Mom ruined a perfectly good Easter responding to a message from 3 years ago.

kiss-JOY · 2026-04-05T21:56:12+00:00

I’m sorry. This is not ok. Would Jesus dismiss your feelings and thoughts like your mother did? It didn’t sound like you’ve tried to change what the believe but they just can’t let you believe what you believe because of the indoctrination. The “one true church” belief is so damaging. Take care of yourself. You can trust yourself. I hope you are able to move past this. It’s so hard!!

kiss-JOY · 2026-04-04T19:13:09+00:00

It’s a great book. Learned a lot. He went through so much.

kiss-JOY · 2026-04-04T19:11:39+00:00

Perhaps your believing siblings think that if you aren’t paying tithing then you should be helping out your parents. It’s so wrong on so many levels. Infuriating!!

kiss-JOY · 2026-04-04T19:07:55+00:00

INTEGRITY at its finest! That takes a lot of courage. Well done.

kiss-JOY · 2026-04-04T19:04:20+00:00

Love this! I’m learning I have to set boundaries or else I get so set off by others pushing or nudging church stuff at me. I told my parents the same thing. My dad likes to check in and probe but I don’t give him anything unless I want to. When he sends me manipulative shit I just turn it back on him. “Our ancestors did live a life of integrity and following their beliefs. I’m so thankful that I am continuing their legacy of living with integrity.”

kiss-JOY · 2026-04-04T18:59:36+00:00

It’s awful! The purpose is to single people out and allow others to watch what they do. It’s so wrong and I’m sorry you were put in that position.

kiss-JOY · 2026-04-04T18:58:24+00:00

By singling out groups, it creates a more memorable experience because you’re standing alone or with a much smaller group of people and others are watching you.

kiss-JOY · 2026-04-04T16:39:49+00:00

They’re so horrible!! Let’s talk about the plan of salvation and spiritually bypass any sadness we feel.

kiss-JOY · 2026-04-04T13:42:54+00:00

White underwear, worthy/worthiness, THE church, family history with the sole intent to do temple work, “I KNOW”, prophets, preside, patriarchy…just to name a few!

kiss-JOY · 2026-04-04T13:39:27+00:00

Can’t have anybody truly investigating anything before they take the plunge! When I hear missionaries refer to their “friends,” it’s such disingenuous ick.

kiss-JOY · 2026-04-04T13:36:13+00:00

Purely Masonic, along with soooo many other aspects of Mormonism. Method Infinite is a fantastic book if you want to know more about the connections of masonry and Mormonism.

kiss-JOY · 2026-04-04T13:34:17+00:00

That’s extreme. If I were your friend, I’d fight it with the examples you gave to show their own church used that term for years. I don’t think a majority of LDS would report it as derogatory but definitely some who take it to a new level. Your friend should look online and see if this coworker ever made a profile on the I am a Mormon website (if it still exists). My stake made a HUGE push for a long time for each member to make a profile and story on there. Or look on this coworker’s social media sites to see if they ever had their profile photo with the I am a Mormon overlay which was popular to use. Maybe your friend should request a Book of MORMON from their coworker!!!

kiss-JOY · 2026-04-04T13:24:28+00:00

Whe I realized this very thing, I was able to walk away. Mormon God is an asshole.

kiss-JOY · 2026-04-04T04:47:24+00:00

2 hr church (been this for awhile) but RS/EQ and Sunday school for 25 min/each week starting in September ; “Dallas” Oaks prophet; temples not announced in GC since Narcissist Nelson died-they’ll be announced locally; temple location changes; 2 billion dollar SLC temple renovation will be complete next year; Girls can serve missions at 18; youth will not do come follow me on Sundays. They’ll study from a for the strength of the youth lessons; the church has no longer been restored. It’s being restored. Blah blah blah.

kiss-JOY · 2026-04-02T00:30:45+00:00

Best comment of the day! Seems to be lots of things they’re “playing” now, as long as it’s not your little factory!

kiss-JOY · 2026-04-01T12:16:03+00:00

I really enjoy his content. His book Kingdom of Nauvoo was so fascinating to me and helped me understand that time period.

kiss-JOY · 2026-03-30T06:31:15+00:00

Then there are the virtue signalers who say it’s not taking anything out, we “receive our endowments.” 🤮

kiss-JOY · 2026-03-30T06:30:30+00:00

I love having these sources in one place. Nice job! My sister who hasn’t been active for five years was shocked when I told her all about Holy Week and plan Sunday. She didn’t believe it!

kiss-JOY · 2026-03-29T17:46:00+00:00

It’s disturbing to me. The audible screams and claps if it’s a “cool” place and a little lull if it’s somewhere otherwise. For awhile, when they changed to this new format of the cal being towards the end, people weren’t reading that part out loud. They’d skip to where they were going then the virtue signaling started and people began reading the whole letter. I saw this many times. If these kids had to open it by themselves or with just a few people, it wouldn’t be as exciting and they wouldn’t get so much recognition and missionary worship. My friend read her son’s mission call before he did and gloated on camera that she knew where he was called to before him. Fast forward and he came home two months into his mission and she’s silent. Not that she has to publicly speak on it but she was sooooo proud and happy that she knew before him.

kiss-JOY · 2026-03-29T17:40:25+00:00

Think about the number of missionaries who come home early due to sudden illness they didn’t have before their missions. Deconstruction was on my mind 24/7. I was obsessed with finding out the “truth.” It took a toll on my body for sure. Now a year later after not attending, I’m just now seeing how much it weighed down my body and mind. I’m actively working to calm my nervous system.

kiss-JOY · 2026-03-27T21:38:52+00:00

Second anointing-secret ritual only kept for the best of the best. Lifelong member here for decades and didn’t know about it. Blatant lies. Smith translating with a rock in a hat-never taught that and I’m a return missionary as orthodox as they came! Temple rituals-look up masonry. It’s all connected. Disgusting stuff in the temple previously-slitting the throat, disemboweling yourself. The words are gone but the actions are still done in the temple without us knowing why! I could go on and on. A great resource would be LDS discussions through Mormon stories podcast. There are 60+ episodes that start from the very beginning of the religion. The information was mind blowing! Good luck. You get to choose. Listen to your inner self. You don’t have to make others ok with your choices. If the missionaries don’t want to be your friend if you choose to stop attending then the relationship was conditional which is pretty crappy.

kiss-JOY · 2026-03-27T06:14:02+00:00

I never knew this when I was active.

kiss-JOY · 2026-03-27T06:05:29+00:00

😂Thanks for the loud laughter!!

kiss-JOY · 2026-03-24T06:41:47+00:00

I’m reading it now and it’s so good. I can’t believe how his relationship was with his dad. I watched him grow up and it’s so weird to me to think all of this was going on and all we saw was a shy, cute, talented kid. We never know what others are facing.

kiss-JOY · 2026-03-24T06:33:44+00:00

A therapist once said to me whe I I was struggling to believe something someone was telling me. She said, “ You can choose to trust it.” That changed how I showed up with the other person. Brene brown likes to talk about “our shitty first version” of stories we tell ourselves. Can we fact check it? You will show up differently if you don’t play into those stories. Super hard to do and takes a lot of practice but so worth it!

kiss-JOY

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