Context: https://archive.org/details/1988TempleSurvey/mode/2up
TheGreatJouneyIsA 2mo ago • 100%
This looks awesome! I hope I'll have something to contribute at one point or another.
"Turn owies into opportunities." 🤡
TheGreatJouneyIsA 5mo ago • 100%
I have not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked apologetics with a witless prophet.
TheGreatJouneyIsA 11mo ago • 100%
Yes! I didn't read the whole thing, but there was a ton of helpful stuff in the parts I did read. Thanks for responding and making sure I've heard of it. It really is an awesome book.
TheGreatJouneyIsA 11mo ago • 100%
I dunno, I think I see a sign back there. Maybe there's some tokens just out of sight?
TheGreatJouneyIsA 11mo ago • 87%
I'm not sure my comment fits in this community, but I hope someone finds value in it. Another clear sign of abuse is what's called "the missing missing reasons."
I've had at least several hundred (yes, really) conversations with my parents where I explained how they were hurting me, and every single time it would just go in one ear and out the other. Once I finally moved out and consistently declined to interact with them, they started saying stuff like "why won't you just talk to us about your concerns? We want to have a relationship with you."
It seems like the only relationship they want to have is one where they keep doing the same shit they've always done and I keep putting up with it.
TheGreatJouneyIsA 12mo ago • 100%
This is fascinating! It's weird to think about how many times I completely ignored someone attempting to dump a bucket of wisdom about the Church's lies, only to then think I would somehow be better at that bucket-dumping once I was the one trying to tell people the Church is false.
TheGreatJouneyIsA 12mo ago • 100%
I lean the other way, in that I think religions have gradually gotten better over the years due to societal pressures. Not great, mind you, just less terrible.
Either way, I totally agree that Christianity (and religion in general) is a plague on humanity. I know not everyone will agree with such a harsh statement, but I struggle to see the good in convincing people to live a lie.
TheGreatJouneyIsA 12mo ago • 100%
Instead of actually being happy, I remember this distinct culture of everyone pretending to be happier than they really were. After all, living the gospel is the greatest happiness you can have, right? You must be doing something sinful if you're not happy!
TheGreatJouneyIsA 12mo ago • 100%
For real. Teaching people to devalue what is likely the only life they'll get for the sake of some dubious afterlife is the most sinister perversion of delayed gratification that I've ever seen. The years of my life I lost to that madness will haunt me forever.
"How can you hate the Church if its teachings are so wholesome? "It only teaches that you are an enemy to God, worth less than the dust of the earth, and that you cannot escape eternal punishment unless you accept that a blood sacrifice was made on your behalf and you spend the rest of your life doing exactly as we say. Oh don't worry, it will all be worth it after you finally die." It blows my mind that I used to actually agree with this.
TheGreatJouneyIsA 1y ago • 100%
President Nelson originally said this about that "eat, drink, and be merry" line. It's a pretty lame thing to pick if you're going to declare something as "one of the most absurd lies in the universe."
TheGreatJouneyIsA 1y ago • 100%
Not sure why the video was unavailable, but it should be back now.
TheGreatJouneyIsA 1y ago • 100%
"We don't do infant baptisms because we believe that people should have the agency to make such an eternally-important decision on their own.
"... Anyway, want to come to little Timmy's baptism? He just turned 8 years old and has decided to promise that he will commit the entire rest of his life to the Church! I'm so glad he's finally old enough to make that choice on his own!"
TheGreatJouneyIsA 1y ago • 100%
When I was a missionary, it was fairly unsettling to realize just how much information about people and their daily routines was contained in the area book app. I shudder to think about the contributions I dutifully made to that database while I served.
On the other hand, I am pretty curious to see what they wrote about me now that I'm an ex member who's had a couple interactions with missionaries.
