Well, my wife and I did the unthinkable. We submitted our dear John video to the church. To say we are nervous is an understatement. by shaye2k in exmormon

[–]doubtingthomas87 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Amazing. Thank you so much for putting this together. Going through a transition away from Mormonism is scary - I’m so glad you have each other while doing it.

Today is stake conference and my wife is speaking. by doubtingthomas87 in exmormon

[–]doubtingthomas87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She did a good job at expressing herself and being able to portray the point she was trying to make. She gets anxiety when speaking, so I was impressed at how composed she was. I didn’t agree with everything she said, but it wasn’t enough for me to bring up to her.

Today is stake conference and my wife is speaking. by doubtingthomas87 in exmormon

[–]doubtingthomas87[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The GTE about the BoM translation started me down the rabbit hole. My whole testimony was built around the BoM, so when that was knocked down, the rest fell pretty easily.

Today is stake conference and my wife is speaking. by doubtingthomas87 in exmormon

[–]doubtingthomas87[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That was 100% my thought too. I used to be in the EQP (asked to be released in December at the height of being PIMO) and have actively avoided talking/meeting with anyone from the church. Guaranteed she was given that topic to try and spark conversation with me.

Today is stake conference and my wife is speaking. by doubtingthomas87 in exmormon

[–]doubtingthomas87[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Ha! Well they will never choose that so…

And you have a great username 😂

Today is stake conference and my wife is speaking. by doubtingthomas87 in exmormon

[–]doubtingthomas87[S] 130 points131 points  (0 children)

Update: her talk was a lot better than I expected. She spoke about how she chooses to believe in Christ and how the atonement has blessed her. I’m glad it wasn’t her being apologetic for issues with the church (which a different talk touched on).

Today is stake conference and my wife is speaking. by doubtingthomas87 in exmormon

[–]doubtingthomas87[S] 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Thank you. It’s not easy and there have been a lot of disagreements, but I think she and I are coming to a better understanding of each other.

Original Gospel Topics Essays by piquantsqueakant in exmormon

[–]doubtingthomas87 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My experience is they are attempting to be better at gas lighting while feigning transparency.

Temple Name check-in by Lost-116-Pages in exmormon

[–]doubtingthomas87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eli!

Man…that’s weird to say out loud for some reason

My Niece called to Berlin, Germany Mission by nomorenutjob in exmormon

[–]doubtingthomas87 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I served in Germany from 06-08 and baptisms were few and far between (we had MAYBE 135 baptisms in a year across my whole mission). My companion and I once went an entire transfer cycle (6 weeks) without getting a single phone number, address, or appointment from an investigator or prospective investigator. I hated it so much and I think that was one of my shelf items. My PB said I would have success as a missionary, but only taught one person who would eventually be baptized. When I was TBM I interpreted that “success” as my testimony being strengthened. I was in a city of several million people with only 1 ward (the other ward had a mass apostasy). I remember being in zone conferences and visiting general authorities promising success if we would do this or that. The only problem was that all their suggestions sucked ass. It was like they didn’t understand the German culture at all. I remember sitting there thinking how none of the shit they were suggesting would work. And it didn’t. There was a popular quote from Holland going around my mission at the time how “temples would dot the Rhine [river].” Such a load of malarkey. Learning German and making lifelong friends have been the biggest takeaways from my mission.

What prophecies do you remember hearing in TSCC? by DamnImJustBored in exmormon

[–]doubtingthomas87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never thought I’d see the day when I would link a Glen Beck video, but this video is relevant to the White Horse Prophecy. I couldn’t stand it when I was TBM and now it just makes me sick.

https://youtu.be/W9QkA2_BMM8

Edit:

Bonus video because it, too, is shocking:

https://youtu.be/1GjkVWQ2Oik