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Jeffret, how did you submit your resignation then -- did you just send a letter to church headquarters, or use Quit Mormon, or something else? I thought for Quit Mormon you need a membership number, which is why I've felt stalled. I'd like to do it as quickly and painlessly as possible. I used Quit ...

The only obstacle now is logistical -- I don't know what ward I'm in or my membership number, so I've got to track those down and start the paperwork. I didn't need that info when I resigned. I stopped attending before the church had whatever member login system they've created, so I never had a ...

For many years I figured it didn't really matter and it wasn't worth the bother. I thought that if they ever got around to kicking me out I might think differently about that, but I'm so insignificant there's no way it was ever going to happen. Then, a few years back my wife said she planned on ...

John Dehlin is sharing on social media that one of his insider sources says there is "major discord among 12 right now on current issues" and "tithing receipts are way down". I don't have any confidence in the rumor, but I consider both of these to be likely true. I suspect tithing receipts are ...

You know what they say - book is always better than movie/play (very stressful to actors who never get it quite right). Not really true as an absolute, of course. Opinions differ, but I know of movies that are better than the book. "The Birds": The Hitchcock movie is more engaging than the original ...

Fun!

Just remember the character is a character, possibly an amalgamation of different people or ideas, with probably of a lot of artistic license thrown in.

Thanks Jeffret! I’ll be honest and admit the uncertainty does feel a bit unsettling here because in many LDS marriages the church has always been the anchor. Pull up the anchor and suddenly we both have to start doing the work to keep the marriage alive and healthy. I’ve seen too many couples go thr ...

Good luck on this next stage of life and your relationship, whatever it ends up being. Changes can be exciting but they can also be a bit traumatizing. When things are changing you never really know where it's going to go and that uncertainty can be unsettling. Hopefully it all works out for the ...

Hey, sorry about your terrible experience and the difficult relationship you had to deal with. That's rough. However, it's highly unlikely that porn was the singular cause of your problems or that it is destructive to all viewers or relationships. It's notoriously hard to get good numbers, but a ...

According to their 2019 990, some of them make some money, though other than the executive director it's not a big money-maker. Natale McAneney (Executive Directory) : $113,077 Clay Olsen (President / Co-Founder) : $18,700 JASON CARROLL (Board member) : $19,800 They spent about $784,000 on other ...

alas wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 10:41 am Up thread people were talking about backlash from moving too fast, well the increase in violence against transgender folk is one example.

Sounds like victim blaming.

Being transgender has got to be rough in many ways. The idea that someone would just choose to be trans is patently nonsense if anyone bothers to learn about trans people, their lives, and their experiences. The claim that someone would go through all of that just to go in a bathroom or win a sports ...

Activating parts of the brain repeatedly can lead to addiction That's a rather outdated and incorrect characterization. Actually, Fight the New Drug and the Mormon Church lead to increased "addiction". (The quotes are on purpose and meaningful in light of better understanding of what addiction ...

Let’s compare something we are more familiar with, our own families when we left the church. We know our still believing spouse would be upset with us if we put up a picture on Facebook that hints to TBMs that they agree with our use of coffee or alcohol. Maybe they compromise enough to have dinner ...

Bonfire wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:52 am Do we make sacrifices for ... the Almighty?

Heavens no. Sounds like a pitiful bronze-age mythical god.

There's also nothing new about it. Here's some 8,000 year old porn from a cave wall: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FIOBdCLX0AAcrUW?format=jpg&name=900x900 And it isn't a drug. FtND is completely wrong in every single way. I'm beginning to think FtND does this on purpose, so that if you'll believe ...

There's also nothing new about it.

Here's some 8,000 year old porn from a cave wall: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FIOBdCLX0AA ... me=900x900

And it isn't a drug.

FtND is completely wrong in every single way.

(I knew there was danger in asking that question, but I didn't expect it to diverge from the topic here quite so much. I'm going to try not to derail in that direction, but would be happy to discuss the notion of "biological" sex in some other more appropriate thread.)

My analogy and I think it's a good one is the contrast between the House of representatives and the Senate, WHEN THEY ARE WORKING PROPERLY. (Right now we're pretty disfunctional) Have they every really been functional? :) There's something to that analogy. The Senate's primary function is to ...

If the son had waited a period of time or asked later for permission to publish, elder Gong might have been in a better position mentally and emotionally to assent. Young people want change and they want it now. It will be interesting to see how they react when they reach their elderly years and ...