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It's hard to give anyone advise. I can only tell you my journey. I use to post regularly on NOM, beginning with a different avatar until I was outed to my SP. I changed my login, and began posting less often. I began with NOM in either 2010, at the time I was on the HC and was teaching seminary as ...

Red Ryder wrote: ↑Mon Oct 01, 2018 4:59 pm while others are ok with slackers like you living goeth in their domain.

And damn proud of it. That being said, they moved the records and never made an attempt to contact us! Not that I'm complaining, and we are quite happy about it, but what slackers they are!

I've been in four bishoprics and served on the HC for 14 years under four Stake Presidents. My DW has hit for the cycle being a PP, YWP, RSP and SRSP. So it would be an understatement to say we know how things in a stake works. We asked to be released from our callings three years ago and stopped ...

It certainly is apparent the church has decided to "circle the wagons". A few years ago I would have been surprised reading a document such as this, but currently I'm not surprised, its just another crazy day in Mormon Land.

In Hans Mattsson's book, Truth Seeking, he tells of his concerns with the church's direction regarding the church focus on finances. As a 70 he struggled listening to the purpose and direction they were given in SLC. At times there was something in the tone that Hans had difficulty reconciling with ...

Whether it's a government, a company, a school, a church, whatever, truth is generally seen as more important than upholding a system or institution when it is wrong. I've only be doing touch and goes with this forum over the past few years, mainly due to being frustrated with the realization I ...

If you received the most powerful spiritual witness in your life, and that witness told you that the church was not true, would you believe it? I did Let me first say, I believe having a dream is not a confirmation a spirit appeared to you, it is more possibly your inner mind working through some ...

One component of the problem is the obsessive need for some members to humble brag - “I am so grateful that all of my children were married in the temple”, “I am so blessed to have a husband who honors his priesthood”, “I am so glad all of my sons served missions”, etc. They never stop to think abou ...

You know how the church organization works. This bishop may honor your request, it will however be a topic of discussion in bishopric meetings, ward council, with PH leadership and the RS will work on ways to support your wife. Keep in mind, the life span of a bishop is five years (COB sends letter ...

5...4...3...2...1.. DW and I invited to meet with the SP tomorrow during the 3 hour block. Coincidence :?: Yeah, it happened to me too. Here's the thing, I have attended the Episcopal church a few months including meeting with the Rector (Bishop) for lunch a few times. If there was a "member" that ...

When we tell people we have six kids we always get the same reaction, "You're either Mormon or Catholic!" We laugh with them and never respond. There was a time when I would have proudly stated I was a fifth generation Mormon, but I frankly do not want to get into why we've moved on. My DW made the ...

“He attacks us through our appetites. He tempts us to eat things we should not eat, to drink things we should not drink, and to love as we should not love! ” I'm not sure who wrote this for him. . . . not sure if he is attacking the gay folks in the church, or BYU soaking, or what's happening in eve ...

And the SP wants to know WHO skipped Church, every Sunday. That is telling. . . . . I've served on two High Councils in two stakes (in the US) and even though our attendance was suffering we were never asked WHO was not attending. Except for the Single Adult Ward. . . . they tried very hard to keep ...

When I was on the HC the SP called a young bishop with seven kids under the age of 11. He asked for, and was granted, two counselors who were in their late 20's and early 30's with four and five kids. So, quick math shows you they had 16 kids between them, all under the age of 11. Also, none of the ...

Corsair wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2017 9:27 am

Hagoth wrote: ↑Fri Dec 22, 2017 9:57 pm Coffee makes me feel happy.

Coffee makes me feel very happy.

The Best Part of Waking Up. . . . . I never realize how true that is.

I just signed it as well. One of our sons has been through counseling on and off for five years because of the interviews. The probing questions were, quite frankly, appalling. The counselor (not LDS) was openly furious about the effect it had on him. And this by a bishop who got his YW President ...

There are far too many to list, I would essentially change the church to being a more mainstream Christian church rather than an outlier. As an example, temple marriage is one of the more devisive hurtful activities that divides families rather than uniting them. If I don't hold a temple recommend I ...

You've probably already seen this, it is Debunking FairMormon's Debunking of the CES Letter: https://cesletter.org/debunking-fairmormon/

And here is MormonThink's response to FM going after that site: http://www.mormonthink.com/fair.htm

Play a game called Joseph and Emma! You pick three women in the ward you believe the Lord would allow you to have as polygamist wives. Your DW also makes a list of women in the ward she would allow to be her polygamist sisters. Then compare the two lists. By the time the argument, err. . .ah ...

Your transition is almost complete. It will be when you both go shopping for new underwear, a truly spiritual experience!