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religion: mormonism
The thing about being in the Mormon church for 12 years is that bits of it stay lodged in your brain forever despite your best efforts. I just caught myself humming a hymn, ironically enough while making my morning coffee. That just feels... wrong.
#ExMormon #apostake
#exmormon #apostake

friendica (DFRN) - Link to source
mormonism

Okay, so this is going to be amusing to maybe like five people on the planet but...

I've been studying teeline, a shorthand system most typically employed by UK journalists (though apparently becoming less common). In this writing system there are various phrases that have commonly used abbreviations. In today's lesson, the instructor mentioned that the phrase "grievous bodily harm" can be written as GBH.

As an #ExMormon, this abbreviation amuses me.

#exmormon

friendica (DFRN) - Link to source
religion: Mormonism

Reading through the "Light and Truth Letter" a totally-not-written-by-the-church response to the infamous CES Letter that's been plaguing Mormonism for years now.

It's amazing* how they seem to have managed to not seriously engage with a single one of the issues I have with the church.

#ExMormon #NotACult #CESLetter

* not really

#NotACult #exmormon #cesletter
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Jonathan Lamothe
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religion: Mormonism
It's also interesting how they try to point out these logical falacies that some critics of the church do use, and then repeatedly use every single one of them without any sense of self-awareness whatsoever.
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Jonathan Lamothe
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religion: Mormonism, mention of sexual abuse

Wow, I finally got to my "shelf breaker" item: the way the church handles reports of sexual abuse. They actually have the audacity to list "the helpline"* as something that makes people safer.

This is some real Ministry of Truth shit.

Source: lightandtruthletter.org/letterโ€ฆ

* You know, the helpline that has instructed these untrained bishops to not report to the authorities and then move to sweep them under the rug.

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Jonathan Lamothe
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religion: Mormonism
@Katrina Katrinka :donor: Yeah... Dehlin is a bit problematic. He does make for a convenient ad-hominem target though.
@Katrina Katrinka

friendica (DFRN) - Link to source
cult brainwashing (trigger warning)

I found some of my old notes from church. God, I really drank the Kool-Aid, didn't I?

Here's a sample:

When I negotiate my standards, I cheat myself of the blessings the Lord wants to give me.


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"The blessings he wants to give me?" Isn't he supposed to be an omnipotent being? I had no idea I was so powerful that I could tie his hands like that.

#ExMormon #apostake #NotACult

#NotACult #exmormon #apostake
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cult brainwashing (trigger warning)

I also love how I was able to take down an idea, and then immediately contradict myself with the next one, e.g.:

- Heavenly Father did not put me here to fail.
- A failure is nothing more than an opportunity to learn.


This is the definition of doublethink.

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