"I Started Seeing Cult Red Flags" Mormon Exit Story
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
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I tried to convert my boyfriend. He converted me to being against organized religion.
Any LD$ are mormonVictims! Some just dont dare research. Only courageous go against the flow. Whether we were lured through missionary dating, forced marraige (LD$/FLD$) rape, violence, rescues or mind manipulation since childhood.
I felt embarrassed for defending my own cult until I started looking it up on the internet now I am free from the insanity that captured me.
I love listening to older people tell stories. They tend to be very well spoken. I enjoyed this story very much especially since I’ve recently began processing a lot of shame around this topic. I hope to hear more from this person
When Utah Lighthouse Ministries were sued by LD$ for voicing an opinion, I took a stand against LD$ and had my name and number removed. I would sneak out of the house (away from husband and kids) like having an affair, go to Salt Lake City, and learn about christianity and jesus. This was taught by Jerald who passed away. Little did I know my mentor Sandra Tanner, would become famous in docu series NETFLIX.Murder.Amongst.The.Mormons
Heartbreaking. Thank God this man left this cult.
Thank God ! Im dating in Utah and most men laugh and say " I'm not a mormon but just a jack-mormon" My thought process "You're mormon without the ba11s to remove your name & LD$s number"! Goodbye Jack!
Thank you to the person who shared their feelings. Much love and respect to them ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
i was raised roman catholic and have always been amazed how similar these large,high demand groups are. the sexual ,emotional, and financially controlling (damaging) they are, especially when they all believe they have "the one true faith-the only way of salvation". i used to think that cults met in seceret in caves!
I have a similar story. Started talking to sister missionaries. Throughout the process I began to feel one of them liked me. Always sat next to me, started giving me handshake and first bumps. After multiple indicators of interest I thought she genuinely interested. So I reached out once she got home and completely ignored me after 3 attempts over 3 months. I came up the conclusion that she only showed interest in me to get me baptized and had no interest in talking to me once she left the ward. It left a sour taste in my mouth and I haven’t been back to church because of this situation
It’s known as ‘flirt to convert “
I was a victim of missionary dating in 1974, while I was attending univeristy (Not BYU!). This was, obviously, long before the internet and readily available information about the so-called church. I finally escaped in 1984. Again, no internet information or support from other ex-Mormons. I felt so totally alone, as if I were the only ex-Mormon in the world. But I had to follow the obvious truth and leave it behind. It was truly the loneliest time of my life, but I survived and overcame.
“Missionary dating”….. wow. That makes a lot of things from my past drop into place. Not a Mormon but dated one in high school and had many Mormon friends. Never understood why he randomly broke up with me. I at least have an idea now (I was never in a million years going to convert lol).
That story legit made me sad.
I'm glad he's in a good place now but wow, the church did so much harm to him.
I can relate to the "women won't date non missionaries". I never felt the call to serve, ever, and couldn't date at all after high school because of it.
I found a girl I was interested in and was considering going BACK to church for her (yeah, I was young and dumb) but eventually it came out that she couldn't be with me since I wasn't an RM. I think her patriarchal blessing told her she would marry an RM and so she was making that come true.
I am a non-moron, but lived in Ogden during Spencer W. Kimball's reign. I was stationed at Hill AFB, we were the first air combat wing to be stationed there. It was hell. My family and I lived in a new subdivision that was primarily non mormon. The kids that were mormons would not play with the non mormon kids. In school, my child was separated from the other kids, because she was not mormon and was the first non mormon child to attend there. We finally got the Air Force Staff Judge Advocate involved and threatened a class action law suit against the school district for discrimination. Things got a little better but it was never good. We were glad to leave there.
Now The LDS Church has a special community outreach director for The LGBT community.
I love this! As a none "Mormon" living in the uintah basin. Thank you Lex
Hello from Castle Dale Utah 🇺🇸
Uintah mountains UTES and Skinwalkers! lol- I was a temple mormon for decades before I came to my senses. Skinwalkers, Big Foot and Aliens make more sense than this masonic CULTure !
Victim of missionary dating 🙋♀but he would have had to wait a year after my baptism for my endowment to get sealed to me and apparently didn't want to wait, so broke up with me and was immediately dating someone else and soon engaged/married to her. She was an RM.
Interesting fact.....I never dated a Mormon even though I had grown up Mormon.
I've been married for 30 years this October..... it's been an amazing marriage.
