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Cultic Mormonism is in your past; chronologically, it's behind you. In a sense, it's like water in a river that has flowed passed the point of here & now and moved downstream. It's not coming back, unless we make it return in our thoughts and, by extension, our feelings. You can spend as little or as much of your life replaying your Mormon past in your mind - and experiencing the correspo
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During the past 10-11 years, LD$ Inc. has spent: - $3B on City Creek: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705341784/Salt-Lake-City-high-rise-is-ready-for-occupancy-on-Main.html?pg=all - $565M on "nearly 383,000 acres in northwest Florida": http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/corporate/st-joe-co-selling-382834-acres-in-northwest-florida/2151305 - $120M on "a 32-story apa
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...what's best for you. Your situation comes down to one inescapable truth: You're responsible for your life. If you decide to leave the Mormon Church - 100's of 1,000's of people have done so, and with very good reason - then you'll be making an excellent but life-transforming decision. Latter-day Saints family members won't understand. Why not? Because they're part of a cultic religious org
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http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/12/mitt-romney-didnt-want-to-be-president-son-claims/
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For many years, Burke has worked as a science historian, author, television producer, and university lecturer. Info. about him is online. His book and the critically-acclaimed TV series based on "The Day the the Universe Changed" helps the viewer to understand how people's perspectives change as their knowledge changes. Part of episode 1 is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REKRLYoz
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It's a Vodka mixed drink.
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See the 4th para. at http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/30/us-mormonchurch-idUSTRE80T1CM20120130
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...taking action to find or create one. For example, there are Ex-Mormon and Post-Mormon chapters in the U.S. and other countries. Also, many communities have female-oriented organizations like the YWCA. You can check online to see what's available in terms of support groups for mothers in your area. If what you need doesn't exist, you could post messages on physical and Internet-based bulleti
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In the Book of Mormon, Jacob 2:23-24 says: 23 But the word of God burdens me because of your grosser crimes. For behold, thus saith the Lord: This people begin to wax in iniquity; they understand not the scriptures, for they seek to excuse themselves in committing whoredoms, because of the things which were written concerning David, and Solomon his son. 24 Behold, David and Solomon truly h
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"Sandra Tanner on the Character, Motivations, and Death of Joseph Smith": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OhLHz2aDRk
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From the back cover of Mormon history expert D. Michael Quinn's ground-breaking book, "Early Mormonism and the Magic World View": "During his apprenticeship to become a prophet (1820-30), Joseph Smith, Jr., learned from village mentors how to use a divining rod, a seer stone, a hat to shield his eyes in order to see hidden treasures, and amulets, incantations, and rituals to summon
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...be strangers to their authentic self. They're also conditioned by cultic Mormonism throughout their lives to perceive their locus of power as originating outside of themselves, namely, with the invisible, LDS-imagined "Heavenly Father"/"God"/"the Lord." As a result of Latter-day Saint 'brainwashing', developing mental toughness (i.e., resilience) is not someth
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http://www.exmormon.org/helpers.htm Our Community > Post-Mormon Chapters (drop-down menu) at http://www.postmormon.org/ "What to Do When You’re Married But Lonely": http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-squeaky-wheel/201306/what-do-when-you-re-married-lonely Why not join or start a hobby club? Craigslist has a "Groups" section for each city/area: http://www.cra
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"In accordance with a revelation to Joseph Smith, the practice of plural marriage—the marriage of one man to two or more women—was instituted among members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the early 1840s. Thereafter, for more than half a century, plural marriage was practiced by some Latter-day Saints. Only the Church President held the keys authorizing the performa
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Steve Hassan, a licensed mental health professional in MA and one of America's leading experts on cults, list the Mormon Church on his website as a thought-control organization: https://freedomofmind.com//Info/infoDet.php?id=140 Indisputably, Mormonism is cultic. It systematically 'brainwashes' people to ignore and trivialize facts that conflict with church doctrines and teachings, widely-held
