Dude, are you for real? Oy vey! *facepalm*
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ookami you have my utmost respect as well. Not to bring race up, but as an African-American and a Latina, and as someone who had to hear a lot of racist things while in TSCC, and also from Christians during the time of George Floyd's death (where when I would explain racism to my former Christian and Mormon friends, my words would get dismissed), I thank you. As well as for your service.
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During my twelve short years in the morg, I've seen it happen once. There was a gentleman that was a recent convert (converted just before I was) in what used to be the Severn Ward that had married a woman that had served her mission there in Maryland. She was a part of the Severn ward for a bit. I'm not sure of when their relationship started, but I do know that when her mission was over, it was
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Elder Berry Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > They need to rule over the chapel from the > cultural hall to the kitchen. From the windows...to the wall... Till the sweat runs down... Nevermind...
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Similar thing with me - I left at 34. I remember riding home from church with an woman who attended the same ward, and she told me about the priesthood ban, and how it bothered her that "Blacks could not have the priesthood." I knew nothing about the priesthood ban, so I decided to look it up. Learning about TSCC racist past disturbed me to no end, and what disturbed me even more was w
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Yay! Please keep us posted with her recovery.
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So sorry to hear about this, Val.
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Thanks!
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Beth, will be keeping your sister in law in my thoughts as well as you and your family. <3
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Lowpriest Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I do not trust the leaders of the mormons to do > anything but protect themselves. > > If they do something that appears to be good for > others you can bet they have done the math and it > benefits them more. > > Consider these - > > -Suddenly receiving revelation that the time
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They're both full of $hit!
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Because I like my personal freedom. Sure TSCC talks "free agency" but I've felt a real personal freedom after leaving the morg. Because I like being the PERSON I AM, and do not miss being "The Black Mormon Girl" in the ward(s). Because I like thinking for myself and not having the thinking done for me. Because I like being open minded about people/humanity. Just a few of
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No. No. And no.
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Interesting how TSCC's statement includes both men, when the "companion" was not even targeted. I cannot say that I'm surprised though...
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Partially spiritual, as I believed in God and Jesus Christ at the time. A part of me felt that I needed more than I was getting in Catholicism. A part of me felt that I got it in the TSCC. Maybe partially social as well. I was coming from a dysfunctional home, and still working through some trauma. Coming in from that, TSCC looked great on the surface. The families seemed to close and loving,
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I would have gone to Sacrament meeting, went home, taken a long walk along the Patuxent Trail, then ended the night watching TV. Even when I was "active" in TSCC, I still watched TV on Sundays. I couldn't spend the whole of the day reading scriptures like I was told I should...
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Good on you, evileric! I've been garment free for almost four years. I found out the truth about TSCC in February 2016 (was endowed in 2013), and slowly made my transition out of it. Strangely enough, I still wore my garments...I guess it was out of habit since I've been so used to wearing them...Although I found it strange that people believed that they are there for protection. It wasn't
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Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences. I makes what I had experienced within TSCC seem so trivial. I've had traumatic experiences, but they were outside of TSCC. At twelve, my mother went missing while heading to Queens, New York. Her remains would be found a year later in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Right off of I-17. Her remains wouldn't be identified until earlier this year. At e
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Annabelle, wow! I'm finding that there there are "hidden discoveries" about TSCC a couple of years after leaving it! I'm glad that you got out though, obtained your degree, and had taken on a "calling" that is meaningful to you. I haven't experienced what you had exactly, but during my near twelve years in TSCC, I would always be put in Primary. At one point I was the RS
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General Conference is next week? I'm officially so far unattached that I didn't even remember that...or even think about it! The usual: Pay your tithing. We always loved our Negroes. We love our gay brothers and sisters...but still that lifestyle is wrong, wrong, WRONG!!! We're not racist, we have Black seventies (now). Joseph Smith was a prophet. Brigham young was a prophet. Please focus
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In a nutshell - Mormonism is a fraud, created by a money-hungry, power-hungry sex-crazed conman. I couldn't sing the praises of such a man after finding out the truth about him. Much less "follow" him. i.e. "Follow the prophet. After discovering the racist teachings, I could not accept the church's justifications behind it, or why the Priesthood ban had taken place. Especially a
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stillanon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So you know. I think many find ways to show a > little so others know. So much for sacred. Go to > Harmon's in Draper on a summer day. You'll see > women wearing tank tops over their garments. It's > truly a disturbing fashion statement. I don't know if location matters (I've been told by exmo's tha
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I hear you. I had an Institute teacher that said that the "natural disasters" took place to teach a less/punishments from God. Strangely enough, I didn't question it. When I look back on it, I think, "Holy sh!t! I cannot believe that I wasn't disturbed by that!"
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Not at all! During the winter I would get a caramel apple cider, and during the summer, I would get a smoothie. Sometimes I'd get a pastry. I still don't drink coffee though. Its taste is not my thing. That's just me. And caffeine makes me lightheaded unfortunately.
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I joined TSCC in 2004 when I was twenty-two. I knew NOTHING about polygamy. It wasn't taught by the missionaries, nor was it taught in the the gospel principles Sunday school. I would learn about it in an institute class when I was twenty-five. The class just touched on the history, that polygamy happened, and then god decided that it was time for it to end. It was so long ago that I cannot reme
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nonmo_1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes I still have a thing for Marie Osmond No judgements from me, dude. Whatever floats your boat! :-)
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Hrm. I wonder how the Osmonds felt about Cher's "shoulder porn" or her bits of "exposed skin." Just business I guess...?
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Flights and commendations paid for by their faithful members I'm sure.
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It was a mistake - I received that email from my bishop a few weeks after I moved. I figured that I could just give him my building number, and no apartment number. In hindsight I should of just ignored his emails. Luckily I haven't received any visitors at my place. There was one time when the missionaries showed up at my apartment, but they weren't intentionally looking for me; they were just m
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Nothing earth-shattering, but my records were transferred to what is supposed to be my local ward/meeting house some time ago (I gave my former bishop the building number, but not the apartment number because I didn't want anyone stopping by unannounced, plus I'm only there temporarily), and then I've been receiving group emails from someone by the name of Jensen - I guess he's the single adult r
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