Biographies
What to believe in?
seabiscuit April 2013
After deciding to leave TSCC [this so called church], my Wife and I are finding it hard to believe ANYTHING that has to do with Christianity. It sounds so strange to say (to me at least), but I don't think I believe in any of that stuff (Jesus, Bible, etc) after discovering the fraud of TSCC.
The church is not a social club.
dk April 2013
In a post a few weeks back, I and others mentioned hearing the powers that be in the church say, "The church is not a social club." After that, activities really seem to go downhill. Some churches even have time after services where people can socialize over coffee and cookies. What a concept.
Dear Parents, I am not responsible for your feelings
NoName April 2013
Don't blame me for throwing you for a loop and hurting you. I did not hurt you. You chose to be hurt. I am a good person and I think deep down you know that. So I left the church. So I moved in with my BF. I am an adult and I made choices. I'm also very smart, honest, I have a good job and I am closing in on a doctorate. I'm successful and happy. I am also marrying an incredible man this year.
I was raised to be RACIST
pewsitter April 2013
As a child we spent most of lives influenced by church doctrines. There was no internet and the books we had access to were written by the church. We had to relied on Church Authorities and CES to provide us with the truth. We had access to Mormon Doctrine and of course the book Moses and the book of abraham.
Did Mormonism make you feel "never good enough?"
tilliegilman Apr. 2013
I'm thinking about this because one of my tbm [mormon] childhood friends posted online that no matter how hard he tries, he always feels he's falling short. I remember that feeling. It stayed with me for years after I left the church. It took a while to accept that I'm OK just doing my best. Is this a common experience?
Confusing, Vacillating, Befuddling and Constantly Adrift Official Mormon Church Doctrine on God ...
steve benson Apr. 2013
BYU professor of history, Thomas G. Alexander, in his ground-breaking research, "The Reconstruction of Mormon Doctrine: From Joseph Smith to Progressive Theology," lays down an expansive trail of the Mormon Church's historically incomplete, self-negating, wavering, flip-flopping, morphing, perplexing and indeterminate official stances on the core bedrock of its much-ballyhooed "divinely-revealed" doctrine
Turns out advanced ancient civilizations leave a lot of stuff behind
pandora Mar. 2013
I visited the Asian Art Museum in SF today to see the Terracotta Warriors exhibit. It was amazing. There were swords, things for horses and chariots, beautiful warriors and armor. Even a small gold belt buckle was on display which made me think about all the small day to day things that remain long after the people who used them are gone. All of these artifacts were from around 200 bc or 600 years before the great battle at the hill cumorah.
Church promises. Family Home Evening
fnawesome Mar, 2013
Does anyone remember the promise the church gave for family home evening.....it was something along the lines of if we have family home evening (religiously-pun intended) that NONE of our kids would fall away from the church! Is that just MY recollection or was that made up my my TBM [Mormon] parents to get us ready for the "control"?
Apostle Holland Example on Personal Revelation
vastique Mar. 2013
For whatever reason I was torturing myself with reading biographies of the henchma. . . . um . . I mean "apostles". Came across this lil gem below.
Now, THAT is skill. To be able to turn on a dime and change an abject failure into a "teaching moment".
Does the anger ever end????
wendybird Mar. 2013
I resigned from the church over 8 years ago and thought I had resolved most things and moved on. Lately my rage has returned towards the Mormon faith and all Mormons in general. My daughter has turned 16 and has a full and normal life free of the Mormon machine. I look at her and see how much the church stole and destroyed my youth.
Mormon Mission to Japan - Steve Benson
steve benson Mar 2013
--Getting the "Call to Serve"
I remember how much my grandfather, Ezra Taft Benson, loved Asia, how he often told me that growing up and, in fact, how he sent me a postcard from Asia when I was a teenager letting me know that I would love that area and its Mormon Gospel-devoted Saints, too, should I go there on my mission.
Why a never-mo hangs out here
Never Mo but raised Fundie Mar 2013
So, I'm a never-mo and my "link" in common here is that I was raised as a fundamental Christian with some beliefs in common. (Not the totally wacky version of fundamental Christian though).
Anyone else think your mission was run like a business?
rusty123 Mar. 2013
Was anyone else surprised when they got out into the mission field and realized how much the mission seemed to be run like either a military or a business instead of being run like an EFY or the one and only true church?
A loving tribute to flattop/XYZ
msmom Mar. 2013
Dear Exmo friends,
If you have been here for a while you will recall our good friend flattop. He died Monday evening. I just spoke with his partner who gave the OK to let this community know.
Mormon Missionary Murdered by his Companion
steve benson Feb. 2013
I recently received email correspondence from a family member of a Mormon missionary who was horribly and tragically killed by his companion while serving in the Louisville-Kentucky mission--which, at the time, was headed by my uncle, Reed Benson, as its president. (His assignment there ran from 1975 to 1978).
Mormon Life Short Courtships
curiousnevermo Feb. 2013
Hey all. I have (another) question I hope you don't mind answering. I love Mormon mom message boards (I know, I know), and every so often I see a thread like "How long did you date before you married?" And each of these threads seems to be a freaking competition to see who married the fastest. I'm talking "I went on two dates and then got engaged"
What was the worst part about your mission?
turnonthelights Feb. 2013
For me it was being with a crazy companion 24/7. I remember the best part of the day was when I could take an extra long shower and finally be alone! When I got home It felt like a luxury to be my own person again and not have to worry about someone else.
Mormon Cosmology
anagrammy Feb. 2013
Hi all you newbies. Welcome Mormons! Sit up straight because you will learn something new for a change.
This is my most-requested post and I get lots of requests from people who want to know if there are any space alien beliefs in Mormonism.
A tribute to RfM lurkers.
Cheryl Feb. 2013
Once someone loudly accused me of hating lurkers. Not true. I love 'em!
I think about them often when I post and I wonder what they're thinking about all of the threads and issues at hand. Once at an exmo conference a lurker told me she read and often had appreciated my posts for five years although she had never once replied or posted anything on her own.