I was raised by a very devout Catholic woman. Thank goodness she was very sex positive (if only in the confines of marriage) and also never said a peep when I left the church. I’m sorry for your experiences.
My story is very similar to the letter/email that you read. A few differences though as I did complete a mission and I also graduated from BYU. Thankfully I stopped attending the Church the day I left BYU in 1985 and had my name removed in 2002. Name removal is very easy to do and you do NOT have to go through your local ward Bishop to do so. There is a lot of help on the internet on how to do this.
So where is a good place to start? I have been wanting to get my name removed before I get sealed to some random creep
@@unluckyone1655 I would just start with a google search. You'll probably get a lot of websites that pop up.
I grew up in the midwest and spent a couple years on the east coast after high school. I met many Mormons from Utah and Idaho and had little glimpses in them being more strict. But until I came across this channel and Mormon Stories, I had no idea just how different Mormon culture is out there. Confessing to bishops, etc? Just WOW. My only experience with that was having a bishop come to my house where I lived with friends. I was an adult in my early 20s and had stopped attending church, out of a lack of interest more than anything. I’m assuming my dad gave this man my address. Anyway, he had the nerve to ask if I had anything to repent for, in MY HOUSE, uninvited. I said no and sent him on his way.
Although my family attended church regularly and my parents were active until they passed, after hearing other stories, I’m realizing our house was on the Mormon light side. Books and music weren’t monitored , I attended tons of rock concerts. R rated movies and foul language were the big no-nos.
Anyway, I appreciate the people brave enough to share their stories and hope they’re in happier times now. Also, with the exception of that one bishop, I met so many truly lovely Mormon friends,home teachers and such, especially while living in Maryland.
Yes,a victim in 1969
Thank you to whoever shared this story. I'm glad you found your way out an are living a happier life!
Listening to tales of confrontations by church leaders, it always struck me as so very weird that anyone would allow anybody to engage them in that way. Of course it is nobody's business what goes on in our private romantic lives! It is the most intimate thing imaginable. You betray a significant confidence if you name your partner in a discussion such as that. How strange is it that we allow this to go on in the 21st century?! My woman friends talk about priesthood leaders coming into their homes to make this sort of accusation. I have said, "They are in your home?! It's YOUR home! Why on earth didn't you just tell them to leave?" Wow. We are easily led. Escape from this nonsense is as easy as just walking away.
Forty four years and he never saw his wife unclothed? That’s abnormal! It makes me sad to think how many LDS women must have unfulfilling sex lives.
There's also a quote from him about women covering up their ugly boney knees. That seemed so weird to me I wondered if he was totally gay or asexual & sexually repulsed.
Guess they kept their garments on even during intimacy.
@@barbaral743 It’s kinda creepy if temple garments get their motor running. 🤢
This is such a good story to hear.
Yooo sick Beartooth shirt! 🤘
The internet has changed a lot of things; some good, some bad. In this case about uncovering Mormon's secrets, it's definitely a good thing.
I tried to do the whole missionary dating thing when I was in high school. Too bad I was awkward af and it didn't work lol
I left before the internet, and found most of the things contained in the CES letter on my own. You had to do a lot of reading in those days, highlight paragraphs, dog ear pages, and have conversations with others that were digging deep.
Heartbreaking
In 2018 I was 48 and had my first experience with psychedelic mushrooms 🍄 talk about being slapped with a truth bomb! 8 hours of pure emotional revelation about myself and my mission.
I was a reverse dating missionary. I used not being a member as an excuse to spend time with girls who thought they could save me. To my knowledge this resulted in at least 4 who ended up PIMO
PMO?
@@barbaral743 PIMO (Physically in mentally out)
I totally want to see a video on missionary dating.
What a great story! I’m glad he got out when he was still young. There’s much truth in what he said. Thanks for sharing Lexi. I love the stories.
I’m sure the leaders of the LDS church follows all the rules and regulations!😂
Can you do a video on Missionary Dating? Never heard of this before. I'm interested in learning about it.
As far as I know, missionaries aren't allowed to date on their mission.
But I've heard of plenty of people who were not members, got converted by a missionary, after the missionary is finished with their mission, they reconnect and start dating.
In this context, it's common in the culture for young people to be told "flirt to convert" because, as a teen, you're taught to only marry someone who is "worthy to take you to the temple."
I myself actually attempted to "flirt to convert" my non-member boyfriend (now husband) but funny enough, he opened my eyes to the cult and I left Mormonism because of our relationship.
