tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68890917458151515352012-01-28T00:41:13.763-08:00This blog is the point of view of a former LDS member turned atheist. Free yourself from the Mormon lies and discover a whole new world! A little common sense tells you the real truth, Joseph's Myth is nothing but a huge lie! There is hope at the end of your faith!Mormon411http://www.blogger.com/profile/04113317471178740266noreply@blogger.comBlogger4491100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889091745815151535.post-77167616832463547482012-01-26T06:01:00.000-08:002012-01-26T13:06:27.042-08:00

I have boldly made the claim many times about how god is abusive, yada yada.Without fail, there is almost always someone to come along and correct me by saying that I am wrong about god. Instead, he is loving and merciful, and has provided the way for us to "be saved". Without god we would all be damned to hell just for being born. So he's not abusive; in fact, he's the opposite. He's our loving

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A common question people ask atheists is, "What if you're wrong?" What if there really is a god and you get to spend eternity in his lava bath because you didn't believe in him?Let me first ask you a question... is that the only reason you believe? Out of the fear of damnation?But really, stop for a moment and think about why you believe.You believe because your parents told you to. Your friends

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Happy New Year! It is now the year 2012, the year that many people believe will see the end of the world. Naturally, of course, I don't buy into any of that silly superstition. But I thought it would be a good idea to take a look at the Mormon version of the signs of the last days and share my two cents.At my request, a good Mormon friend of mine gave me a pamphlet that she got at church. It

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It's Christmas time yet again. What does Christmas mean to atheists? Free presents!No, but seriously, it means that we are celebrating the birth of our societys favorite myth.I say "Merry Christmas" to strangers. I give them a smile. I donate to the Salvation Army bell ringers whenever I can. I get presents for loved ones.Just because Jesus is a myth doesn't mean that he didn't have good

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Ok, here is the second part of this guys arguments for the existence of Allah. The main argument in this section is that failure to understand gods ways do not negate his existence. My comments are in italics. I have left a lot out because it is just rambling and makes no sense at all. Here we go:Most Atheist arguments challenge the compatibility of an all-loving God with the perceived injustices

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For a while now, I have been having an email exchange with a fellow who calls himself "yasir". He is a Muslim and he is trying desperately to convert my lost soul to Islam, Allah, and the Qu'ran. Just today I received an article from him entitled Atheism: Denying the UndeniableThis shit is worse than Mormonism! I am going to include bits and pieces from the article and then comment about it. My

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There is now another good reason to take Sunday off...According to recent studies, religion is bad for society. This completely contradicts the idea that in order for a society to be successful, it must be god-fearing.This study has shown an indirect relationship* to how religious a society is and how functional it is. A more functional society tends to have lower murder rates, lower suicide

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I first heard of Christopher Hitchens a few years ago when I found and read his book, God Is Not Great.http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=13&articleid=20111217_13_A23_CUTLIN229321&rss_lnk=1I read on Facebook today of his passing. He had been battling cancer. We need more people who are willing to say it how it is!Christopher Hitchens will be missed.

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This video is just short of an hour long and Jerry Coyne provides some very compelling evidence that evolution is a fact.Creationists have long dwelt on the argument that "transitional forms" don't exist in the fossil record and that Charles Darwin himself admitted that if none could be found, then his theory was incorrect. Well, this video ought to silence them once and for all!If humans did not

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This argument is used a lot and it baffles me how non-atheists think they get to define what atheism is when they know next to nothing about it.Faith, according to the dictionary, is the act of believing something which has no evidence.If it takes faith to not believe in god, then it also takes faith to not believe the sky is orange. You don't believe the sky is orange. There is no evidence that

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http://www.reasonutah.org/Apparently, billboards such as these are popping up all over the nation. And those who do believe in god are doing what believers do best, the most un-Christian like thing possible: Death threats.What are believers so threatened by? It is okay for them to put up their billboards threatening the whole world that they are going to hell if you believe in the wrong Jesus or

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I'm sorry I've been away for so long. I can't believe it's been over a month since my last post (and all I did was post a picture of a naked girl on a pumpkin). I had to go out of town for a few weeks for a wedding and a much needed vacation.I had an interesting religious experience while I was away and it was a very positive one...I went to witness a wedding (the kind that everyone is allowed to

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Happy Halloween Everyone!

