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Even though it doesn't sound like much my small victory over the years is that she knows I am pimo !!!! And she knows I only attend for her. It is a small victory but it's Huge for me. Congratulations Conman on this victory, on communicating to her that you are sacrificing for her because of your l...

Poignant, lovely song from David Archuleta about the moment he told his mom he was stepping away from the Church.

https://youtu.be/bAysF5mJjM0?si=gsThbXRmeQpXLhsW

Good points, alas, about how the church’s teachings about temple marriage were hurtful, in addition to being useless. You nailed it when you said in your initial post that the church teaches whatever serves its institutional interests, regardless of whether it is harmful or hurtful to the lives of i...

Thanks for your thought-provoking post, alas, and also for the helpful communication tips in your other thread. Marriage is one area where the church teaches all the wrong stuff. In the 80’s and 90’s, the church’s programs for teens and young adults put an enormous focus on avoiding pre-marital sex ...

You might try calling Member Services at Church Headquarters: 801-240-3500. They have access to the membership database, can look up people’s membership record numbers, and can possibly cancel your daughter’s record faster than can be done through your local ward.

Probably, if I was male instead of female I would have stayed active. First of all, I wouldn’t have been a sexual abuse survivor if I had been a boy in my family, and also a lot of the emotional abuse I got from family of origin was because girls were worth less. But staying active, I really got ti...

I’ve been a lurker here for nearly 10 years and created this account just to express my appreciation for the insightful comments here, and for those who make this site possible with financial and/or technical contributions. I’ve moved past thinking about Mormonism much and am now married to a never-...