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Symbolic beliefs can counter cognitive dissonance, but at a cost

Favorite hymns?

Leah, August 26, 2010

I’ve been humming “A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief” the last few days. Singing was always one of my favorite parts of church, and one of the things I really missed when I left, though I’ve found other groups to sing with now. I still love many of the hymns…

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Is your marriage in trouble? Adopt a highway!

Leah, August 19, 2010October 1, 2011

According to aMormon Times report of BYU Education Week, that first bit of litter that misses the trash can is the beginning of the slippery slope to divorce court. That’s right. Littering, among a litany of other behaviors, is a form of selfishness, and selfishness destroys marriage. The list included…

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Mormonism f@#*ed up my sex life!

Leah, August 18, 2010January 15, 2011

Urban Koda’s thoughts on “Riding” made me reflect on a lotof my hang-ups that can be traced directly back to teachings of the Church. Imagine a 13-year-old girl who believes she will be eternally cut off from the presence of God unless she repents by confessing to her middle-aged male…

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Yes, I left because I was offended.

Leah, August 13, 2010October 20, 2010

A few months after my husband and I moved from Arizona to North Dakota, but before we had officially resigned our membership, the Mormons tracked us down, as they are famous for doing. (FSM help any Mormons who need to enter the witness protection program.) I wasn’t home when they…

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The Story behind the Story of ExMormon!

chanson, June 17, 2010June 17, 2010

The final chapter of ExMormon will be posted here in less than a week! Here‘s the tale of where this tale came from! 😀

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Ah, a Spring Wedding in Mexico — Lovely!

chanson, March 29, 2010October 20, 2010

That’s what I kept thinking while I was reading this article about a Catholic mom who was devastated at not being able to attend her son’s LDS temple wedding (hat tip Life Beyond x-Mormonism). The couple got married in the Mesa Arizona temple! At least one or two of the…

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Making Peace with the Loss of Certainty

Madame Curie, December 16, 2009December 13, 2009

One of the more difficult things that came with recognizing that the Mormon Church wasn’t 100%, literally “True” was that this paradigm shift introduced incredible levels of uncertainty into my knowledge of God and the purpose of life.

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I didn’t leave to sin.

Madame Curie, December 12, 2009January 15, 2011

Something one hears quite frequently in the LDS Church is that inactive Mormons “just left to sin,” “were offended,” “intellectualized themselves out of a testimony,” and “just need to regain their faith”. On behalf of less- and inactive Mormons everywhere, I would like explain just why these assumptions are so…

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8: THE MORMON PROPOSITION gets a Sundance premiere

Chino Blanco, December 4, 2009October 1, 2011

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EMAIL: Press@mormonproposition.com DAVID v. GOLIATH PRODUCTIONS announced this week that their new and highly anticipated documentary, 8: THE MORMON PROPOSITION, a film by Reed Cowan & narrated by Oscar-winning writer of MILK, Dustin Lance Black, will debut its world premiere at the world renowned SUNDANCE…

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Trespassing on Main Street Plaza? Colbert nails it!

chanson, November 4, 2009June 21, 2011

This is too hilarious!!! Have a look at Nailed ‘Em – Mormon Church Trespassing from Colbert Nation. (Via Sterkworks)

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