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He still holds to the concept that the church is a good thing for our children. I am trying to show him that there are other churches out there that would be even better for our children. Well, you never know. My TBM wife would sooner die than question anything that does or ever did come from "the ...

The people who appear to most desperately want the book to be literally true are also the same people who have no problem discounting what it actually says about itself and what their prophets have said about it. I am boggled by their simultaneous adoration for and disrespect of the text. Precisely...

this kind of rhetoric is insulting Yes, and so much so! You are correct, and just as is referred to earlier in this thread, it is extremely insulting to non LDS Christians. My mother is an exMormon Christian. I've never met anyone more Christian, and in fact she frets greatly about the status of my...

All good replies here. There is no replacement for doing awkward, unconventional stuff in person. Its kind of fun. My Bishop recently had a get to know you session with us (we just moved to the Ward). It was kind of amusing to see his facial expression when I told him I had lost my faith in the chu...

Wait, your DW uses logic?!?

Not fair, I say, not fair!!

NOWMormon, if you get to the point where you want to expand on this then I can tell you in advance that there are several, like me, that have many in their extended family that are technically members of record, but exmo in every other possible way. In my immediate family there are six of us and the...

Yes.

I knew there were plural wives, but as far as I knew it was just so that women/families could be sealed to him and that was it - no hanky panky.

Edit: So far when I knew what I knew, I was the same as Unendowed below. I did find out before the essay, but from non LDS sources.

From the link: They tied their food supplies and seeds around their waists and over their shoulders and began their migration. Many times they would not take off their supplies to rest at night because they knew they must go on–they had a long journey ahead of them. Wonder why they didn't just ride ...

Yes, Meilingkie. It should be important. It should be important for people that expend incredible amounts of time, talent, money, effort, and passion into any cause, organization, or even religion, to know exactly what that cause, organization, or religion is all about. It shoul d be of extreme impo...

Hi Crossmyheart.

Welcome back to NOM.

I'm glad you found version 2.0!

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Mon Apr 24, 2017 3:23 am

I've never been asked to account for my presence in PH before. Feels rather controlling...

Me either. Is TSCC getting more controlling? Like that will help?!

Sounds good to me.

Anything you would like to elaborate on?

Maybe later, I'm guessing.

This effing makes me want to use exmormon reddit language. I am so sickened by not only the suggestion, but the allegation that we "critics" are wrong, unenlightened, lazy, etc. when we don't accept such absurdities as this little gem from dear Brother Ash's CES Letter defense: Let’s suppose, first ...

"Even though many of you saw Renfield catch the fly and chew on it, there is no proof that he swallowed it." -- The Apologetics of Brahm Stoker , Ash, M., Nosferatu Publishing, 2011 Hey, I resemble that remark! And I'll have you know that my loyal Renfield only ate insects and arachnids so they cou...

Oh. My. Gosh. You have freaking got to be kidding me Allie--this guy had the nerve to compare JS lieing about his cheating/wife stealing/pedophiling--to hiding Jews to save them from the Holocaust?? This can't be serious. What an morally corrupt ba$ta)d. I can't even believe someone would stoop tha...

What is sad, is in order to protect against the "TRUTH",...they change the very meanings involved. Exactly. That's why I think the perfect analogy for TSCC is Bill, "it depends on what the definition of is is" Clinton. I am no longer a right winger, but I still consider Bill to be a complete scound...

I had a similar thought about advertising for FAIRMORMON.org. Just like with the essays, you could be completely open about because it is the opposite of "anti"...it's the good guys. Since the essays came along, that might be the way to go, but I still like the idea of a sign on the ward bulletin bo...

Maybe she's saying that more for herself. Like she's tying to convince herself that your faith crisis really isn't that big. It's like a coping mechanism. She can't handle the fact that you really had a faith crisis so every time she has to confront that reality she tries to convince herself that y...

Thanks Achilles.

We're glad to have you among us!