I remember watching some of conference, all I could stand really, the same month I received confirmation back from “the church” after I resigned.
As you all know critical thinking skills take a huge leap once you open up the mind and ask yourself “Yes, if the church was not true I would want to know about that”.
What I used to think was inspiring common sense religious truths I now saw as a demand for money disguised as a moral and righteous obligation from God, insidious calls to self-censor anything that did not put the church in a good light, outright lies about how the church came to be and constant us vs. them preaching that “the world” and Satan was out to get you and your children and the only safe place was obedience to LDS leaders every word.
It put me in a rage.
I could watch conference, but it would be unhealthy for me, the walls around me, various items nearby in the room and definitely, most definitely for the TV.
Living with my TBM mom, I'm hoping to avoid it. She normally works on Saturdays, and maybe I can convince her to do some sort of Easter thing on Sunday instead. We've never been big on Easter anyway (and I don't consider myself Christian anymore) but I would do anything to avoid tuning in.
Growing up, everyone had to be in the living room and HAD to be watching. No napping, no eating, no bathroom breaks, no doodling or writing. Only conference. We had to do all the "sustaining" and sing along with the choir, even if it was embarrassing and nobody outside the living room would give a shit. Then again, the only Conference experience I have is with an abusive asshole threatening to beat us for any "disobedience to the prophet" during the whole thing. He's (thankfully) not around here anymore.
I will be checking back here for reports and highlights. I suspect the brethren will try to keep this thing very generic and low key to stay out of trouble, But somehow they always seem to put their over-polished shoes right in their mouths.