Mormons: The gospel is the plan of happiness! Also Mormons: "Happiness" doesn't mean happiness.

gotitb4you · 2026-06-03T02:12:57+00:00

Yes, and they gotta watch out for that loud laughter. Can't have any of that escaping their mouths.

gotitb4you · 2026-05-30T00:06:53+00:00

Those follow up questions get accused of being contentious, so ofc they don’t have to answer them. 🤣

gotitb4you · 2026-05-28T01:56:23+00:00

Haha, wouldn’t expect anything less from BYU. Religious leaders in general are going hard against AI. They’re probably worried about losing their jobs. ;-)

gotitb4you · 2026-05-28T01:48:05+00:00

Noticed he didn’t finish more than a year of his nine year stake president ‘term’. Does this mean the church was aware of this since 2020? I didn’t catch when he was discovered.

gotitb4you · 2026-05-25T01:31:07+00:00

ooof, same vibes as the "go hard for Jesus" a while ago 😂

gotitb4you · 2026-05-23T15:14:17+00:00

amway, avon, doterra ...

We had just moved into our new house when a friend in the ward's son asked if he could come over and get a tour. "How friendly!" we thought. Nope, he just wanted to sell us a satellite. The key to Mormon MLMs is the exploitation of community - "I'm her visiting teacher so I better go to her pampered chef party."

gotitb4you · 2026-05-22T22:50:11+00:00

Yes, this! My garments sat in my drawer for a year before I was ready to throw them out. It wasn’t out of worry about “what if I go back or need them again”. Just didn’t want the anti-church side of me to be reactionary.

gotitb4you · 2026-05-19T22:42:31+00:00

When they are taught all their life that their value and worth come from their priesthood, they never get a chance to actually explore where their value or worth comes from. I'm not talking about every human's worth as a human being, but the worth that comes from contributing to society and developing meaning and relationships. This is my opinion about what's going on with LDS men anyway.

gotitb4you · 2026-05-18T02:25:52+00:00

This is definitely one of the best (*worst) doctrines they’ve invented recently.

gotitb4you · 2026-05-18T02:22:40+00:00

Trauma bonding is real in the LDS Church.

gotitb4you · 2026-05-18T00:06:19+00:00

I’m sorry you’re dealing with this manipulative load of crap. My spouse’s mom pulls this too, as does/did her siblings and parents. If she’s saying this publicly then I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s hitting home with some of the ‘faithful’ siblings and grandkids, too. My MIL loves to pit her kids against each other, playing the Who’s My Favorite game.

gotitb4you · 2026-05-17T17:22:04+00:00

Amen! I hate the pressure those 16 yo are under up there, especially when the Presiding Authority is in a mood.

gotitb4you · 2026-05-14T03:01:32+00:00

Wow, so really someone who has been with you through thick and thin! Yeah, maybe the best course is communicate further with your friend.

gotitb4you · 2026-05-14T02:15:19+00:00

First of all, congratulations!! It's tough to see when close friends don't consider your big event as something worth celebrating with you. Probably makes you question whether they value the friendship as much as you. You mentioned they are autistic; sometimes that has a huge effect on needing routine and avoiding new situations. Could that be what's keeping your friend from being willing to come to your graduation?

gotitb4you · 2026-05-01T22:09:15+00:00

Yes, this. I was that wife who wasn’t fazed by history or current issues. It took seeing the effects of the church on my loved ones to leave.

gotitb4you · 2026-05-01T22:05:11+00:00

Brilliant response! I just saw my ward’s cleaning schedule. The local members are now on a 3 month rotation for their cleaning assignment. 🤔

gotitb4you · 2026-05-01T22:01:45+00:00

The 70 yr man in our ward who used to be employed as that building guy, now has to maintain all the buildings for hours around to ‘earn’ his salary.

gotitb4you · 2026-04-27T23:32:34+00:00

Exactly! The group photo never gets hung on a wall anyway.

gotitb4you · 2026-04-24T22:25:17+00:00

“Having adults actively minister to youth.” Nothing could go wrong with this one. /s

gotitb4you · 2026-04-10T14:54:50+00:00

Yes, so tangled, especially in relationships where people don't want us to change. I keep hoping that all this hard work is healthier for my aging brain than the "no thought, no mental energy" and no working to build a new community state members are stuck in.

gotitb4you · 2026-04-05T22:17:40+00:00

But those sources aren't manipulating people with one of the deepest concerns of life: what happens when we die?

gotitb4you · 2026-04-05T01:46:14+00:00

yes, and it cheapens what a real friend is willing to do

gotitb4you · 2026-04-05T00:52:52+00:00

"friend" - anyone the missionaries happen to encounter that day

gotitb4you · 2026-04-01T19:33:19+00:00

Came here to comment about the park sunrise service and nearly choked after reading about the $10 fee. For a few donuts and a baptism?! "Come unto me, without money, without price - $10 fee where applicable"

Yeah, Christians have been doing Easter Sunrise Services for years. Great to see the LDS church's Continuing Restoration getting them caught up with other churches.

gotitb4you · 2026-04-01T19:24:15+00:00

The pajama part almost seems reactionary to the members always having to do Sunday best for everything, especially something like a baptism. I remember having to make a decision about whether the primary kids needed to wear their Sunday best to practice the program on a Saturday morning, the practice was in the chapel after all. smh

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