I'm only making Barbie memes from now on. Amazing how well they capture my experience.

#ExMormon #ExMo #patriarchy

EXCLUSIVE: Son of Mormon billionaire suing church for $5million over alleged fraud says followers are 'fleeing' faith after leaders 'lied' to them over how it spent secretive $175BILLION investment fund https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12393819/amp/Son-Mormon-billionaire-Jon-Huntsman-accuses-church-lying-billions.html?ito=smartnews #exmo #lds #fraud #ReligiousTrauma #magicalthinking

Here's a spotlight on a profile shared at wasmormon.org. These are just the highlights, so please find Daniel’s full story at https://wasmormon.org/profile/danieljohnson/.

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#mormon #lds #ldschurch #exmormon #exmo #iwasamormon #faith #crisis #deconstruction #transition #postmormon #josephsmith #bookofmormon #doubt #questions #leaving #church

Lyndon Lamborn "I was a Mormon" Spotlight:

"The desire to know the truth at whatever cost finally outweighed the desire and need to believe and belong."

https://wasmormon.org/profile/lyndonlamborn/

#exmormon #mormon #lds #faith #religion #leavingreligion #church #iwasamormon #exmo #postmormon #ldschurch

#music
What making friends post cult has been 🙄

& maybe we'd be friends
But it's too hard
When I can't blend into your world
Not that kind of girl
'Cause according to you, I'm too precious
You're wishin' that I was more reckless
You're wishin' that I would smoke 'til I'm high
& play with the guys, regret this
You're wishin' that I was more trouble
Sorry for being a struggle
I do what I want I may not be your type
Sorry I can't be a person you like

#CultSurvivor #Exmo

https://youtu.be/pS0oWUCxZxo

All of my ancestors in every branch of my family, for four, five and six generations, were Mormons. I was a Mormon. - Richard Packham

It was at a single moment one day when... I was suddenly struck with the thought, “All of these problems disappear as soon as you realize that the Mormon church is just another man-made institution. Everything then is easily explained.”

https://wasmormon.org/profile/richard-packham/

#exmormon #iwasamormon #mormon #ldschurch #religion #church #lds #postmormon #exmo #exit

The central thesis in my scripture is that trauma = sin. Sin is not necessarily something you *do* but something that happens to you.

Both sin and trauma:

1. Have consequences.
2. Separate us from god, transcendence, nature.
3. Separate us from each other.
4. Block progress.
5. Cause or greatly risk harm to someone else or ourselves.
6. Limit free agency.
7. Keep us from “coming home.”
8. Prevent blessings and happiness.
9. Block us from the free-flowing vibe of the Spirit.
10. Self-perpetuate.
11. Are passed down from generation to generation.

The only definition of sin that doesn't parallel with trauma is that "Sin is anything that goes against God's commands."

If we can prevent/heal trauma, we can prevent/heal sin.

#ScriptureWriting #exmo #exmormon #philosophy #religion #theology #SecularSpirituality #SpeculativeTheology

Free agency isn't a gift. You have to work for it. Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something.

#ScriptureWriting #exmo #exmormon #philosophy #religion

Be in the moment, but not of the moment.

#ScriptureWriting #exmo #exmormon #theology #philosophy #religion

#atheism #humanism #exmo #exmormon #exvangelical #meme

Warming up to this song . Yep, sharing again 🎉🎵👟💨🎧
#exmo #exevangelical #MentalHealth #growth #RunnerGirl #WarmUpMusic #music #RunnersOfMastodon

Through all of the change I made
I won't go chasing the good old days
'Cause ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
Just wait, it only gets better
It only gets better

https://youtu.be/FoOZlthXG6Y

So, in context of having seen the #ShinyHappyPeople docuseries about Christian Nationalist group #IBLP, connecting that to Montana banning TikTok (a source of a lot of recovery communities and criticism of toxic Christianity, and the seed for that documentary), and Elon’s destruction of Twitter, then I’m looking over at happening to Reddit, which presently hosts the largest exmormon community online, (275,000 members, 1100 online right now), and these dots are starting to form a picture.

I’m not sure the Reddit thing is about money or IPO. It seems like part of a coordinated effort across the Internet to shut down anti-authoritarian movements.

Is anybody else talking about this?

#exmo #exmormon #exvangelical #antifa #antiauthoritarian

For all #exfundies chasing sameness.. Move Forward. We don't go back, we keep going and building this moment ✨🎵🎧

#runner #CultSurvivors #exmo #runnergirl #runnersofmastodon #music

Through all of the change I made
I won't go chasing the good old days
'Cause ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
Just wait, it only gets better
It only gets better

I took a leap of faith just to find my way
It might not be tomorrow might not be today
I can't go back, I can't go back

https://youtu.be/x71dDdmJaPk

The #ShinyHappyPeople docuseries on Prime is a really good primer on #ChristianNationalism in general, which spans beyond Bill Gothard. I highly recommend it if you can stomach the content. It really helps make clear the scope of this thing that’s happening to America right now. It makes all this *motions around* make so much more sense. And makes it a lot more terrifying.

#ChristoFascism #IBLP #exmo #exmormon #exvangelical

At the end of the docuseries, there’s a montage of all the ex- #IBLP TikTokers and that hit me really hard. Given that there’s a similar thriving TikTok community for #exmormons, and I was a part of it for a few months in 2021 making videos. Emotions.

There were also thriving #exvangelical and deconstructing Christianity communities there with a lot of cross pollination.

(And now I know EXACTLY why Montana is trying to ban Tiktok.)

#ShinyHappyPeople #exmo #exmormon

Relatable quote from #ShinyHappyPeople that doesn’t just apply to fundamentalism and cults.

“We had this power the entire time over the people who were hurting us. It turns out, as much as they tried to control us, we were ultimately what they most feared, and all we had to do was talk.”

Chad Harris

#Duggars #ShinyHappyPeople #exmo #exmormon #exvangelical #AbuseCulture

The reason fundamentalist fathers are so restrictive and protective of their daughters is because they’re afraid other men will treat their daughters the same way they treat other women.

#Duggars #ShinyHappyPeople #AbuseCulture #cult #exmo #exmormon #exvangelical

Churches that preach against stiff-neckedness but not against the stressful jobs that cause this and other back problems. #exmo #exmormon #exvangelical #exvie

A writer could probably explain it better, but I wish there was a word for the feelings juxtaposed between the joy of mental freedom after leaving a fundamentalist religion that makes life feel awe inspiring & the passion for deconstructing all oppressive forces, ideologies, discrimination, exploitation & mass spread hate one realizes is in the water of religions using holy texts to justify such abusive power & weaponized privilege.
#exmo #CultSurvivors #deconstructioncommunity #exevangelical

#freedomofmind #woke #deconstruction #CultSurvivors #exmo #exevangelical #music

Don't tell me that I won't, I can
Don't tell me that I'm not, I am
Don't tell me that my master plan
Ain't coming through, yeah
Don't tell me that I won't, I will
Don't tell me how to think, I feel
Don't tell me 'cause I know what's real
What I can do
Something that you don't see every day
A little girl who found her way
Through a world that's designed to break
All of your dreams, hey

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https://youtu.be/3Kiq_a-hsWw