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https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SP82-WTV Importantly, when JS made Fanny Alger his plural wife Ohio laws stipulated that bigamy was a crime. Section 7 of the Ohio Session Laws (on p. 136) said: “That if any married person, having a husband or wife living, shall marry any other person; every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, s
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Steve Hassan is a licensed mental health professional in MA. Online, he lists the Mormon Church as a thought-control organization: https://freedomofmind.com//Info/infoDet.php?id=140 Info. about the psychological effects of Mormonism are at http://members.shaw.ca/blair_watson/ If you have an e-book reader, you might be interested in "Latter-day Saint Swindle: The Mormon Church's $200-Bi
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"Biology Professor Dr. William Bradshaw of Brigham Young University discusses the biological bass for homosexuality": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IHw9DVI3hE "Mormon Stories #212: Dr. William Bradshaw Part 4 of 5 - Homosexuality and the LDS Church": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YRF0Ep9lWE
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You might want to read the post and comments: http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,1348158,1348158#msg-1348158 Mormonism 'programs' people, particularly in LDS families, to be psychologically enmeshed. Being an American religion, it has an Amway-esque super-friendliness that, for individuals who are introverted, is a terrible match. A Mayo Clinic webpage titled "Social anxiety disorde
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http://www.psychologytoday.com/search/query?keys=asperger%27s&x=0&y=0
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http://www.psychologytoday.com/search/query?keys=panic+attack&x=0&y=0 http://www.psychologytoday.com/search/apachesolr_search/anxiety%20attack?keys=panic%20attack&x=0&y=0 A psychologist/therapist in your community with experience treating clients who suffer from panic/anxiety attacks would be able to help you. Meditation has also been clinically studied and is known to of
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For starters, ever had your IQ tested, pianoforte? IQ testing is online and free, and I'd wager that yours is on the high side of the bell curve. So, you "no longer believe in the theology of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints." You and 99.8% of humanity! Mormonism is a crock. I did a post with A LOT of info. last month that proves the point: http://exmormon.org/phor
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...integrity to your inner truth, which you communicated in your post: "I...have been questioning church teachings since a young age, I never really wanted to be a part of the church ... I want to leave ." People on this board, including me, certainly support you in your expressed desire! Here's an important truth: You're the captain of the ship of your life; it'll go in whichever di
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From Prof. Joseph's article in Psychology Today Magazine 14 months ago: "The Secret to a Contented Life - Unconditional positive self-regard "Feeling good about ourselves is important to a contented life. But the secret to feeling good about ourselves is unconditional self-acceptance. "As children we often develop what psychotherapists refer to as conditions of worth. Co
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...did in April that may be of interest to you: http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,1235001,1235001#msg-1235001 Simon in Oz is Dr. Simon Southerton, author of the 2004 book, "Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church": http://signaturebooks.com/2010/02/losing-a-lost-tribe-native-americans-dna-and-the-mormon-church/ He might know of ex-Mormons in the Brisb
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You can get the authorities on your side. Steve Hassan, a licensed mental health professional in MA and a leading expert on cults, lists the Mormon Church on his website as a thought-control organization: https://freedomofmind.com//Info/infoDet.php?id=140 (You can tell the police or govt. agency that helps young people that you've been raised in a cultic religion and need assistance to escape
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http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2014/07/05/treating-social-anxiety-with-meditation-and-mindfulness-training/ "How Does Meditation Reduce Anxiety at a Neural Level? - Researchers identify brain areas linked to mindfulness and anxiety reduction": http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201306/how-does-meditation-reduce-anxiety-neural-level From half a decade ago:
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That's what cults like Mormonism do to people: repeatedly f*ck their minds. In the Mormon Church and other cults, unsuspecting, vulnerable, duped folks are psychologically screwed over and over and over with the cult's lies, propaganda, and nonsense. Acceptance by the 'tribe' and approval from the cult's authority figures as well as family members and friends in the disempowering organization
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If you're interested, Psychology Today has several online articles about the end of a relationship. "The 5 Stages of Grieving the End of a Relationship" is at http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/inside-out/201309/the-5-stages-grieving-the-end-relationship The psychologist who wrote the article said: "...Hopelessness is the most pervasive and debilitating, It is the thing tha
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