POLL: Are you a member?

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POLL: Are you a member?

Yes, and love everything about the church.
7
7%
Yes, and love the church but have questions.
12
12%
Yes, but don't agree with everything that the church teaches.
29
29%
Yes, but the church has become corrupted.
38
38%
Yes, but don't want anything to do with the church.
2
2%
I was, but have since removed my records.
9
9%
I was excommunicated.
0
No votes
I've never been a member.
0
No votes
Other (explained below)
2
2%
 
Total votes: 99
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Gadianton Slayer
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Apologies, I've made a few threads lately. But I'm curious to gauge where we're at on this topic.

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We're lucky we don't live in Canada. I don't think they'd be letting us through the door. Nor Australia.

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Niemand wrote: April 27th, 2022, 9:59 am We're lucky we don't live in Canada. I don't think they'd be letting us through the door. Nor Australia.
Couldn't get into either of those places even if we wanted to right now.

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I put other. I am still technically a member, and occasionally go to a service, but that’s the limits of my association with the LDS Church.

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Niemand wrote: April 27th, 2022, 9:59 am We're lucky we don't live in Canada. I don't think they'd be letting us through the door. Nor Australia.
The Branch Covidians are still preventing people from church service?

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Gadianton Slayer wrote: April 27th, 2022, 10:03 am
Niemand wrote: April 27th, 2022, 9:59 am We're lucky we don't live in Canada. I don't think they'd be letting us through the door. Nor Australia.
Couldn't get into either of those places even if we wanted to right now.
Count your blessings.
Australia has spiders with attitude, and Canada has people who pretend to be French.

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Bump.

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Gadianton Slayer wrote: April 27th, 2022, 8:42 am Apologies, I've made a few threads lately. But I'm curious to gauge where we're at on this topic.
I'm between "Love the Church but have questions" and "don't agree with everything the Church teaches."

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Lexew1899 wrote: April 27th, 2022, 10:27 am
Niemand wrote: April 27th, 2022, 9:59 am We're lucky we don't live in Canada. I don't think they'd be letting us through the door. Nor Australia.
The Branch Covidians are still preventing people from church service?
In Mexico, that's still the case, if you are not masked or if you have a fever detected at the sanitary checkpoint at the chapel entrance. Local regulations in our case. Perhaps other regions of the country not so much.

Go further south into Latin America, and others will even ask for your vaccination certificate. Lacking that, you won't enter the chapel even if you have a name tag identifying yourself as a missionary of the Church.

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Subcomandante wrote: April 27th, 2022, 7:42 pm
Lexew1899 wrote: April 27th, 2022, 10:27 am
Niemand wrote: April 27th, 2022, 9:59 am We're lucky we don't live in Canada. I don't think they'd be letting us through the door. Nor Australia.
The Branch Covidians are still preventing people from church service?
In Mexico, that's still the case, if you are not masked or if you have a fever detected at the sanitary checkpoint at the chapel entrance. Local regulations in our case. Perhaps other regions of the country not so much.

Go further south into Latin America, and others will even ask for your vaccination certificate. Lacking that, you won't enter the chapel even if you have a name tag identifying yourself as a missionary of the Church.
Colonia Dublan Ward in Northern Chihuahua was fine. I've been there twice.

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I wasn’t expecting as many people to have taken their records out, interesting.

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Gadianton Slayer wrote: April 27th, 2022, 9:10 pm I wasn’t expecting as many people to have taken their records out, interesting.
My new friend is working on that now.

It seems it is becoming more common.

These aren't quick decisions either.

She has been working through this for 8 years.

Still holds her faith, just not in the church.

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JuneBug12000 wrote: April 27th, 2022, 10:19 pm
Gadianton Slayer wrote: April 27th, 2022, 9:10 pm I wasn’t expecting as many people to have taken their records out, interesting.
My new friend is working on that now.

It seems it is becoming more common.

These aren't quick decisions either.

She has been working through this for 8 years.

