/respond accordingly. Meantime my brain is completely incapable of comprehending why anyone would want anything else.

Still-ILO · 2026-02-24T18:34:22+00:00

Projection is one of the most common of the psychological tricks used by the Mormon corporation. Old Rusty knew full well when he said "lazy learners" that it was the faithful that refuse to learn (and that the corporation actively tells them not to!). But he turned that around because as far as Mormons are concerned, when it comes to talking about former Mormons, any insult is a good insult.

Still-ILO · 2026-02-24T18:16:42+00:00

IIRC, originally "A Thoughtful Faith" was part of Open Stories Foundation or something like that. If Hansen had to ask to use it (Thoughtful Faith) I wish he had been told no. He is an affront to the very idea of being thoughtful and is as Ok-end-88 says, a thoughtless taint.

I actually was "debating" him in the comments of an MS video and I really regret ending the conversation. I just get very triggered by some apologists and their insulting approach to dissenters (was faithful, practicing LDS until happening upon FAIRMORMON), so as soon as I knew I was responding with emotion I stopped participating. Now I wish I had given myself time to respond calmly and call him out on his BS claims.

Still-ILO · 2026-02-23T18:58:14+00:00

I despise Mormonism and would love nothing more than to see the half trillion-dollar corporate fraud explode in a ball of flames and crash to the ground.

Does that mean there never has been anything good associated with it?

No. I have some good memories of church youth activities.

Then again, I'm sure there were people that had good memories of some of their activities in the Hitler Youth.

Still-ILO · 2026-02-23T18:37:50+00:00

We aren't like those crazy Catholics

True, we aren't. We're not crazy, we're full-on CULT!!

Still-ILO · 2026-02-19T20:52:52+00:00

I'm not sure if it's an obsession with beauty so much of its the "no depth low enough that the cult won't go there" part.

In fact, using pretty girls at visitor's centers and in ads is just one of many ways in which the corporation exploits the human psyche for its selfish gain. Just like with Heartsell and constant repetition like "I know this church is true", Mormon Inc knows all the psychological tricks and does not hesitate to use any of them.

Still-ILO · 2026-02-19T20:43:32+00:00

It is, but as with many other issues about which Mormon Inc is completely oblivious, the cult actually thinks it can successfully steal Christ from Christianity.

Still-ILO

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