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Oh Elder Rasband! He was a HUGE shelf item for me. While on my mission in a VERY poor Eastern European country we ran free English classes. The classes were open to anyone, we did not preach AT ALL, and the local people were so appreciative. One of my most special memories from my mission came from ...

Oh yes! Sorry I didn't see this post earlier. I would love to share it. I was so unhappy with so many things in the church: sexism, elitism, legalism etc. The only thing still keeping me fully devoted (and somehow I still felt very devoted) were my memories of significant spiritual experiences ...

Ahhhh - good ol' nepotism! Alive and well in many parts of society but hilariously just as bad, if not worse in the LDS church/church positions. You would think that if we were really able to get the revelation that Heavenly Father wanted us to, callings and positions would be spread out to all ...

Somehow the way the church puts attendance requirements on its help for those in need came up. I mentioned that it bothers me that they give with an ulterior motive. My brother responded that for TBMs getting people to church is the main motive and helping a person who is struggling temporally is ...

My husband has been incredibly supportive of my new choices over the last month to 6 weeks. I have expressed to my husband that it is important to me to explain to the kids in a developmentally appropriate way my faith transition before I go completely inactive. (I do honesty with the kids because ...

So, what the Internet provides is that second voice that dares to disagree with the group and then that reinforces what our logic tells us and we have the courage to know we are correct instead of just crazy. My mother didn't have that and I didn't for the first 30 years of being an unbeliever, so ...

I am brand new here but have to chime in and say I am very grateful for any female poster on here - I am female as well. One interesting part of my faith transition has been this panicked feeling of thinking I will be judged especially harshly as a woman leaving the church. I suppose that exposes my ...

Has anyone ever watched the Sullivan's presentation from the 2014 exmormon foundation?? The couple had a meeting with a General Authority when they were going through their faith transition and during the course of them expressing their concerns he made this statement to them: "I know, the one true ...

Welcome to the ward family! I remember being so relieved and happy when I figured out that the church wasn't true because that meant that God didn't want me to be a 2nd class citizen. I wasn't "less than" because I'm female. It sounds like you are in a happy place right now. And that is awesome ...

My goodness this is so overdue... about 20 -30 years later than it should have lasted. I know they have only announced for older scouts but I have to assume that the church will slowly move away from the boy scouts and cub scouts over the next 8-10 years. Just a guess. I have always thought it was ...

TBM for 25 years+ RM, Temple married, devoted my entire being in that time to what I thought was the one and only true church on the face of the earth... My concerns, questions, and doubts all came to a head a little over a month ago when the final piece of the puzzle made me realize/decide/discover ...