tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-230795682011-11-05T19:41:42.850-07:00This is the place to learn and discuss anything related to Mormonism... the good, the bad and the ugly. Our Ex-Mormon foyer doesn't require you to wear a white shirt and tie and all are welcome. <br> <br> Listen to our <a href="http://exmormonfoyermedia.blogspot.com">PODCASTS</a> <br> <br> Email us with questions or comments at exmormonfoyer@yahoo.comElder Smith and Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07066111507191619822noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23079568.post-1168407445408948692007-01-09T21:36:00.000-08:002007-02-28T00:45:29.916-08:00

Just a few little things I read and reminisced aboutthat makes me glad to be out of the cult:"When our leaders speak, the thinking has been done.When they propose a plan, it is God's plan. Luciferwins a great victory when he can get members of theChurch to speak against their leaders and do their ownthinking."(Ward teaching message, Improvement Era, June 1945)"Learn to do as you are told...if you

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Hi guys, as you probably guessed by the name of our blog I am not a TBM. I was born and raised Mormon, went on a mission from 1988 to 1990, got married in the temple and attended the temple over 60 times before and after my mission.I have experienced the "burning in the bossom" many times and testified for the church when I did. But even the "burning in the bossom" could not keep my heart from

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Were the Mormon temple oaths SECRET agreements to allow and commit murder?The "First Token of the Aaronic Priesthood" (exact wording, prior to 1990, of one of the many rituals practiced in mormon temples):NOTE: I know this to be the case by personal experience as I had attended the mormon temple over thirty times in 1988 within one year and then attended over twenty times after 1990 upon

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January 19, 1841 - The Lord has seen and accecptsthe actions of John C. Bennet: 16 Again, let my servant John C. Bennett help you inyour labor in sending my word to the kings and peopleof the earth, and stand by you, even you my servantJoseph Smith, in the hour of affliction; and hisreward shall not fail if he receive counsel. 17 AND FOR HIS LOVE HE SHALL BE GREAT, for he shallbe mine if he do

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Elijah Abel -- a.k.a. Elijah Able -- (July 25, 1810 - December 25, 1884) was the first black Elder and Seventy in The Latter Day Saint movement, and one of the few black members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to receive the priesthood prior to 1978.Abel was born in Maryland as a slave, and is believed to have escaped slavery on the Underground Railroad into Canada. His

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Hugh Nibley stating, "This futile quarrel should be no concern of ours. For one thing, we have a story to tell before Adam. Religion and science have none, absolutely none", is very bold and deserves further investigation. Here is some interesting information that I found browsing church documents and archives to help tell this bold story of Adam:"I have been found fault with a great many times

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