Posted by:
alaskawild
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Date: October 18, 2017 08:30PM
I had been worried about revealing to my mom that i have left the church. Imagine that, a grown man in his early 40s worrying about that kind of thing. Only in Mormondom,right?
Actually, she was pretty cool about the whole thing. I didn't want to overwhelm her and vomit voluminous facts all over the place. But i told her about the multiple wives Joe had, young ones, women married to living men etc. She seemed shocked and surprised with that info. We talked about the stone in the hat, Joe's gold digging endeavors and on to the multiple versions of the first vision. She didn't know about any of this of course. She is just a loyal, faithful, BIC Mormon who never really cared about digging into history or researching the early church. Isn't it interesting how there is real history and "church" history. One is organic and one is manufactured.
Anyway, it was good to get it out in the open and nice that she didn't blow a fuse and disown me. Ultimately she said that she will always love me and that it is not her place to judge me or others. She just wants me to live the best life I can. And i agree with her and will do just that.