@@unicorntamer2207my missionary flirt to convert me. Then ignored me and brutally ghosted me once she got home. So brutally I wished her happy thanksgiving and got no response just radio silence. I completely lost any and all respect for her. Few months later I decided to send her one final message to call her out on her unacceptable behavior and if she wasn’t interested romantically a simple graceful rejection is expected. That was March of last year and been no contact since. She’ll either never contact me or when she starts running out of marriage options she’ll probably reach out. I periodically Facebook stalk her to see if she’s married yet and far as I know she’s not. Been home for 19 months now and not married yet. Serves her right karma
LOL, I'm 44 and I'm still undecided. But I did decide I didn't need a college degree, just one year at the community college (and I rushed into marriage and found out I had a mental illness). I would consider data entry, working from home.
Thank you for sharing your story.
Great story!
I was watching the poor, tired, hungry children in Junior Primary. No matter that they were crying, and sliding off their chairs, the Primary workers would Not Stop trying to Force the children to sing. Forcing them to chant over and over again words that they couldn't even understand. Getting mad and annoyed at the children's misbehavior. They had already been in church for almost 3 hours. They were just out of Nursery, so I think about 3-7 years old.. So horrid! Horrid!!
That is what finally solidified in my mind, how much the church is a cult.
This seems to be a typical Mormon story - this is a great story and this guy should go public with it.
another great video
My mission is what opened my eyes to how much bullshit went on in the leadership of the church and how many general authorities are just complete a-holes. Also opened my eyes to the fact that it was just a business like anywhere else and how the “spirit driven” stuff about decisions, where you went, who went where and got paired with whom was all complete bs. That was the beginning of the end for me.
"Covenants & promises" God doesnt make promises! This is a setup of expectations, self doubt, & dissapointment. We do our best to be good people within our cultures because of civilization, humanity & love. But all these handshakes to heaven and holding god to promises is ridiculous!!
2018. A good year. I too stopped paying tithing and stopped believing. I am now a PIMO. Family reasons.
Thank fuck i`m a old Aussie and we are mostly atheist
I read that the Aussies have a saying: “Thank God America got the Puritans and Australia got the criminals.” 😂
@@raymondhull4113 Bloody oath mate😁
This story itself is red flag. It would take disciplinary court to excommunicate a member back when the event was taken place. Bishop along could not excommunicate member. Lol
Disfellowship not excommunicated
The male leaders do whatever they want. It depends on the ward, and stake. Who is going to report on them? Especially when the victim is young, or shamed?
**Important Point**
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is serious about the law of chastity. The gentlemen in this letter either missed the memo when he joined the church, or chose not to respect it. We in the church are not just talking about this commandment. If you can't give up casual sex outside marriage you shouldn't expect to feel comfortable in the church, and subsequently shouldn't join it. This was a good separation on his part, and would have eventually been initiated from the church end if he didn't initiate first. Most of us who are active in the church like it this way.
If you can't give up enjoyable sex for women then stay away as well.
“…casual sex outside marriage…”
The way the writer tells it, there was nothing casual about it. It was mutual and inside loving, monogamous relationships. I think that’s healthier than the countless stories of LDS young adults (sometimes still in their teens) who marry within months of meeting someone because their pent up sex drive is doing their thinking. I guess the Mormon god is OK with that plan.
@@raymondhull4113 Right?
Marriage is a legal document, nothing more.
A real marriage is in the heart.
We are not a cult and the lies you tell you wouldnt be a good latterday saint
I was a faithful member since I was 8 years old. Raised my kids in the church (to my regret, they did finally escape. )
I read all the books, as a teen. I would bet a million dollars that I read more than you. I prayed constantly. Went to 99.9% of my meetings. General conference was never missed. I attended the temple, where they trick you, and I had to Act out the ways I would be killed if I spoke about the ridiculous temple activities and secrets, including slitting my throat and disemboweling myself. I wore my garments every day. Served a mission. Taught Relief Society, Homemaking Nights, Young Women, Primary, Nursery, Cub Scouts. My husband was in the Bishopric, and Stake Presidency.
I'm here to tell you that ExmoLex speaks the truth. I think YOU have been misled. You should really study more. The "Church" hates open minds.
Then read the Bible from front to back. Ask yourself WHY you would worship that fictional monster. I dare you to read the Bible. All of it. Every word. Too afraid ?
You were probably too afraid (obedient) to even finish reading my comment.