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Thoughts that bother me about myself and others who have cut or change the umbilical cord connection with the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day SaintsThought: We have a tendency to blame "The Church" for lying to us.When we went to church and heard the lessons say that Noah was a great prophet we were lied to because there was no such prophet! He didn't exist. We were told a fairy tale and

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Nobody likes it when extreme religionists preach their condescending doctrine on street corners. It's about time that someone stood up to them and gave them a taste of their own medicine...http://www.youtube.com/user/religiousantagonist You can see more awesome videos here!

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An ex-Mormon, posting on exmormon.org as Socrates2, made the following statement: "The last thing ANYONE in the church wants to see is a happy exmo so they'll do anything they can to make you feel bad or guilty. Haven't you ever noticed how quickly they get excited when you tell them in confidence about ANY problem you have? They LIKE it when things go bad for exmos because its like a testimony

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http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=16939956 What was this guy thinking? According to this article, he advised a young woman in his ward who reported to him that she had been sexually assaulted to NOT go to the police. I don't think that necessarially makes him a criminal, but WTF?

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A caller states: "My church believes that heaven and hell are real places. Guess which one you're going to if you keep this up." Watch this guy get spanked and sent home with his tail between his legs!

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44021900/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/?gt1=43001Warren Jeffs is guilty of child rape. He forced a 12 year old and a 15 year old, who he had married, to have sex with him.Keep in mind that this is the Fundamentalist group, which means that they believe in the original teachings as given by Joseph Smith. Warren Jeffs is a criminal... Joseph Smith was a criminal. No wonder

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All members of the LDS church know the position and attitude towards those who are deceived and fall away. Their attitude is that the church is true, the devil knows the church is true and tries to deceive as many people away from it as possible. Don't let the devil deceive you!!!!!!All of those who "fall away" were once members and they know the churches attitude toward them. Think about this,

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I just got through listening to a great podcast by Ross and Carrie at http://www.ohnopodcast.com/.Part 1: http://www.ohnopodcast.com/investigations/2011/7/8/ross-and-carrie-go-mormon-part-1-and-it-came-to-pass.htmlPart 2: http://www.ohnopodcast.com/investigations/2011/8/1/ross-and-carrie-go-mormon-part-2-what-no-underwear.htmlRoss and Carrie underwent a 5 month investigation of the church where

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I've recently been contacted by a young woman who has recently announced her non-belief to her family. I'll give you three guesses how the family reacted, but you're only going to need one.Thats right, they yelled at her. They told her she was deceived by the devil. Her sister has now shunned her.What can be said about a church who's members act this way when a family member no longer believes?

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I'm sure we've all experienced walking past a fenced yard and having a little yappy dog bark all along the fence at you until you have passed. I couldn't help but draw a comparison between those annoying yappy dogs and hardcore Jesus fanatics.You see, as you are walking past the yard with the yappy dog, you have no intention of crossing the fence or entering the property. To the dog, however, you

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Have you ever wondered why so many of the early apostles and Book of Mormon witnesses left the church? Among other reasons, it was because Joseph Smith was trying to fuck their daughters.Steve Benson has put together a well-referenced article about his (Smiths) advances on Sydney Rigdon's daughter Nancy. Smith locked her in a room with him and made his advances, threatening that if she tried to

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To people who don't understand atheism, this post if for you. I get asked all the time, if there is no god, then what is the purpose of your life? Since you don't believe in god, you don't believe in anything. Since you don't believe in sin, you think you can do anything you want without consequences.I'll start off by sharing what I don't believe.I don't believe that I should have to take

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...but you can't prove that he does!Many people think that since I am challenging the existance of their god that it is my duty to prove he isn't here. I can't do that, any more than I can't prove Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny aren't real either.However, the existance of the god of the Bible is very doubtful. All one has to do is take a look at the Bible with half a brain and analyze what it

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I was recently contacted by an ex-Mormon atheist who was kind enough to tell me their story of growing up in the church and why they left. This person, who wishes to remain anonymous, has given me permission to share their story."I was born into the church in Northern UT. My ancestors converted to the church from Europe 4-6 generations ago and headed out for Utah. I was never very stoked on

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Atheists Have Better Sex!

