#post-mormon

[gibbearish]

kids who werent raised christian being like "lol baptising children is whack if they tried to do that to me i would start doing things to make it look like i was possessed" no you would not. you would bask in the pride and approval coming from the adults around you and you would quietly wait your turn because you were told from birth that sinning sends you to hell and baptism is The Promise that youre dedicating your life to jesus that youve had hyped up for years and watched other people be fawned over as they cry happy tears about it and you do NOT want to fuck up your One Big True Promise To Love Jesus Forever So You Don't Get Tortured For Eternity when you are literally 8 years old. im begging yall to remember its a thousand times easier to see the church's bullshit for what it is when you're not actively in the church. eight year old you is not thinking about trying to fight back against an oppressive religious group indoctrinating children because You Are The Children Being Indoctrinated. stop acting like you would've magically known better if it were you.

#origibberish #ex christian #also yes this is very christian centric but from what ive gathered this could go for Catholics and mormons w their confirmation things #but i know very little about either so didnt feel comfortable mentioning them explicitly in the post

[talisidekick]

If a transgender person asks you to deadname and misgender them in front of certain people. Misgender them and deadname them in front of those people. It doesn't matter how icky or gross it may feel, it doesn't matter you'd rather be honest. It doesn't matter if there's more of you there. Certain people aren't safe, and honesty IS NOT the best policy when honesty could put them at serious risk. It doesn't matter if there's a crowd, because when there isn't shit goes down.

Be an ally, do what they ask. Understand that the trans person knows more about their situation than you do, and this includes who's safe and who's not. Some one can be "trans friendly" to other people, but not to people they know or specific people. Do as the trans person asks, yes it's uncomfortable, but it's 10 times worse if the person we don't trust finds out. 100 times worse if they have access to us when you're not around.

Respect trans peoples safety. Misgender and deadname when asked.

#trans #transgender #lgbt+ #lgbtq+ #2slgbtqia+ #lgbt #transfem #transmasc #transneutral #there is a post about this on my blog but it reminded me of my own situation #my whole family knows I'm out and I didn't want them to #my entire extremely christian catholic and mormon extended family knows because I let my sister tell my parents because we weren't talking #now I live in constant damn fear I'm going to get a message forwarded from family to the point I blocked my own parents #these are dangerous people who will stop at nothing to ruin my life if they find me so I'm going to ask I get deadnamed and misgendered #in front of them #i'm going to lie that it's a joke so I can live my life in relative peace.

[soup-mother]

honest hearts should have let you cover joshua graham in tar and set him on fire and throw him in the grand canyon again and explicitly state that it's because he's a Mormon. i think that would have improved that dlc a tiny bit. still would suck, but a lil bit more self awareness of the relationship between mormons and indigenous Americans (by having everyone set fire to mormons and explain the history and reasoning behind such an action directly into the camera) would have gone a long way.

#my post #fnv #that dlc did not handle like... anything well really #oh they're not native they just greet you in navajo and do tonto talk because they're tourists who were lost.... #and one of the mormons was meant to be asian (which would have made the Mormonism thing dissapear as a problem)

[tethered-heartstrings]

if the abyss is a hole can you fuck it

#aaand post #blame Ripley for this #my alpaca au was getting frisky with mormon hell #< i love no context for this #the speaking clown

[iwantofall]

been watching new vegas

#acedraws #fallout new vegas #joshua graham #courier #so theres this mormon . #i rlly love post apocalyptic settings w established societies like metro and fallout #seeing how civilization persisted (albeit in a decrepit manner) w new customs and old traditions that survive is so interesting to me #how old world structures are repurposed for the new dead world.. #like the metro systems or how society mirrors the old world like new vegas #more interesting than outbreak apocalypse stuff like the walking dead #theres a bleak hope and comforting normalcy in the face of ruin present only in metro n vegas

[evilmario666]

It’s time for celebration.

#Mario posts #Fuck Mormonism

[funeralpotatoesorbust]

I think it’s funny when the “Mormonism is a cult” crowd finds my blog

Sorry friends, you have stumbled into the Weird Mormon Zone

#I’m tired and still half delirious from ovarian cyst pain #idk if this post makes any sense #like if you wanted to prove Mormonism is a cult #maybe don’t find a Weird Mormon #she’s not gonna be a good example of Mormonism as a whole #do not reblog this if you’re going To Do Discourse. I will block

[atjsgf]

nevermos are like "why do so many mormons end up writing scifi and fantasy, it's such a weird correlation" meanwhile mormons grow up learning this:

#someone on twt said joseph smith is like if charles manson had tolkein-level worldbuilding abilities #good post op #exmo #ex mormon

[pixelgayte]

so much of Mormonism is just being signed up for things without your permission. Things that require your time, energy, money, effort are just expected of you, and god forbid you don’t live up to that expectation. I’m constantly shamed into callings, activities, ministering, seminary, etc. Hell, even my goddamn baptism wasn’t something I consented to- I was eight and barely knew anything about religion, let alone given a choice on whether to be baptized or not. I’ll never forget my mom screaming at me while I sobbed hysterically because I turned down to be part of the young women’s presidency. I’m so sick of being signed up for shit without my consent.

#exmormon #exmo #rant #rant post #fuck Mormonism #ex religious

[exmo-diaries]

i wanna clear something up to nevermos real quick: most mormons don’t look at the full picture of their religion. most mormons are not being openly racist or zionistic or homophobic. most mormons don’t practice what they preach. most mormons do their daily readings and prayers and think about their church the way they’re supposed to, but most mormons don’t fully comprehend it. most mormons are cult victims who genuinely want to to what’s best in the way they believe is right. while racism, zionism, homophobia etc. are unavoidable in the scriptures, this doesn’t mean they understand what is being taught. those who do understand it often don’t support those specific parts of the scripture and speak out against them. many outsiders seem to forget mormons are their own individual people.

hate the church, not the person

#might mute this as soon as i post it lmao #tl;dr mormons are individual people and cult victims trying to do the right thing even if they’re misguided #exmo #exmormon #ex cult #also note that i say MOST here. there are obviously outliars in every case

[samwisethewitch]

One element of cultural Christianity that took me forever to move on from is the idea that you have to pick one spiritual path, or one set of spiritual beliefs, and stay on that path to the exclusion of everything else.

