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-10,000 for Rusty. I sat with my wife watching that crap trying to be a good sport having left the church while he basically says I am a telestial being or whatever and undoing any goodwill and trust I have managed to build since leaving. God I hate that guy.

So on this latest Masterchef episode, a guy from Utah made a Utah style scone. Gordon Ramsey was not impressed.

Totally agree with your list. President Kimball: I always hear a lot about the Miracle of Forgiveness and the Indian Placement Program which are incredibly problematic to say the least... - but - he did really move the needle with the church's acceptance of people of color (such as it is). The ...

Yeah, my TBM wife loved to go to that "historical details don't matter" crap. Drove me insane. What I REALLLY loathe is that stupid false analogy about the gift in the box and focusing on the box instead of the gift. The "history", or origin of the "gift" is important. If the gift appears to be a ...

I enjoy drinking, especially an old fashioned, but I rarely partake. I don't like to be completely drunk, and drinking comes with a lot of responsibility. Part of my "negotiated agreement" with my TBM wife when I left was no alcohol in the house. I like to drink with my brothers but that's about it ...

SO...the year after I resign from the church, Charlotte, NC (where I live) gets a temple. TBM wife is gonna have a field day with this.

Yup, unfortunately I can 100% relate... I'm dealing with pretty much the same thing. I'm a relatively conservative guy, but wow, I constantly wonder how my wife even finds some of these websites. We're probably on some kind of watchlist or something. The way I deal with it is to remain calm, and it ...

MoPag wrote: ↑Mon Mar 20, 2023 4:32 pm Your faith crisis is her identity crisis.

Wow, that hits. So true and I never really thought of it like that.

Oh yeah, it was there. I watched the entire thing as well. I was a temple worker for years and I find it interesting the changes that are made. I loathed the slideshow format when I was still going, and they are still using it; the Ken Burns effect gave me a headache. I thought it was a stopgap ...

I don't think they will go back to the films. They lock them in, but with the powerpoint they can make any changes they want whenever. Last time I was going several years ago they had started the powerpoint thing and it was TERRIBLE. Gave me a headache with the constant Ken Burns effect with super ...

Well, since this has come up, I can finally tell the truth about what really happened. Back in 2016, I was just beginning my faith crisis. I had found the old NOM from a post Rock Waterman made on Pure Mormonism (a brief phase while I was trying to salvage my testimony). Exmo Reddit was a little too ...

It's like living in constant dread waiting for the other shoe to drop. It's exhausting. yup! I got to the point that I couldn't deal with it and figured the consequences of resigning couldn't be worse than that dread. My kids will grow up to fear/look down on me/reject me My kid's friend's will ...

Yeah, the church doesn't care about it's members outside of the context of what they can do for it. The only time the church responds to anyone is when it thinks there is something it can gain. Once you get to the point of what the church considers defiance, where you set limits to what you will do ...

Ugh, -20 for being too clever by half. He keeps delivering his little points with this weird panache that doesn't land.

My grandmother was adamant that the Gulf of Mexico was the hole left behind from the City of Enoch being taken up to heaven. Not sure where she got that from; Cleon Skousen maybe? Evidently in the last days it will come back down to that spot.

I sent my resignation in this year on July 4th. I was going nuts living with one foot in and one foot out. Finally, I was like, "screw it.. I'm going to have to take the hit at some point, what happens, happens." Weirdly, my TBM wife seems pretty at peace with it so far. I think that even though she ...

Just listened... they way he spoke about it and was even making little jokes here and there... just chilling, I can't get it out of my head the way he talks about killing a mother and her baby like he was just doing some mundane thing. I'm watching the Hulu series now and I think Wyatt Russell is ...

Finished the third one today. Just wanted to comment on how much I'm enjoying these. The analysis is excellent and I really appreciate the care that you use to stick with credible sources. I like to make my arguments based on solid sources instead of the more sensational stuff. It may be interesting ...

In the tumult surrounding the odious things said by Brad Wilcox, I'm curious Does anyone think he has an answer to the question, "Why would God keep the priesthood from the world until 1829?" I would be curious to hear how he finishes his very offensive thought. Yeah, I was thinking about why he ...

We came to the compromise that my daughter goes to seminary, but the activities are optional. My reasoning is that she can hear the most sympathetic version of Mormon history and doctrine and if she still decides to leave the church, it won't be because she didn't understand the choice. DW is good ...