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To a believer, anything is an answer and that is proof that god is real.If I pray that someone finds a new job, no matter what happens, god answered it.If the person did get a job, then god guided them to the right employer. If the person did not get the job, then god wanted them to work somewhere else. But no matter what happens, it's all part of the great plan.This is why you can't debate

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I wonder who feels like a jackass now? Those fanatics were so sure that this time, this was it. Well, that's what happens when you put all your time, energy, and money into bullshit.Once again, religious fanatics have foolishly predicted the end of the world and we are all still here. Big surprise. Religion gets it wrong again and again and again.We live in the information age and yet still

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I was in the home of a TBM the other day and I noticed a tile near their front door with the following saying on it:"Faith is not believing that God can; it is knowing that He will."In Mormonism, simply believing is not enough. You don't get up and bare your testimony saying, "I believe it's true." No way! That will get you laughed out the front door!You must know! With every 'fiber of your

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I was driving down the freeway the other day and I passed a billboard with a warning:May 21, 2011, is the day of Armageddon; the end of the world.Folks, you have one week to find god and accept him into your hearts!http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/outreach/tracts/may21/Now, being the unbeliever than I am, I am going to call BULLSHIT to the whole thing. In one week from now, when nothing at all

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Wow, did this bring back memories!I was on exmormon.org and someone made a post about child indoctrination using songs. I did a quick search and came up with this website: http://www.mormontracks.com/I listened to these very songs again and again as a Mormon child. Some of them are really cute but others are just scary. Click on the title of each song to play it.I Want To Be A MotherWhen I grow

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One story is a lie. The other story is true. Yet they are both the same story. How can this be?Child of God provided me with a link to a video of a Muslim man who was sent to America to convert everyone to Islam. A series of events led to his seeing a vision of God. He became a Christian. He now seeks to convert Muslims to Christianity. Child of God believes that this story is true.There

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In response to Child of God, who has posted more Jesus preaching (and graphic pictures), I have written this post to analyze the great plan that god came up with to save his children.At birth we are sinners. Because Adam sinned and fell from the grace of god, all mankind is damned. Because of this, something must be done to save us from our inherited sin or else we go to hell. God sent Jesus

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I have recently engaged in a discussion with Child of God on her blog. There is a link to it on my side bar. Her blog is "Jesus this" and "Jesus that" and "I can't move or breathe without Jesus" and it is dedicated to praying for different people (upon their request). I just had to write her. The following is what was said (my thoughts are in italics). I have not included the entire text of the

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http://guccihandbagsoutle.blogspot.com/ This low-life thinks its okay to keep coming in here and posting his crap in my comments section. I have deleted this douche bag many times. If you hate spam, please report this guy. Click the link above and on the top of his page is a link "Report Abuse". Click on that. There will be several options to choose from. Check the "Spam" option and click "

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"Walk in peace knowing you are being covered in the Blood of Jesus everyday." ~ Child of GodDoes anyone besides me find this to be slightly disturbing? This quote and this picture were taken directly from Child of God's blog.This is barbaric!CoG stated to me that she moderates her blog because she doesn't want her children or sensitive visitors to see "bad" stuff. Yet this picture is posted in

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I'm always stating (sarcastically) that Mormonism has 101 (or maybe more like 1001) commandments that must be obeyed to get into heaven. I decided that I would sit down and see if I can't actually come up with 101 different demands and expectations that Mormonism so kindly provides for it's members. This does not include beliefs, but only "to do" or "not to do". So without further adu, here

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Where did we come from? Certainly not from Adam and Eve. Science can trace our DNA to the earliest known human beings in Africa 200,000 years ago. All people on the planet are decendants of this small group of people. In fact, people all over the world have DNA that is 99.9% identical! That is because we are all related! These videos give you the real answer to "where did I come from?" Not

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It has recently come to the attention of the local ward where I reside that my oldest son, who is above and beyond the age of accountability, has never been baptized. How they missed it, I have no idea. So lately he has been meeting with the missionaries. My TBM wife wants him to be baptized, of course, but to her credit, she has not made a big deal out of it. In fact, before she agreed to let

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Science produces information and sights that religion could only guess a fraction of."God" can part the Red Sea.Science can peer 14 billion lightyears into the cosmos and see the beginning of time itself.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/hunting-edge-space-1.htmlhttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/hunting-edge-space-2.htmlIn the last couple hundred years, science has made leaps and bounds in the

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http://bomtoons.com/playgame.php?id=44I found this game of Nephi in Jerusalem. You have already attempted to buy the brass plates and must now get to Laban and dispose of him.Yes, when you get to Laban, you actually hack him to death and then wash the blood off of his clothing before putting them on.Note: the game does have an option in the beginning where you can turn off the gore.And believe it

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Sadly, yet another tsunami has struck in Japan.Sadly, yet again, the true Mormon prophet has failed to voice any type of warning.Anyone starting to notice a pattern here?

