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[screenshot at lds] Q. Are some marriages preordained in the premortal existence? A. Before being quick to dismiss this as Daybell/Vallow nonsense, consider Smith's proposal to Zina Huntington, who was already married to Henry Jacobs.
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[screenshot at latterdaysaints] New convert moves to Provo to attend BYU. Withdrawal symptoms apparent—the immediate shock of not being "love bombed" hurts, but is to be expected on a campus where everyone is assumed to be baptized.
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Rick Davies (1944-2025): Child of Vision.
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/u/alyssadgrenfell posted a few photos submitted to the Wall Street Journal for their front page coverage of exmormons, especially those creating content on TikTok. Grenfell offers a response to her critics, especially the faithful who are clutching their pearls. Yes, shine a light into dark places!
Political Cartoons from the last week for Sunday, September 7, 2025
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Alyssa Grenfell's short video ticks boxes on how Stephenie Meyer's Twilight matches with Joseph Smith's Mormonism. The elect, tick. Chastity, tick. Bella as convert, tick. Resurrected to immortal beings, tick. Corrupt versions of vampirism equate to Catholicism, tick.
A forum for ex-mormons and others who have been affected by Mormonism to get support and share news, commentary, and comedy about the Mormon church.
Weekend/Virtual Meetup Thread
A forum for ex-mormons and others who have been affected by Mormonism to get support and share news, commentary, and comedy about the Mormon church.
/u/EricNDavis provided a back-of-the-envelope method to check active membership statistics. The number of wards and branches, i.e. “total units” is a much better indicator because if a ward is too large it will be split; if it is too small it will not function as intended.
SL Tribune: Clark Gilbert, commissioner of CES, continues to hammer on BYU-x faculty to toe the line. Don't worry about consequences to accreditation; worry instead whether you'll have a job tomorrow.
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SL Tribune, Sunday front page: from Yale Law Journal, a new paper documents how BYU used their police force and student informants to conduct sting operations that went well beyond campus borders—surveillance included campus bathrooms, local parks and parking lots of gay bars in SLC.
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Political Cartoons from the last week for Sunday, August 31, 2025
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Weekend/Virtual Meetup Thread
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[screenshot at mormon] "I sincerely doubt that there is a second anointing for mortal people." Oh, my sweet, sweet summer child.
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[screenshot at latterdaysaints] ex-husband seeks advice about his ex-wife leaving mormonism. First, stop stalking your ex. Second, will you consider that others might come to a different conclusion about your fringe beliefs when viewed in the cold light of day? Do you have what you think you have?
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McKeever's Mormonism Research Ministry: documenting the flip-flop on whether members should get tattoos. Everything is malleable and mutable, just remember to pay your 10% dues.
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[marked up screenshot at lds] Gaining a testimony of Joseph Smith's Latter Day Saint theology in four easy steps. Step 4: avoid cognitive dissonance.
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Political Cartoons from the last week for Sunday, August 24, 2025
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Ana Popovich (2013): Every Kind of People
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Robert Palmer (1978): Every Kind of People
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Ana Popovich (2011): Unconditional
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Weekend/Virtual Meetup Thread
A forum for ex-mormons and others who have been affected by Mormonism to get support and share news, commentary, and comedy about the Mormon church.
Concierto de Aranjuez. Jim Hall (1975), guitar; Chet Baker, trumpet; Paul Desmond, sax; Ron Carter, bass; Steve Gadd, drums; Roland Hanna, piano. Piano solo is extra nice.
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[screenshot at mormon] New member investigated mormonism mostly out of curiosity. Now, regrets lying to pass the baptismal interview by not revealing transgender status. Discipline looms with potential loss of community standing. Actual chance of discipline political, but likely greater if FtM.
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