If all the obvious criticisms are just “old news,” then what hope do we have for our friends and family members who are still part of the cult?
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The Church of Jerusha Christ of Latter-day Sisters: Part Two
Part Two in the series on the life of a man in the Lady’s Church.
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The Mormon Curse of Toxic Productivity
I truly believed that I would be held responsible by God for not using my time on earth wisely, and this because I was indoctrinated, through the word of God and by endless repetition, that I would not be found worthy in the afterlife if I had not served God with all my heart, might, mind, and strength.
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Erotophobia in Zion: The Mormon Fear of Sex
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is obsessed with, and afraid of, normal sexual behavior. Illicit sex is the “sin next to murder,” a doctrinal foundation that incites the psychosexual shame that permeates Mormon culture, doctrine, and policy.
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Mormon Sex Wedges
Cultural anxiety around illicit male/female relationships in the Church is a barrier to forging genuine relationships.
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Sardines
It’s hard to escape the feeling of being a widget traveling along the conveyor belt of the great plan of happiness.
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On Becoming an Ex-Ex-Mormon
Most of us eventually come to a personal reckoning and begin to accept the pain that we have suffered. We heal, we move on, and we try to be better people.
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Squirreliness In Mormon Conviction
Part of being Mormon is to not be too literal in your commitment to being obedient.
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Priesthood, Sexism, and the Male Perspective
The subjugation of women is a feature of the church, systematized and conspicuously designed not just into its governance, but into the doctrine itself.
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