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I went and saw 'Tangled' yesterday. It was far better than I was expecting it to be. I sat there through the entire movie with my jaw on the floor. That movie was my life. It was the story of my bondage and escape from Mormonism. Not only were the effects and animation brilliant (saw the 3D version), but it was chalk full of symbolism.This post is a spoiler. If you haven't seen the movie, go

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Here is a funny music video about the "Girls of Provo, Utah"My favorite part is the girl in a wedding dress hugging a tree with a missionary badge stuck on it.

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I was doing a little surfing today and decided to look up websites devoted to ex-Jehovah's Witnesses. I found an interesting little bit of information along my travels.Jehovah's Witnesses are scared to death of Smurfs. Yes, that's right. I'm talking about the little blue creatures who are cute and run around "smurfing" things.Apparently in the JW world, rumors abound of Smurf dolls and Smurf

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The following story was posted on the RfM forums by a female who calls herself 'Greyfort'. My personal thoughts will follow."When I was 30, I was diagnosed with pre-uterine cancer. They wanted to do a hysterectomy."Of course I went straight to my Priesthood leaders and got a blessing. I was told that I would be healed and that I would bear children. When my friends said, "Well maybe you'll adopt,

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Ok, so it's not an official rule about how to kneel when praying, but I couldn't help but notice that when any group prayer is offered, the ranking priesthood-holder always does a high kneel. Does kneeling higher make you more worthy? More righteous? More faithful?Maybe the older men do it that way because it puts less stress on the knees.This is more of a private group prayer, rather than public

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Probably not...But it appears in the article below (located at the church's official news website), that the LDS church is ready to throw in the towel when it comes to the Book of Abraham debate. Due to the overwhelming evidence that Smith made it up out of his head, LDS apologist, John Gee, now claims that the Book of Abraham is (and I quote) "not central to the restored gospel of Christ."This

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In the February 2011 Ensign, on pages 36-39 is a Question and Answers section. This months question is this:Q. (In a nutshell): I feel overwhelmed with all the commandments and expectations "in living the gospel"! What do I do?A. (In a nutshell): Priortize all your time to the church. Your worldly chores can wait. Once your church duties are done, you can use whatever time is left for all that

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On October 2, 1976, Boyd K. Packer gave a speech about young men and their sexuality. He likened a boys reproductive organs to a "little factory" which if played with too much, makes more and more "product". He tells the young men that this product should only be "released" when properly married. He talks about ways to help young men who have already started the immoral habit of releasing product

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http://www.library.uhi.ac.uk/dawkins/Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, Wednesday 2 April 2008.Introduction by Professor Robert Cormack, principal, UHI Millennium Institute.Professor Richard Dawkins FRS was interviewed on stage by Inverness resident Paula Kirby. Paula, who used to be a Christian and is now an atheist, talked to Richard Dawkins informally about the ideas that have informed his life

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I was thinking today about some of the memories I have of attending church so I decided to put together a random list of things I remember.One guy would always bring a TON of crap to church with him every Sunday. On top of his scriptures, he would have four large bags. One on each shoulder and one in each hand. I always wondered why he needed to bring so much junk to church.One of the things that

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A lot of people ask me, "Since you're over the LDS church, why don't you just leave it behind and move on with your life instead of wasting all your time trying to tear it down?"I have stated many times that if people are truly happy with their religion, whatever religion it is, then I am happy for them. One might ask, "If that is the case, then why do you blog against religion?"That is a

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I found this atheist girl on YouTube. Not only is she cute and bubbly, but has a great answer for those who ask atheists, "So if you don't believe in god, then your life has no meaning, no purpose?"I think she coins a new word: AwesomelyIf you like this girl, you can see more of her, including a four foot tall painting of her nipple: http://www.youtube.com/user/CompletelyLovely

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Why I Left the ChurchBy: Heather B.Originally posted here.Reposted here with her permissionI have debated whether or not I should write this post. Should I post it here, on another blog, or even at all? With a recent and very unpleasant encounter with a close family member I realized that anyone who knows about Kenny and I leaving the church does not understand why. We have never been asked as to

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To anyone who would like to use this graphic on your blog or website, please be my guest! I would appreciate a link back, but it's not completely necessary.