Still holds her faith, just not in the church.
I could name 6-7 people I know who have removed theirs over the last 2 years. Sadly most of them have gone the route of atheism… and are not fond of God or anything of the like.

A common theme among “exmos”. But there are still those who are like your friend, seeking for the truth and not tossing it all out. I’m grateful for that.

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Gadianton Slayer wrote: April 27th, 2022, 10:30 pm
JuneBug12000 wrote: April 27th, 2022, 10:19 pm
Gadianton Slayer wrote: April 27th, 2022, 9:10 pm I wasn’t expecting as many people to have taken their records out, interesting.
My new friend is working on that now.

It seems it is becoming more common.

These aren't quick decisions either.

She has been working through this for 8 years.

Still holds her faith, just not in the church.
I could name 6-7 people I know who have removed theirs over the last 2 years. Sadly most of them have gone the route of atheism… and are not fond of God or anything of the like.

A common theme among “exmos”. But there are still those who are like your friend, seeking for the truth and not tossing it all out. I’m grateful for that.
I'm seeing those who still believe in God, Jesus, Bible, even Joseph Smith and Book of Mormon, but not the organization.

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JuneBug12000 wrote: April 27th, 2022, 10:34 pm
Gadianton Slayer wrote: April 27th, 2022, 10:30 pm
JuneBug12000 wrote: April 27th, 2022, 10:19 pm
Gadianton Slayer wrote: April 27th, 2022, 9:10 pm I wasn’t expecting as many people to have taken their records out, interesting.
My new friend is working on that now.

It seems it is becoming more common.

These aren't quick decisions either.

She has been working through this for 8 years.

Still holds her faith, just not in the church.
I could name 6-7 people I know who have removed theirs over the last 2 years. Sadly most of them have gone the route of atheism… and are not fond of God or anything of the like.

A common theme among “exmos”. But there are still those who are like your friend, seeking for the truth and not tossing it all out. I’m grateful for that.
I'm seeing those who still believe in God, Jesus, Bible, even Joseph Smith and Book of Mormon, but not the organization.
I think that’s where people will end up if they go about asking questions the right way.

All of the individuals I know gone down the other path started by reading the CES letter…

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Luke wrote: April 27th, 2022, 9:06 pm
Subcomandante wrote: April 27th, 2022, 7:42 pm
Lexew1899 wrote: April 27th, 2022, 10:27 am
Niemand wrote: April 27th, 2022, 9:59 am We're lucky we don't live in Canada. I don't think they'd be letting us through the door. Nor Australia.
The Branch Covidians are still preventing people from church service?
In Mexico, that's still the case, if you are not masked or if you have a fever detected at the sanitary checkpoint at the chapel entrance. Local regulations in our case. Perhaps other regions of the country not so much.

Go further south into Latin America, and others will even ask for your vaccination certificate. Lacking that, you won't enter the chapel even if you have a name tag identifying yourself as a missionary of the Church.
Colonia Dublan Ward in Northern Chihuahua was fine. I've been there twice.
Glad to hear that they have some sense.

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Yes, but the church is corrupted (I think the LDS church was always less than it claimed to be though) and I don't participate. I don't fault anyone for staying in the ship. I think good still happens there.

I'm not sure what to do with my records. Maybe I'll start a blog or make some sort of channel to produce content and get excommunicated.

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Gadianton Slayer wrote: April 27th, 2022, 10:30 pm
JuneBug12000 wrote: April 27th, 2022, 10:19 pm
Gadianton Slayer wrote: April 27th, 2022, 9:10 pm I wasn’t expecting as many people to have taken their records out, interesting.
My new friend is working on that now.

It seems it is becoming more common.

These aren't quick decisions either.

She has been working through this for 8 years.

Still holds her faith, just not in the church.
I could name 6-7 people I know who have removed theirs over the last 2 years. Sadly most of them have gone the route of atheism… and are not fond of God or anything of the like.

