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Are Our ‘Helping Hands’ Clean & Pure?
By doing charitable works “to be seen or men” we will warp our perception of the world. When our actions are counterfeit, when we think we are doing our best, we are not. It is a form of self deception. Continue reading
Some Ideas Are Like Viruses To The Mind
“Some ideas & beliefs are dangerous, in that once believed they can hijack a believer’s ability to think rationally. This includes the beliefs and practices of organisations which use techniques of ‘mind control’ or ‘undue influence’.”
“The Mormon Church SELLS us a fantasy about Eternal Life which damages our ability to reach our potential in this life.” Continue reading
Posted in Mormon Issues, Religious Epiphany, TRUTH
Tagged Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, fraud, lies, Mormons, psychology, self-Deception
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Achievements Of Tom Phillips Fraud Case Against Thomas S Monson
The Mormon Church has been changed by being challenged.
In essence, the Church has been changed in several ways by the process of Tom Phillips challenging the Truth Claims of the Church. Continue reading
Posted in Mormon Issues, TRUTH
Tagged change, Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, fraud, honesty, Monson, mormon, Mormonism, tithing, Tom Phillips
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Our Thoughts On The Monson Fraud Case
“Whatever the ruling today, we may be sure that this is about to become bigger and broader. Today will be a beginning of one kind or another.” Continue reading
Posted in Mormon Issues, Religious Epiphany, TRUTH
Tagged Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, fraud, honesty, Monson, mormon, Mormonism, tithing
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Bishops Who Don’t Believe: Can The Church Support Them?
I personally know of several Mormon Bishops and other priesthood leaders who have ‘lost’ their testimonies:
Some, of the Church;
Some, of the gospel;
Some, of Joseph Smith;
Some, of God and religion! Continue reading
Posted in Mormon Issues, Religious Epiphany, TRUTH
Tagged Bishop, Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, honesty, mormon, Mormonism, testimony
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Mormon Disclosures: Fraud Case First Day Official Release
Phillips’ legal team clarified that religions are not above the law. They cited examples of lay and clerical members of religious institutions convicted of serious crimes in the United Kingdom. Focusing in on the case at hand, Phillips’ attorneys showed how specific LDS Church representations, particularly its deceptive use of the term, “translate,” are consistent with the illicit acts covered in the United Kingdom’s Fraud Act of 2006. Continue reading
Posted in Mormon Issues, TRUTH
Tagged Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, fraud, LDS, Monson, mormon, Mormonism, tithing, Tom Phillips
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“The Church Is True, But The Members Aren’t!” – Why We Fear & Hate The Truth
“If the Church truly valued the Christlike compassion it avows, then Bishops and Stake Presidents around the world would be concerned about the emotional welfare of those who are going through the trauma of the faith crisis.” Continue reading
Posted in Mormon Issues, TRUTH
Tagged biases, Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, fear, mormon, psychology of belief
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There really is nowhere to hide (or lose) the Lamanites!
It is insulting to Native Americans to pretend they were an unmentionable peasant underclass recruited into Lehite societies to build Nephite temples and fight in the Nephite-Lamanite wars. The Maya were already well on the road to developing complex civilisations by 800BCE. Why would they hand over the reigns to a small band of Semites who they vastly outnumbered? Why would they adopt Lehite names, and familial hatreds and carry on a pointless 1000 year-long brotherly feud? Its high time that the honourable and decent thing was done and these futile, damaging and racist arguments were laid to rest. Continue reading
Posted in Mormon Issues, Religious Epiphany, TRUTH
Tagged Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dna, Lamanites, Mormons
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Does Mormon Culture Have To Define Us For Life?
Instead of being limited by the expectations of the cynically self-serving and restrictive religious culture of Mormonism, I am free to define myself. To live my one life according to the dreams and aspirations I decide. To truly become all that human beings have the potential to become. Continue reading
Posted in Humanism, Mormon Issues, Religious Epiphany, TRUTH
Tagged Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, culture, human, humanism, mormon, potential, wellbeing
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LDS Fraud Case: Voluntary Tithing and Mis-Informed Consent | Thoughts on Things and Stuff
How can there be choice and voluntary donation without informed consent…?
Examples to explain the difference between coercion and free choice. Continue reading
Posted in Mormon Issues, Religious Epiphany, TRUTH
Tagged Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, coercion, fraud, mormon, tithing
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