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Wow, good for her - and you! They just can't NOT suggest reading the BOM as a cure-all, can they - they just go right to that. Boggles the mind. (I admire her lady balls, BTW).

"And the LDS Emmy goes to..." https://cdn6.bigcommerce.com/s-iem2p/products/13187/images/13916/TRFY-2012-2__94672.1426538244.1280.1280.jpg?c=2 When I served on a HC it was customary to stand as the stake presidency walked into the room at the start of the HC meeting. Always thought that was a tad po...

Perhaps benign... perhaps not. Looking forward to the rest of the story.

All good contenders. Personally, I'd have to give S.W. Kimball a spot on the list for the quantum levels of shame and guilt he instilled in many a teenage psyche during his reign.

Since the age reduction for missionaries (and corresponding increase in 'shameful' returns) I noticed, at least in our ward/stake, a huge surge in the emphasis on member missionary work, letting the missionaries bring strangers to your home every week to be fellowshipped, boosting the number of miss...

Welcome Sheamus! Glad you finally stepped out and introduced yourself. I look forward to hearing more of your thoughts and insights on this journey. Will Mrs. Sheamus be joining us too? Thanks, I appreciate the outstretched hands so far. While I would love to have Mrs. Sheamus join me here I think ...

They say time heals all wounds but within Mormonism time only exacerbates old wounds. Especially if you have kids who grow up within the church. You'll eventually have to navigate ordinations, tithing settlement, temple weddings, etc. Then add in a TBM spouse who can't understand why you suddenly h...

Thank you, Brian. Thank you. I wish I could express myself as well as you have in your letter. Much of what you wrote mirrors my own sentiments. And, I've spent (too) much of my life worrying about what others think me. Why? I don't know - maybe to fit in, for validation. Hope to break that habit on...

It’s difficult to articulate. Some seem to go to great lengths to salvage or shore up their old faith construct. My disillusionment was, perhaps, so sudden and abrupt it’s as if I was catapulted beyond any hope of that. I’m not ready to abandon what faith remains either so I guess that’s where the s...

I've lurked here regularly for the last four years or so. I'm not young. I've been a lifer and held all kinds of ward and stake callings. I'd consider myself a simple person, far from intellectual. Whether that's good or bad is probably a matter of perspective. So how on earth did it all come to thi...