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I was hanging out with my black-sheep BIL today and who should happen by, but the sister missionaries. Naturally, not one of us is very excited that they are there. We were busy blowing peoples brains out on the PS3.They invaded the living room and asked if we know anything about the church. This is SLC, of course we have heard about it. BIL put down his controller and walked into the kitchen to

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In response to all the negative publicity the church receives online, it is no surprise that the church encourages its members to blog about the church. It is their hope that an investigator will find a pro-Mormon blog, rather than a blog like this one.There are many videos on YouTube about the Mormon church as well. I have posted some of them here from time to time.Lately, I have noticed a new

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BYU represents what the world would be like if Mormons ran everything.Notice how, at the Q&A session held the next day, that the president ignores everything the student brought up:"...why does the school so severely limit free speech and what is the school so afraid of?"The dickhead answers: "The school is not afraid of anything... Next question please."Yea, except answering sincere questions

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Lately, there has been a lot of positive reaction to Mormon411. I'm excited that so many people are finding the blog.Some are Christians who are very surprised that anyone would dare to question their god. Out of the goodness of their hearts, many of them offer to pray for me. I appreciate your concern, but assure you that it is not necessary.Some of the people who visit this blog are people

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Tonight I went browsing through the stuff at Ross and came upon several wall hangings with different faith promoting sayings. Being the analyst that I am, I decided to share the quotes and then add the appropriate endings."He fills my life with good things." ...but ignores starving children in Africa."God bless this house and all who enter." ...but everyone else can go to hell."Miracles happen to

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Shunning - A Result of the CultPosted in the exMormon.org forums by: AnagrammyOur ward was distributing Christmas presents to the old folks in the nursing home. I spoke with one sweet lady with hair still dark, no gray, but she seemed a little anxious. I asked her if something was bothering her and she said,"Yes, I can't remember my children's names. I have eight, you see, and I can only remember

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Someone very close to me had to make her vows to her Catholic fiancee with her Mormon mother absent.Why? Her mother refused to support a non-temple wedding since that is what Satan wants. This persons mother is one of the most extreme TBM's I have ever known (yes, I know her).You've got to hand it to her for standing up for what she believes, but damn! How often does your daughter get married?

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I'm going to share a little piece of information with you that you already know. This is powerful stuff and it's been right there in plain sight the whole time but you've never really thought about it. It's simple, yet amazingly powerful at convincing people that the god they adore is absolutely not worthy of the title "good".It's so simple...The Bible instructs us to not kill. Killing is a

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From an atheist chat room: Original author unknown.10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours. 9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt. 8 - You laugh

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As you may recall, I posted a YouTube video on my blog which attempts to refute evolution. I shared this video on the exMormon.org forums to see what they had to say about it.The post where I shared the video: The Collapse of EvolutionHere is where I asked my question and the reponse:http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,53911http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,54136A great thanks to all those

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Today I prayed to the Flying Spaghetti Monster that the earth would not blow up. Since the earth didn't blow up, I know the church of the FSM is true! I know he is real and I know that he loves me.If you take a Mormon testimony and replace all the "god" or "Jesus" or "Joseph Smith" references with "The Flying Spaghetti Monster", it suddenly sounds ridiculously absurd. All I did was change the

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On the exmormon.org forums: A comparison of Joseph Smith and Brian David MitchellCA Girl said:My Facebook status talks about how glad I am that Brian David Mitchell was convicted and reads, in part, "What kind of middle aged freak marries a 14 year old child as a plural wife?" A subtle dig at Joseph Smith that I am very proud I had the nerve to post, with all the TBMs on my Friends list. I

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Recently, I've had the mispleasure of exchanging a few words with a fellow who calls himself the Screaming Nephite. He is a pro-Mormon blogger who uses several dishonest tactics to arrogantly defend Mormonism.One of these tactics is to put a list on his side bar of ex-Mormons and list their crimes, trying to make it appear as if everyone who leaves the church suddenly becomes a raging criminal. I

