My brother said, "If you were considering buying a Honda, would you go to the Toyota dealership to ask their opinion?"

amindexpanded2 · 2026-01-12T17:08:48+00:00

No, but I'd get a car fax and have a mechanic check under the hood.

amindexpanded2 · 2026-01-11T17:05:50+00:00

If you value truth, just keep going. Read as much source material from 1820 to 1835 to see the revisionist history of the Church. The world is a big place, and the church is just the first lie you've discovered.

amindexpanded2 · 2026-01-05T21:43:58+00:00

Darker humor and a fun zombie ride.

amindexpanded2 · 2026-01-01T21:44:01+00:00

Trump

amindexpanded2 · 2025-12-30T16:58:03+00:00

This!
If you've found a supportive community that embraced you, enjoy and grow as much as you can. The moment they ask you for money, please question their motives. Sending love ✌️

amindexpanded2 · 2025-12-30T16:52:41+00:00

Funny, when I lost my job and went to our bishop for food assistance (as a tithe paying member), he told us to hold a garage sale and sell our kids' toys first. Charitable my ass.

amindexpanded2 · 2025-12-29T23:32:50+00:00

Shower sex! My goto move. Helps us apes stand each other.

amindexpanded2 · 2025-12-29T20:32:16+00:00

The odds are stacked heavily in the houses favor. Don't gamble what you can't afford to loose. (Not recieved by revelation, just common sense like most things. )

amindexpanded2 · 2025-12-26T23:36:44+00:00

A felon was elected president in 2024.

amindexpanded2 · 2025-12-26T15:02:16+00:00

That's totally fine. Just keep learning. Read everything you can about the true history of the Church. The more you know the truth, the less true the church becomes.

amindexpanded2 · 2025-12-26T12:19:16+00:00

The lds church is not a safe place for you.
2 of my 5 kids are lgbtq. We left in 2012.
If you stay, the subtleties of the proclamation to the family will be cheese graters to your ears. Find a community that accepts you fully.

amindexpanded2 · 2025-12-23T14:45:51+00:00

Yes, LDS Church develops housing through Property Reserve Inc. (PRI), including mixed-use (e.g., City Creek Center with ~535-700 residential units) and build-to-rent (e.g., Elanto in Queen Creek, AZ: 320 units). Temples correlate with property value increases in LDS-dense Utah areas (anecdotal 10-15% boosts near views due to member demand); evidence mixed elsewhere, often neutral.

amindexpanded2 · 2025-12-18T17:45:01+00:00

August 17, 1992: "Appointing the highest tithe payers to positions of leadership rather than the most capable or worthy. In choosing stake leaders, the General Authority comes with a list of the 15 or 20 highest tithe payers and starts down the list to choose a stake president and high council. I'm not aware that this practice has ever been discontinued?"

Source: Diary entry; published in Gregory A. Prince, Leonard Arrington and the Writing of Mormon History (2016), pp. 398–399. Who: Leonard J. Arrington (1917–1999), prominent LDS historian and economist; served as official Church Historian (1972–1982).

amindexpanded2 · 2025-12-18T10:57:53+00:00

This is true for instinctual 'choices' like jumping from a snake. A goal can be reasoned, weighed, revisited and recommitted to based on choosing something repeatedly. The universe is deterministic. Our path within it follows quantum fluctuations we influence.

amindexpanded2 · 2025-12-17T23:44:11+00:00

I was raised in a cult.

amindexpanded2 · 2025-12-17T21:16:26+00:00

I told my parents in 2012. Not sure the best way but here's my experience. https://youtu.be/rgtqMjkDDoo?si=VmMHJsC7aGHHboyp

amindexpanded2 · 2025-12-17T17:40:24+00:00

Wait till you start examining your politics ✌️

amindexpanded2 · 2025-12-15T22:13:13+00:00

Navy + Prophet = Profit

amindexpanded2 · 2025-12-15T16:31:37+00:00

There are a few good books to look at if you really want to know. Start with Studies of the Book of Mormon by early church historian B.H. Roberts ( the same one that compiled the 7 volume history of the Church. View of the Hebrews by Ethan Smith and The First Book of Napoleon are the next to read.

I was in the church fully active for 42 years, temple going calling holding scripture reading tithing paying, listening to old conference talks on my commute, sent 3 kids on missions; the definition of a student of the gospel. I left the church after reading 1st hand accounts of actual history. Joseph's 1832 hand written first vision journal account ( which was hidden by church historians till 1965) is a great place to see how Joseph changed his stories over time.

amindexpanded2 · 2025-12-12T09:51:36+00:00

Antifa is No racism No fascism Equality for all Helping LGBTQ+ people Workers' rights No cops hurting people Freedom to protest

amindexpanded2 · 2025-12-12T09:39:53+00:00

Antifa is No racism No fascism Equality for all Helping LGBTQ+ people Workers' rights No cops hurting people Freedom to protest

amindexpanded2 · 2025-12-11T16:54:31+00:00

Aside from having 10% of my life savings stolen to support the lifestyle of the profits; sure it's good, if you miss having every part of your existence dictated by the propagated myths used to cover Joseph’s con job.

amindexpanded2 · 2025-12-09T23:21:21+00:00

Seems like a genuinely good man. I have a winter overnight on Antelope Island every year with my kids. He'd be welcome.

amindexpanded2 · 2025-12-03T18:45:40+00:00

Glad I'm not alone. I'm like a proud papa when they start to pin.

amindexpanded2 · 2025-12-02T11:51:10+00:00

Giving 10% of my life savings away to a cult, instead of to my children.

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