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No, I have to admit, I was actually surprised when I heard that the CoJCoL-dS excommunicated Natasha Helfer. And then I was immediately surprised that I was surprised. She fits the triple-criteria-set that is a guaranteed path to excommunication: She has a large following, She publicly corrects the wrong statements of church leaders in a […]
Continue ReadingIt’s not uncommon for TBM Mormons to claim that people who leave the religion do so because they want to sin. Tied to this are all sorts of claims about addiction: addiction to drugs, to pornography, to alcohol, to coffee, and to sex. A simplified caricature of the TBM perspective might be something like: Mormons […]
Continue ReadingThis is my first post on Main Street Plaza. I’m grateful for the opportunity to share some thoughts with you, and hopeful that I can contribute something to a community which has been a huge support to me over the past few years. That almost sounds like the way I would have started a sacrament […]
Continue ReadingBull received (from his TBM brother) this unsolicited catalog of all of the types of those who leave the church: Group 1: People who have battled patterns of behavior who fight until they conquer it Group 2: People who go inactively quietly in an attempt to minimize feelings of shame or guilt because they have […]
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