A common theme among “exmos”. But there are still those who are like your friend, seeking for the truth and not tossing it all out. I’m grateful for that.
A mixed bag of truth and lies doth prove an effective means of deception. :x

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Subcomandante wrote: April 27th, 2022, 7:42 pm
Lexew1899 wrote: April 27th, 2022, 10:27 am
Niemand wrote: April 27th, 2022, 9:59 am We're lucky we don't live in Canada. I don't think they'd be letting us through the door. Nor Australia.
The Branch Covidians are still preventing people from church service?
In Mexico, that's still the case, if you are not masked or if you have a fever detected at the sanitary checkpoint at the chapel entrance. Local regulations in our case. Perhaps other regions of the country not so much.

Go further south into Latin America, and others will even ask for your vaccination certificate. Lacking that, you won't enter the chapel even if you have a name tag identifying yourself as a missionary of the Church.
What a bunch of bloody Fascists! We were never required to show vaccine passes in Queensland but I believe it was required in some places in Victoria. Had I been asked to show 'papers please' I would have stood outside and asked the bishop to send a deacon out with the sacrament.

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Dave62 wrote: April 28th, 2022, 3:23 am
Subcomandante wrote: April 27th, 2022, 7:42 pm
Lexew1899 wrote: April 27th, 2022, 10:27 am
Niemand wrote: April 27th, 2022, 9:59 am We're lucky we don't live in Canada. I don't think they'd be letting us through the door. Nor Australia.
The Branch Covidians are still preventing people from church service?
In Mexico, that's still the case, if you are not masked or if you have a fever detected at the sanitary checkpoint at the chapel entrance. Local regulations in our case. Perhaps other regions of the country not so much.

Go further south into Latin America, and others will even ask for your vaccination certificate. Lacking that, you won't enter the chapel even if you have a name tag identifying yourself as a missionary of the Church.
What a bunch of bloody Fascists! We were never required to show vaccine passes in Queensland but I believe it was required in some places in Victoria. Had I been asked to show 'papers please' I would have stood outside and asked the bishop to send a deacon out with the sacrament.
I don't blame the Church so much for the regulations but the local governments. The Church worked the way it did in my region of Mexico out of an abundance of caution because there are regulations written into the religious registration part where a church can be banned from the country for repeated violations of the health code. That of course, is an extreme measure and not applied the first go round (they go the way of fines and local prohibitions first).

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If your only limit for what the church will or will not do is based upon what the government asks (tells) you to do, well, you should know how this story ends. I hear this time and time again from Sub and others… at what point does your gave a damn button break? We know where society (governments) are headed. Wake up… wake up!!!

The most free nation on this earth DID NOT COMPLY!!

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BuriedTartaria wrote: April 27th, 2022, 10:56 pm Maybe I'll start a blog or make some sort of channel to produce content and get excommunicated.
It's quite enjoyable, even if you don't get the celestial boot.

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So far this is actually much more unbalanced than I thought. Way to go 🍻

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Dave62 wrote: April 28th, 2022, 3:23 am
Subcomandante wrote: April 27th, 2022, 7:42 pm
Lexew1899 wrote: April 27th, 2022, 10:27 am
Niemand wrote: April 27th, 2022, 9:59 am We're lucky we don't live in Canada. I don't think they'd be letting us through the door. Nor Australia.
The Branch Covidians are still preventing people from church service?
In Mexico, that's still the case, if you are not masked or if you have a fever detected at the sanitary checkpoint at the chapel entrance. Local regulations in our case. Perhaps other regions of the country not so much.

Go further south into Latin America, and others will even ask for your vaccination certificate. Lacking that, you won't enter the chapel even if you have a name tag identifying yourself as a missionary of the Church.
What a bunch of bloody Fascists! We were never required to show vaccine passes in Queensland but I believe it was required in some places in Victoria. Had I been asked to show 'papers please' I would have stood outside and asked the bishop to send a deacon out with the sacrament.
Thank God for that. I've been hearing some terrible things coming out if Australia and I gather there is now a "Wellness Centre" in QLD.

Victoria is/was run by Dan Andrews who is a complete nutcase. NT has that mad Michael Gunner, so who knows where that will go.
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