she would say things like ‘They’re not repenting correctly,’ which is a Mormon term for ‘they’re sinning.’ Just complete insanity.” https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna103145 #exmormon

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

#ExMormon #ExMo #patriarchy

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/.

There are over a hundred more stories of Mormon faith journeys contributed by exmormons like you. Come check them out and consider sharing your own story at wasmormon.org!

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

It's interesting to see how my interest in listening to those in the #deconstruction community has ebbed and flowed over the years. Now, I'm listening in sessions (ie current clients who face social #shame for coming home early from a mission, or getting divorced, or exploring their #LGBTQ identity). My draw to TikTok storytimes has tapered. The difference is now I can offer more than a 3 min stitch response. I've considered deleting my account for while now. I think it'll be soon.
#exmormon 1/

More plastic than Barbie?
https://mainstreetplaza.com/2023/08/02/mormonland/

#ExMormon #ExMormonism

Nothing personal but if the word bishop is in your profile name, I won't accept the friend request. #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #CultSurvivor #CultSurvivors #RecoveryFromReligion

“Most people are going to have two or three marriages in their adult life. Some of us will have them with the same person.” ~ Esther Perel

Great post from #CindyWangBrandt
#exfundie #CultSurvivors #exevangelical #exmormon #exjw #deconstruction
https://open.substack.com/pub/cindywangbrandt/p/the-unity-candle-is-a-lie?r=210zt&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#ExChristian #ExMuslim #ExMormon

I've just written a new essay on Toxic Femininity and Mormonism: https://mainstreetplaza.com/2023/07/05/toxic-femininity-and-mormonism/ #ExMormon #Gender #GenderRoles #Patriarchy #Mormonism

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

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

Byron Marchant, Dissident Excommunicated in 1977 for Opposing Priesthood Ban, Ban Lifted in 1978

https://wasmormon.org/dissident-excommunication-in-1977-for-opposing-priesthood-ban/

#mormon #racism #priesthood #ban #lds #church #exmormon #iwasamormon

1969 Official First Presidency Statement on the Doctrines of Banning Blacks from the Priesthood

https://wasmormon.org/1969-official-first-presidency-statement-on-the-doctrines-of-banning-blacks-from-the-priesthood/

#exmormon #mormon #racism #lds #lies

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

Two years ago today, I had lunch with a friend. Definitely didn’t expect that conversation to result in my leaving the church in which I grew up. My story of leaving the Mormon (LDS) church: https://blog.basepi.net/2023/06/losing-my-religion/

#pride #ally #exmormon

Be in the moment, but not of the moment.

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

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

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

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