12. Mormon mother who says she's "been looking up at that old black ridge" since 1877... Gunlock, Utah
#Mormon #Gunlock #DorotheaLange #American #theGreatDepression #America #DorotheaLange-1234 #DorotheaLange’s #GunnisonCounty #Colorado #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange
9. Young mother. She lives in a Mormon hamlet... Gunlock, Washington County, Utah
Also, I feel like a bad #Mormon because I don’t go to church because I haven’t figured out how to unwind my childhood trauma from various religious topics. But at least I haven’t claimed to be a translated being who doesn’t need to repent. So maybe there’s hope for me after all. #LoriVallowDaybell
Happy Restoration Day!
Let us continue to bring forth the great and marvelous work of building Zion, God's peaceable kingdom, which is for this time, and all time!
idk I guess I'd like to think that some of the folks in that photo read Recovering Agency, got over a bunch of their pain and confusion, and were able to attend that protest because of it.
Based on feedback I've gotten in the past, this is very likely true.
And that's why I want to restore my health, so I can do more of that. That's my calling. That's what stirs my spirit.
That said, there's also a lot of authoritarianism running through Mormon doctrines, and those with authoritarian mindsets glom onto those ideals instead.
They have their eye on a Utah theocracy, just like ol' Brother Brigham once ruled over. And many of them are in Utah government and police. So I also wouldn't be surprised if that comes to blows.
The prophecy about separating the wheat from the chaff has never felt so poignant, so imminent.
#ReligiousTrauma
#Mormon
#LDS
#exmormon
#exmo
#USPol
#UTPol
#HandsOff
That photo of the Utah protest keeps going around. Social media and news outlets are all surprised for some reason.
I'm not. Not at all. That's because 1. I was raised LDS and know the fire they implanted in people like me to stand for what is right, and 2. I've followed activism in Mormon spaces for the last two decades, and know that when educated on these issues, nuanced Mormons and exmormons bring all that fire with them. They've been largely working within Mormon spaces to change the Church and help those wounded by it, and have accomplished amazing things, moving the mountain that is the world's wealthiest religion with hardly a mustard seed.
Most of the base values Mormonism teaches are perfect for anti-Trumpism. The Book of Mormon is anti-monarchy and pro-liberty. The driving core doctrine is "free agency." The world after Jesus returns is basically a functioning global commune.
This is why I've chosen to work in this space as my own activism, my calling, to heal Mormons and exmormons of their trauma, teach them critical thinking, educate them on these issues, expose them to progressive ideas, and then they'll have the energy for changing the wider world.
We were reared to change the world, pushed to magnify our talents, taught to be leaders, shown how to organize, and then they chained us to a hamster wheel of useless activity that did the opposite of changing the world.
Once released from that hamster wheel, we are a force to be reckoned with.
So yeah, folks in Utah are gonna show up. Don't underestimate the Mormons.
Xan came to the office while I was in between calls to let me know that Trump crashed the economy, and we chatted and joked a bit about the end of the United States
THEN she said that if the US did, y'know, end, #Utah would most likely become the sovereign nation #Deseret, and she (who was not raised Mormon) wondered if Deseret might not be just a bit better than what we have now
and, dear friends, I have neither the character count nor the courage to describe to you the terror that turned my marrow to water at the thought of living under a #mormon theocratic nation
alcoholic beverage recipe
How to make a White Russian like a former #Mormon (with apologies for US non-metric measurements)
I assume none of this is unknown or fancy, but this is how I've come to like White Russians. I find them yum.
Church that's richer than Heavenly Father (and every other church in the world) soon could live on the interest from its more than $200b of investments, but naw, will require tithes anyway because it's in the Book of Malachi and they're saving up treasures in heaven for you! A couple billion more is always nice, so pay up your tithing even if your cupboard is bare! After all, the Prophet isn't selfish! He doesn't want to hoard all those blessings to himself!
https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2025/04/01/lds-church-wealth-day-soon-may/
No paywall:
With a Living Prophet, Seer, and Revelator™ able to see what mere men cannot, LDS Church rushes to do bare minimum of what other Utah churches are already doing to meet demands of new state law to protect children from predators.
https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2025/04/01/lds-church-other-groups-are/
(Subtext: The "helpline" mentioned at the bottom of the article is historically just a dedicated legal team who will rush in and cover-up any scandals before the church's good image can be sullied. Nelson's words are so, so empty. Yes, Brother, sic Jesus on 'em. That'll save the children.)
(Also, fuck Nelson. Support Protect Every Child and other advocacy groups! https://protecteverychild.com )
No paywall:
https://idahocapitalsun.com/2025/03/28/sundance-is-leaving-utah-moving-to-colorado/
#Mormon #Utah #Colorado #Religion #Atheist #MormonsChurchofJesusChristofLatterDaySaints
I'm thinking the #Mormons and other #Christains didn't pray hard enough to keep the #SundanceFilmFestival in Utah as it heads to #BoulderColorado
Maybe their god doesn't like Utah anymore? Weird, huh?
