Biographies
Funniest thing heard in Mormon testimony meeting
by almostgone
"I know that this is the church of jesus christ of latter day saints." And it was the a member of the bishopric... TOO funny.
I actually laughed out loud and my spouse was not happy about that.
Letter from former Mormon Church Educational System [CES] Colleague imploring me to come back.
by ken
"Brother Clark has left the church," I said this reluctantly and with much reservation. He was sure I was lying. "No!" he said matter-of-factly. Yes. "There is NO WAY.... Not Brother Clark!!!"
Mormons Believe the Berlin Wall Fell due to the LDS Church and Thomas Monson
by steve benson
Exhibit A in this regard: Monson's diabolical dance with East Germany's devil and Soviet-backed henchman, Erich Honecker.
Thomas Monson dancing with dictators.
Monson showed the world that he can play footsies with Commie thugs better than prize-winning partners on the BYU Ballroom Dance Team can glide their way into your hearts.
Mark E. Petersen's 1954 talk laying out the Church's position on race relations. (LONG)
by baura Jan 2012
The best job of laying out the Mormon position on race BEFORE the so-called revelation of 1978 was done by Apostle Mark. E. Petersen when instructing a group of Institute teachers and directors on August 27, 1954 at BYU.
This was OFFICIAL INSTRUCTION from an APOSTLE to RELIGION TEACHERS. This was not an idle statement or just an off-hand opinion.
Mormon Church - Summary of Missionary Experiences from Previously Published
Great insight into the Mormon Missionary Experience from Short Topics
Word of Wisdom
by Pista Jan2012
Something just got me thinking about the word of wisdom, and I looked it up to refresh my memory on a point. Something I had forgotten about until I saw it again was the verse that reads, ". . .not by commandment or constraint. . ."
I am French and used to think that I was somewhat special because I had become a member of the Mormon Church
by angelina5 Jan 2012
"true church" and most French individuals are atheist. What does it make me now??? A rare French idiot??? My folks know better, they called out the cultish tendencies of the Church. Ah ah!
Noted African-American theologian and author calls out Mitt Romney on the Book of Mormon's embedded doctrinal racism
by steve benson Jan 2011
Obery M. Hendricks, Jr., Ph.D "Yet I must admit that there is something about Mitt Romney's religion that I find deeply troubling, particularly in light of the possibility that he could become the next president of this nation. What concerns me is this: the Book of Mormon, the book that Mitt Romney and all Mormons embrace as divinely revealed scripture that is more sacred, more true, and more inerrant than any other holy book on earth, declares that black people are cursed. That's right. Cursed. [Native Americans are cursed in the Book of Mormon and Blacks are cursed in the Pearl of Great Price - another Mormon book of scripture]
Mormon Church: Committed to a baptism date, but now doubt
by allicat Jan 2012
Hello there, everyone. I am looking for answers to some doubts I've had, some fears I've realized and even some petty things that are on my mind about the LDS church and my baptism...
Did any of you leave due to simple burn out?
by shaken faith
That is what is pushing me out, burnout of all the hoops etc, guilt is part of it as well, but mostly just don't want to do it anymore. Any lurkers on here want to talk me out of leaving? send me an email, but I want the opinions of those gone...I keep going back and forth like an indecisive teenager, family ties, thinking it could still be true etc, but burnout is pushing me out...
Thoughts on Correlation
by polymath
I wasn't going to church when the last round of manuals came out but it sounds like TSCC [this so called church] is trying to just not discuss anything controversial at all. Which means that they are completely neutralizing the lessons.
Funny when we're accused of not using "official" sources
by AngelCowgirl Nov 2011
I find this highly amusing, because in all my pages of typed quotes, only one thus far is from The Seer. The rest of them were pulled straight from Journal of Discourses and other sources of "official church doctrine". Besides, how can we be expected to believe and follow just some words from an apostle and not others?
Is what you tell your bishop really private?
by Utahorbust Dec 2011
So how often is it that a person confesses or confides something in their bishop and the information is divulged and spread throughout the ward. It seems likely to me that a bishop goes home and tells his wife and then she tells some lady in the RS and then it's all over the ward.
Is this common?
summer
Is breach of confidentiality common? Yes.
Boyd K. Packer Testifies That Getting a Mormon Testimony Requires Repeated Lying to Oneself, Repeated Lying to Others and Repeated Brainwashing for Missionaries to Buy Into the Lie
by steve benson Nov 2011
A testimony is to be found in the bearing of it!
Oliver Cowdery never retracted his accusation against Joseph Smith of Smith having had an adulterous affair with teenager Fanny Alger. How could he? The raunchy record, please...
by steve benson Dec 2011
Smith's first known sexual affair was with a teenager named Fannie Alger, who was living with Smith and his first wife Emma in their Kirtland, Ohio, home. Fanny was also Smith's first confirmed plural wife. [See lds.org] Smith “came to know[her] in Kirtland during early 1833 when she, at the age of 16, stayed at his home as a housemaid.
Links to original layout while we transition
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The old site can be accessed from the above links. To return to the first page of this site just click on the banner "Recovery from Mormonism"
More Stand-Up Comedy from Michael R. Ash FAIR's Mighty Mormon Magician, This Time on Those Jaredite Barges
by steve benson Dec 2011
In an earlier act, FAIR's premier funny man, Michael R. Ash, entertained his RfM audience with non-stop laughs as he explained how Nephite warriors fought their enemies not from horse-drawn chariots (since horses and wheels weren't around during that New World era), but rather, from sleds pulled by deer.
Earth to the Lying Mormon Church: Quit Falsely, Disproveably Claiming That Your 1890 "Manifesto" Resulted in the End of Mormon Church-Sanctioned Polygamy. It Did Not . . .
steve benson
In an unending effort to twist history and turn it on its head, the Mormon Church dishonestly declares (despite mountains of documented evidence to the contrary) that its 1890 "Manifesto" ended, dead in its tracks, the Mormon practice of polygamy.
As is so often the case, the historical record speaks loudly and clearly to the contrary.
An example of Book of Mormon evidences and the scientific method
Jan 2012
One of the goals of science is not to prove theories right, but to prove them wrong. When this happens, a theory must be changed or thrown away. It is important to report the results even if the outcome proved the theory wrong.
Disturbing Visiting Teacher Message Jan. 2012
by Lost Jan 2012
Very Disturbing VT Message by the LDS Church this month:
http://lds.org/liahona/2012/01/watchcare-and-ministering-through-visitin...
They've coined a new phrase: "watchcare"
"Through visiting teaching, we provide watchcare by contacting each sister, sharing a gospel message, and seeking to know her and her family’s needs."