You do not.

Speaking from a pagan perspective, most pagan groups not only allow but encourage sharing space with/learning from other spiritual traditions, and I know the same is also true for a lot of other non-Christian religions. You can practice or believe multiple things, even if they seem to contradict each other! If it works for you, makes you feel connected to something greater than yourself, and doesn't cause discomfort or cognitive dissonance, there's no reason not to include it in your practice!

Fyi this post isn't just for ex-Christians who still want to have a spiritual practice. I absolutely see this same basic belief that you can only believe/do one thing show up in culturally Christian atheists who seem to think being atheist means they can't be open to spiritual or mystical experiences. There are many, many religions and spiritual traditions that do not require belief in a God, but culturally Christian atheists seem to mostly believe atheism and spirituality are mutually exclusive. They aren't.

#let yourself contain multitudes #ex christian #exvangelical #ex mormon #exmo #exmormon #ex catholic #cultural christianity #deconstructing christianity #religious trauma #pagan #paganism #paganblr #baby pagan #baby witch #my post #mine

[lanadelreis]

LISA FRANKENSTEIN NATION I WAS LISTENING TO THE BOOK OF MORMON SOUNDTRACK AND I HAD AN AWFUL REALIZATION.

JOSEPH SMITH “FOUND” THOSE TABLETS IN UNDER THAT TREE IN 1823 AND WASNT MADE AN OFFICIAL RELIGION UNTIL 1830.

THE CREATURE DIED AS A YOUNG ADULT IN 1837

THIS MF IS OLDER THAN THE WHOLE ASS RELIGION OF MORMONISM

THESE MFS WERE ALIVE AT THE SAME TIME

NOT ONLY THAT JOSEPH SMITH LIVED A LONGER FUCKING LIFE HIM

god was absolutely not on my man’s side while he was alive like wow idk what’s worse: having your death be spent in a hell of semi-consciousness for 150 something years or having some random probably schizophrenic dude be more well remembered than you 😭

#lisa frankenstein #lisa swallows #the creature #the creature lisa frankenstein #lisa x the creature #lisa x creature #to rub salt in the wound mormon men are infamous for having multiple wives #creature died with no bitches to his name #god really wanted to emphasize he died maidenless #no maidens #no maidens 🤨 #fuck it i’ll tag mormonism what the hell #mormonism #book of mormon #book of mormon musical #to any book of mormon musical fans stumbling across this post please watch the movie #scorsese who?

[boredsoup]

Bruh she sent me her location tf is this??

#my posts :3 #falsettos #in trousers #the boys in the band #the book of mormon musical #the rocky horror picture show #sillyposting #theatre #i know i’m late to the game #but I wanted to do this with #my favorite pieces of media #which also happens to be queer #¯\ (ツ) /¯

[sgtprophet]

i thought i should post this on tumblr so here is some africa 🙏🙏

#this is based on the swedish productions end pose btw #pretty dead blog i hope i'll post more things soon #the book of mormon #tbom #book of mormon #the book of mormon musical #book of mormon fanart #book of mormon musical #art #musical fanart #musical theatre

[papasmoke]

current exmormon, born and raised Mormon, my ancestors like… founded the church, literally couldn’t be more Mormon heritage wise… but WHAT do you mean FBI agents. I need an excess of details sources and info ASAP. this is the first I’m ever hearing of this and I’d love all the dirty laundry if you’re willing to share

The FBI and a bunch of other federal agencies have been recruiting heavily from Mormon communities for the better part of a hundred years. Every article I've read about it always claims that that desirability stems from a lot of Mormons speaking multiple languages due their missionary work in other countries, or their aversion to alcohol and drugs, and general lack of vices that intelligence agencies try to avoid in recruits. In my opinion though they overlook a major factor, which is Mormonism's borderline deification of the US.

Mormonism wouldn't exist without the settler violence exhibited against the natives with the backing of the US government, it was founded by settlers on lands violently stolen from its former inhabitants, and the literal demonization of the indigenous peoples of the US is - to my understanding - a cornerstone belief of Mormonism. So Mormonism is in effect a formal adoption of Manifest Destiny as religious and cultural doctrine on a level that even evangelicals don't envision it to be.

Like, the colonization of the Americas obviously turned all settlers into agents of genocide, subjugation, and displacement. Every Christian denomination incorporated every violent excess of the frontier into its preaching and practice in some way or other, but Mormonism took that violence and made it sacrosanct, made it a bedrock belief in its theology. So, if you believe that the violence enacted by the US on your behalf was and is Mandated By God, then you might feel compelled to join an extension of the state, to become an instrument of that continued holy violence.

#long post #live-from-new-york-its #i have nothing against ex mormons btw im an ex catholic lol #glass houses #mormonism #post

[kittykatninja321]

As someone who isn’t even the primary caretaker + has other adults around to help, after staying home with 2 small children for one week I don’t know how tradwives don’t kill their husbands who don’t help around the house. If I cook and you can’t even wash the dishes I’ll start planning homicide

#I understand why moms get so jokerfied now. Like literally if you don’t get over here and take these damn groceries up the stairs… #I had to pause in the middle of making this post to slice an apple for my niece #anyways back to what I was saying those Mormon mommy influencers are lying about how soft and glamorous it is to stay home kids