Guess #utah has just gone full conspiracy mode at this point, and banned fluoride in their drinking water.
I am not too surprised, because I lived in Boise, Idaho for a few years, which is so culturally similar to Salt Lake City, it often gets called Little Salt Lake City in the region as a joke. I think they have more Mormons proportionally now, too.
There were also TONS of nutty conspiracy theorists too.
They believed stuff like this.
Guess they'll like worse teeth.
Long, LDS religion
Went to the temple yesterday evening for a proxy endowment session after a fair time away due to a combination of bad MH/energy days and a lengthy period during which the building was closed for maintenance. I am a totally blind patron. The sister who ended up assisting me to my changing room was an older, somewhat severe woman I hadn't met before during previous sessions. While I appreciated that she stayed with me through the session and consequently two hours past the end of her shift, I was not appreciative of the fact that I was promptly ushered back to my changing room once the ceremony was complete rather than into the Celestial Room, a room where temple patrons can sit in a quiet, safe space to worship/reflect/pray/meditate and feel closer to Christ. While I did habitually say yes when she asked me if it was okay that we head straight for the elevator instead of the Celestial Room, I should not have had to even be presented with this question, as it is customary to enter the Celestial Room immediately on completion of the endowment ceremony. I came home feeling extremely disconcerted not having had the opportunity to spend time as expected in that safe space and will consequently be rescheduling my future appointments for later dates in order to attend proxy sessions later in the evening. Please, please don't volunteer your time and say that you are doing fine when it's clear you would rather be somewhere else than assist someone through a session that is supposed to bring comfort and joy to the attendee and the worker offering the assistance. It is far, far better for both you and the people you are helping that you pay attention to how you're feeling and act accordingly rather than turn what is supposed to be enjoyable volunteer work into an obligation. #LDS #Mormon #TempleWork
This is the strongest statement against racism the LDS Church has *ever* officially released. Among other things, it calls racism a "sin" and tells members to call out racism when they see it.
While this is big, I still have complaints.
As with all the "essays," it's a minimum effort, published online in a little far off place so they can claim plausible deniability but reach as few members as possible. I'll feel better when they expound on this from the pulpit at General Conference, Every Single Conference, with some words From the Actual Prophet, and also get Correlation to include this as a dedicated lesson in every single lesson manual from Primary to Gospel Doctrine, churchwide. And throw in a couple of hymns and primary songs to show they mean it.
I'm going to be very hard to please on this – thanks to being raised by goodly parents, I have Very High Standards™ – but I will acknowledge this very large step in the Right Direction, especially in these times when it seems like everyone is taking a step in the wrong direction.
And I will add that they would not have taken this step without the intense efforts of activists, progressive mormons, and exmormons, including Black Latter-day Saints, putting the pressure on for well over a decade, and to a free and open internet that made such activism effective.
I wish I had capacity to write my full thoughts in a blog post on this. But my Very High Standard is this: When they speak out against racism and OTHER BIGOTRY as often as and as intensely as they speak against unauthorized sex, then I'll be satisfied. They've got a long way to go, but to quote my old ex-friend Jesus, who is now quite doctrinally NOT WHITE:
"I didn't say it would be easy; I only said it would be worth it."
(Maybe he's not white anymore, but Christ is still incredibly Smug. On this topic, he should be.)
https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2025/03/22/lds-church-jesus-wasnt-white/
Dan McClellan is a BYU Bible scholar. He's chosen the correct fork in the great divide of these times. This is a good talk on empathy's role in society.
#psychology #empathy #exmo #exmormon #lds #mormon #AbuseCulture
I bet a sizeable portion of the Canadian traitors who long to be part of the US are Mormons living in Alberta. It’s part of the religion to believe that America is God’s chosen nation. My Mormon family members dream of getting “the call to the mountains” and moving to Utah for the second coming. They live in Southern Alberta where many Canadian Mormons live. #mormon #america #canada
Mormon church rocked by child sexual abuse allegations - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) in the US has been rocked by a slew of sexual abuse allegations launched against it in California in the latest scandal to hit the organization that is better known as the Mormon church. #religion #SexualAbuse #Mormon #legal https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/08/mormon-church-child-sex-abuse-allegations-california?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Defense of Freedom of Conscience and Freedom from Religion. A "Sabbath Weekend Sermon" from this Atheist. Titled, "Secularism and Neutrality"
https://justrosy3.wordpress.com/2025/03/08/secularism-and-neutrality/
The following was referenced in the final film at the bottom of the post, and gets to the very heart of the matter, regarding Martin Luther v. The Catholic Pope and Indulgences:
https://www.onthewing.org/user/Luther%20-%20Babylonian%20Captivity.pdf
