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Great post! I'm almost a year from the last time I attended church. DW hasn't been in about 6 months so I think the likelihood of her returning is low. This year break from church has really helped me clarify that I don't miss the church (I miss some of the people) and don't need it in my life ...

I am in awe of Sam's resolve on this. Reading the stories and seeing his leadership's reaction has opened up some emotional scars I thought were healed. I haven't been this angry at the church in a while. I wasn't abused physically in any way by these types of interviews, but I was made to feel ...

I have booze stashed in the kitchen. My husband, though an antimo, doesn't drink and disapproves of it. Whenever he finds a bottle of something and comments on it, I say it's for cooking. Yeah, I cook with Mike's harder lemonade. He still has no clue that I drink. This might be the funniest thing I ...

Over the last couple of years as I have transitioned away from Mormonism I have really gotten into whiskey (I have a lot of bottles at the moment). I drink some every day - though I usually don't drink enough to even get buzzed. I love the taste of it. I also order a beer or something almost any ...

Great summary Emower. I agree, the neo-apologetics, as JD calls them, just hold no water for me. They want to use feelings as the way forward even in the face of the problematic issues, but my feeling is the church is junk. It's boring and the supposed Mormon god is completely untrustworthy and ...

Sunbelt, that is awesome. Are your wife/kids active? They are not right now. My wife was still attending for a while, and though wasn't really a literalist, had some experiences that have disillusioned her about the "good" in Mormonism. She hasn't really attended since June or so. I'm not sure if ...

Your solution is the correct one for the long term. So many of us would like to leave the church alone, but it refuses to leave us alone. This is usually manifest through family, friends, and spouses who express regular shame upon us for not following their preferred set of rules. But we are always ...

Dear NOM friends - it has been a while since I have commented here or engaged much. When the old site went the way of JS in Carthage jail (too soon?) I can't access this site any longer at work, and so my activity has dropped off. At the same time I have become a completely inactive Mormon (haven't ...

Some Writer's Tears Red Head Irish whiskey (finished in Sherry barrels). I'm still not sure how I feel about Irish whiskey.

RR is some good stuff! WT 101 is one of my faves.

Great letter!

Dang it I missed it.

Hopefully I can catch the next one.

There has been some speculation on the technological advancement of the Patriarchs, particularly of Noah. The Faithful Origins and Ontology League offers the following opinion: The Faithful Origins and Ontology League holds that every word of Scripture and latter-day revelation is literally true ...

I'm so sorry MoPag. Thoughts and prayers with you and your family.

We had the missionaries over for dinner the other week. I talked about basketball a lot, didn't bring up church at all, went silent when they did, texted a message and picture to their families. Maybe they knew we are apostate and they avoided a spiritual message or my body language was enough they ...

Boston, MA - for three months waiting for my visa (Dale Murphy was my pres for a couple of months, nicest guy ever) (97)

Chihuahua, Mexico (97-99)

The more I have thought about this, the more I feel like the Q 15 are not only NOT prophets, but they are corrupt.To me, the best example of this would be how they give talks saying you should pay your tithing before other bills or basic necessities. Then tell those awful stories about how some ...

Any member will tell you that what makes our church great is that it's led by prophets and apostles. They see the members as just trying to stay up to the standards of those men. I think it's just the opposite! If those guys would get out of the way, stop telling us who to persecute, and stop ...

But for you endowed masonic ritualized members you promised to give everything to building up the kingdom and that means 3 hours of regular boring meetings on Sunday...come on..you promised, and it may not have said specifically meetings but it meant to follow everything church leaders say. And ...

Almost thou persuadest me...but then apathy kicks in and my lack of desire to do anything church related overrules any desire I might have to try to make a difference. A dog barking at a moving train...

But I applaud your efforts. May the odds be ever in your favor.