I found 3 exmo communities by using https://browse.feddit.de/. They are: - [exmormon@lemm.ee](https://lemm.ee/c/exmormon) - [exmormon@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/exmormon) - [exmormon@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/exmormon) To find the exmo community on one of the instances your account isn't from, put "!exmormon@{instance's domain name}" in your instance's search field. For example, my lemmy.world account can find the other 2 communities by searching "!exmormon@lemm.ee" and "!exmormon@lemmy.ml". You could also use one of these convenient links: - Access [exmormon@lemm.ee](https://lemm.ee/c/exmormon) as a - [lemm.ee user](https://lemm.ee/c/exmormon) - [lemmy.ml user](https://lemmy.ml/c/exmormon@lemm.ee) - [lemmy.world user](https://lemmy.world/c/exmormon@lemm.ee) - Access [exmormon@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/exmormon) as a - [lemm.ee user](https://lemm.ee/c/exmormon@lemmy.ml) (gets a 404 for some reason) - [lemmy.ml user](https://lemmy.ml/c/exmormon) - [lemmy.world user](https://lemmy.world/c/exmormon@lemmy.ml) - Access [exmormon@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/exmormon) as a - [lemm.ee user](https://lemm.ee/c/exmormon@lemmy.world) - [lemmy.ml user](https://lemmy.ml/c/exmormon@lemmy.world) - [lemmy.world user](https://lemmy.world/c/exmormon) Hopefully some heathens out there will find this helpful. Welcome to the Fediverse! ~(~~.~~.~~.~~s~~a~~y~~s~ ~a~ ~g~~u~~y~ ~t~~h~~a~~t~ ~g~~o~~t~ ~h~~e~~r~~e~ ~4~ ~d~~a~~y~~s~ ~a~~g~~o~~)~
I found 3 exmo communities by using https://browse.feddit.de/. They are: - [exmormon@lemm.ee](https://lemm.ee/c/exmormon) - [exmormon@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/exmormon) - [exmormon@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/exmormon) To find the exmo community on one of the instances your account isn't from, put "!exmormon@{instance's domain name}" in your instance's search field. For example, my lemmy.world account can find the other 2 communities by searching "!exmormon@lemm.ee" and "!exmormon@lemmy.ml". You could also use one of these convenient links: - Access [exmormon@lemm.ee](https://lemm.ee/c/exmormon) as a - [lemm.ee user](https://lemm.ee/c/exmormon) - [lemmy.ml user](https://lemmy.ml/c/exmormon@lemm.ee) - [lemmy.world user](https://lemmy.world/c/exmormon@lemm.ee) - Access [exmormon@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/exmormon) as a - [lemm.ee user](https://lemm.ee/c/exmormon@lemmy.ml) (gets a 404 for some reason) - [lemmy.ml user](https://lemmy.ml/c/exmormon) - [lemmy.world user](https://lemmy.world/c/exmormon@lemmy.ml) - Access [exmormon@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/exmormon) as a - [lemm.ee user](https://lemm.ee/c/exmormon@lemmy.world) - [lemmy.ml user](https://lemmy.ml/c/exmormon@lemmy.world) - [lemmy.world user](https://lemmy.world/c/exmormon) Hopefully some heathens out there will find this helpful. Welcome to the Fediverse! ~(~~.~~.~~.~~s~~a~~y~~s~ ~a~ ~g~~u~~y~ ~t~~h~~a~~t~ ~g~~o~~t~ ~h~~e~~r~~e~ ~4~ ~d~~a~~y~~s~ ~a~~g~~o~~)~
I found 3 exmo communities by using https://browse.feddit.de/. They are: - [exmormon@lemm.ee](https://lemm.ee/c/exmormon) - [exmormon@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/exmormon) - [exmormon@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/exmormon) To find the exmo community on one of the instances your account isn't from, put "!exmormon@{instance's domain name}" in your instance's search field. For example, my lemmy.world account can find the other 2 communities by searching "!exmormon@lemm.ee" and "!exmormon@lemmy.ml". You could also use one of these convenient links: - Access [exmormon@lemm.ee](https://lemm.ee/c/exmormon) as a - [lemm.ee user](https://lemm.ee/c/exmormon) - [lemmy.ml user](https://lemmy.ml/c/exmormon@lemm.ee) - [lemmy.world user](https://lemmy.world/c/exmormon@lemm.ee) - Access [exmormon@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/c/exmormon) as a - [lemm.ee user](https://lemm.ee/c/exmormon@lemmy.ml) (gets a 404 for some reason) - [lemmy.ml user](https://lemmy.ml/c/exmormon) - [lemmy.world user](https://lemmy.world/c/exmormon@lemmy.ml) - Access [exmormon@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/exmormon) as a - [lemm.ee user](https://lemm.ee/c/exmormon@lemmy.world) - [lemmy.ml user](https://lemmy.ml/c/exmormon@lemmy.world) - [lemmy.world user](https://lemmy.world/c/exmormon) Hopefully some heathens out there will find this helpful. Welcome to the Fediverse! ~(~~.~~.~~.~~s~~a~~y~~s~ ~a~ ~g~~u~~y~ ~t~~h~~a~~t~ ~g~~o~~t~ ~h~~e~~r~~e~ ~4~ ~d~~a~~y~~s~ ~a~~g~~o~~)~
TheGreatJouneyIsA 1y ago • 100%
I don't know if I will ever stop cringing at my past self for thinking this was a cool story lol
TheGreatJouneyIsA 1y ago • 100%
I was born and raised in the Church (like most of us), and I never once heard someone say they were part of the "latter-day saint movement."
Though I actually kind of like it. It's a more open perspective that acknowledges the existence of other churches that also claim to be the legitimate continuation of the church Joseph Smith started.
Come to think of it, a bunch of churches claiming to be the only legit continuation sounds a lot like the great apostasy. I'm sure it doesn't count this time because... reasons.
TheGreatJouneyIsA 1y ago • 100%
I've run into not being able to post a few times (not consistently in the same place though), and I just assumed the instance I'm on was struggling to keep up with all the new users. 3 days of that happening in the same spot is pretty weird.
TheGreatJouneyIsA 1y ago • 100%
Yep! It seems whatever I ran into isn't affecting anything new, so I don't think we'll need to worry about it.
TheGreatJouneyIsA 1y ago • 100%
Aw dang, that's unfortunate.
TheGreatJouneyIsA 1y ago • 100%
Cool! I'm not sure why I can't see the comments on the other 2 posts, but hopefully that won't be an issue going forward.
I noticed that I can't see comments that are visible on lemm.ee if I view the community from lemmy.world. lemm.ee and lemmy.word are federated from what I can tell, so I'm not sure why that's happening
A dumb meme I made for r/exmormon a week ago. Lemmy and the Fediverse are pretty cool!