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I had about an hour long conversation with a nice lady today. She is ex-Mormon and I asked her to tell me her exit story.I could hardly believe it when she told me... When she was 16 and in seminary, they had a special speaker: Boyd K. Packer.She related to me how Packer proceeded to tell the group that they should not focus too much on church history. If they did, they would find things that

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Mormons are so desperate to prove their religion true that they will take anything even remotely related and trump it up to be the final piece of evidence. In this case, I am referring to a stone found on the Arabian Peninsula which has engraved in it the letters NHM.This stone was found in an area of Arabia that the Book of Mormon names Nahom. Mormons believe that this is evidence that Joseph

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My Girlfriend Is GodBy: DuderI like to cook, and my girl is more than happy to let me do it. Sometimes, she helps. Last night, all she did was chop a few veggies and choose our wine (Coppola pinot noir, btw - super good). The meal was a bit of an experiment.So, as I brought the plates to the table, I said, "Let's see how we did."She replied, "If it's good, we made it; if not, this was all you,

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Because I've recently started coming out of the closet so-to-speak about my atheism IRL, I thought I'd better prepare myself to answer questions and comments from people. So I'll practice here. This is meant to be informative, so please read it that way. It's not meant to try to convince anyone to become atheist.An atheist is simply a person who does not believe in things that cannot be proven.

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...if there are others out there who are proud atheists and free-thinkers?You are not alone.Albert Einstein - Nobel Prize in PhysicsAnnika Sorenstam - LPGA ChampionDave Berry - Columnist and HumoristFrank Miller - Film DirectorChristopher Hitchens - Author and JournalistJack Nicholson - ActorBill Gates - Founder of MicrosoftDaniel Dennett - Professor of PhilosophyStan Lee - Comic Book LegendDavid

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The other day I put an atheist quote on my facebook page. I wasn't quite sure what the response would be. One of my cousins "liked" it (which I never would have expected), and a relative that I don't really even know left a comment about how religion give hope and leads to good desires and good deeds.My reply to this distant relative was that religion might give you hope, but so does the lottery!

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Welcome To This WorldThe Story of CreationNoah's Ark - God, Giraffes, and GenocideTop Ten Creationist ArgumentsTop Ten Creationist Arguments - Part 2A House Dividedhttp://www.youtube.com/user/TheThinkingAtheistFollow this link to see more videos and podcasts by The Thinking Atheist.

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The doorbell rings and a young lady opens her door to see a short, fat guy with a bald head wearing a white shirt and tie and a black tag over his breast pocket. He is accompanied by a tall, skinny rabbit, also wearing a white shirt and tie with name tag."Hewow, ma'am. My name is Eldow Fudd and dis is my companion, Eldow Wabbit. We aw missionawys fwom the Church of Jesus Kwist of Watter-day

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CA Girl, on the exmormon.org recovery forums posted this very interesting link...http://vigilantcitizen.com/?p=986Why does the LDS church put anti-Christian symbols all over the place?

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Today, out of sheer curiosity (and the need for some new material to blog about), I tuned the TV to channel 11 just as a BYU devotional was starting. Curious as to what nonsense they will preach this time, I sat and listened. You won't believe this, but I actually enjoyed the presentation. It wasn't preachy. It wasn't about obedience or being worthy. It wasn't about paying tithing or the true

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I recently had nothing better to do so I flipped the TV to the churches channel (5 I believe) and watched a show they called "Mormon Talk". They were talking about the new ad campaign by the church. According to a spokesman, 58% of the American population admits that they know little or nothing about the Mormons. So the church is running this "I am a Mormon" campaign to show the world that

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Atheism has never had any songs... until now!Atheists Don’t Have No Songs (AKA The Atheist Hymnal)Chris­tians have their hymns and pages,Hava Nag­i­la’s for the Jews,Bap­tists have the rock of ages,Athe­ists just sing the blues.Ro­man­tics play Claire de Lune,Born agains sing “He is risen,”But no one ever wrote a tune,For god­less ex­is­ten­tial­ism.For Athe­ists there’s no good news. They’ll

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One atheist is so sick and tired of Mormons knocking on his door that he actually travels to Salt Lake City to give the Mormons a taste of their own medicine. Needless to say, they didn't appreciate it.Door To Door Atheists Bother Mormons - Watch more Funny Videos

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If you live anywhere near downtown SLC, there are two weekends out of the year where you might as well stay home and not even try to go anywhere: General Conference weekend. Mormons emerge from the woodwork by the thousands to attend this seminar and be taught personally by true prophets of god. Thousands of them, like ants wearing their Sunday best, cover the ground. They come from north, south,

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This Is How Mormonism Worksby: 6 ironYou have the leaders make a claim that they are directed by God. That is it. That is all you need. I'm not sure which is worse, JS that claimed some religious visitations/directions, or the "prophets" after him that don't claim any directions or visitations. They just throw out a blanket statement that they are prophets, seers and revelators, without any proof

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http://features.pewforum.org/quiz/us-religious-knowledge/Follow the link above to take a short quiz to see how much you know about religion. I took it and scored 13 out of 15.This quiz was featured today on channel 2 http://www.connect2utah.com/According to the newscast, which I could not find online, the people who scored the highest nationwide were...Atheists!Followed very closely by...Mormons

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After three weeks of silence, I'm finally back. I've had a lot happen in the last few weeks.First of all, ALL of my computers went tits up on me at the same time. I had to ship my laptop to Texas to get repaired and I had to buy a totally new desktop.On top of that, I moved. That's right, I am now officially separated from my TBM wife of almost 12 years. Fortunately, we still talk and are

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THE GREAT MORMON MONEY MACHINEAuthor: Inside-outsiderIt's the World's Perfect Business Scheme and you can do it too. Just start your own "Afterlife Insurance Company" then make the greatest promise humanly imaginable -- promise your clients that if they totally obey you and pay their premiums, after death they'll become Gods! In fact, polygamous Gods who'll have eternal sex with innumerable

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My step father is the type of TBM who just loves a good FPR (Faith Promoting Rumor). Naturally, like all TBM's he shares stories whenever possible to convince everyone around him that the church really is true.For example, tonight he shared with me how he has been reading the autobiography of Larry H. Miller. From what he told me, Miller was born and raised Mormon in Salt Lake City. However,

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That just drives me insane! How people take ordinary events and turn it into "god this" and "god that". I seriously want to slap someone!I went to the movie theatre the other night and upon stepping out of my car, I found a five dollar bill just laying there on the pavement. If I was a believer I would have said, "God is rewarding me for being a good person."But an unbeliever simply sees

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If there was a god, would he/she/it correlate with religion?What I mean by that is simply this. If there was a god, faith would not be necessary. It would be a fact.I wouldn't have to believe in a god in order to be saved. If there was an all powerful being, he would not base my eternal salvation upon what I believe. He would base it upon what I do with my life. If religion is true and the god of

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Without going into details, I placed an order for a certain product and received much more than I ordered and payed for.I called the company and explained the situation. The girl that I spoke with on the phone was very impressed that I had returned the extra product when I could have easily kept it. In fact, she said it was "very rare" that a customer is honest when a mistake of this nature is

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A recent study has shown indisputable proof that taking aspirin causes headaches!No really, it's true! We surveyed 100 people and asked them to report each time they take an aspirin (or any type of pain killer). The associated symptom: headache. There you have it. A headache correlates 100% with taking aspirin. The results speak for themselves.Stupid, right?Of course it is because we all know

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To be fair, I found an 8 part video documentary on YouTube that claims to be able to refute evolution. I will post them all here. This video is pro-creation and even quotes passages from the Quran. Many times, it refers to the creator, Allah.This video does bring up some very good arguments. Some of the arguments are better than others. If evolution is accepted by the scientific community in

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...you should learn what it actually is!First of all, before you can refute evolution, you need to understand the theory. If you don't understand it, how can you refute it or even have an intelligent conversation about it?You have read the book, haven't you?

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Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion, talks briefly about the evidence for evolution and why he doesn't debate with creationists. And finally, he answers the question, "What if you're wrong?" This man is my hero.

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Tonight I had a short but progressive conversation with my TBM wife. Don't worry, I'm not going to badmouth her! I am, however, going to summarize our conversation. I think I might, just might, have made a slight impact.We were discussing, of course, my disbelief in a supreme being. She stated to me that she believes because of all the times when god has been with her. Curious, I asked her

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