Mormons are, by and large, nice people. But get them into full Mormon mode and they seem to become crazy people!
I heard of a Mormon woman who had a weird dream about Amazon and her son growing up to look at pictures of women's underwear on the Amazon website, so she has blocked Amazon from her computer!
I mean, how bizarre and flaky is that?!
Who on earth would do something so mindbogglingly dense? Oh. Sorry, yes, I already answered that question. A Mormon would.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
My former Bishop: How I proved him to be a liar
My former Mormon Bishop was a liar. I already knew he was a bit strange, somewhat creepy and a flake, but I found out he was a liar, too. This was, I think, one of the later points that helped signpost me away from Mormonism.
I went to a party held by someone who was a recent exmo. I was still a practising Mormon at that time. It would have been about 1980 or 1981. A young member of the ward was there, too. She was 16 and had obviously being drinking alcohol before she arrived at the party. She was quite drunk. I was in my very early 20s. I was concerned about the state she was already in.
So I decided to personally deal with her drink 'orders' at the party. She asked for a rum and Coke. She got a coke with a negligible amount of rum. She wanted a Martini and lemonade. She got a Lemonade and did I remember to put in some Martini? Who can possibly say?! Someone at the party (a nevermo) asked me why I was giving her so much booze? When I explained what I was doing, she thought it an excellent plan and gave it her blessing. She expressed concern that Mormon teenagers were not taught how to drink responsibly. To which I agreed. (Much to my then surprise...)
About a week later I was called into the office of Bishop Gold. (Not his real name, but close enough, for real life!) He barked out: “Give me one good reason why I should not put you before a church court?”
I thought: “Well, probably because I haven’t done anything wrong, you idiot.”
I looked at him and said, coldly, “Well, Bishop Gold. Why don’t you start by telling me what is on your mind?”
He gave me a cock-and-bull story about how he knew I had gotten a young girl deliberately drunk and that he was not only considering a church court, but also considering reporting me to the police for encouraging underage drinking.
He said: “And I know this is true, because a non-member friend of mine told me that he had been invited to that party and how it had become an orgy!”
I knew this was untrue and that he had probably been given a very distorted version of the events at the party by a rather strange and disturbed Mormon woman who had fried their brains with illegal drugs several years before she became a Mormon.
I suddenly felt very angry at Bishop Gold. Normally I was known for being a quiet and “unassuming” person. Whilst I am usually a fairly placid person who is slow to anger, when I do get angry I do get angry. It was all I could do to restrain myself from really telling Bishop Gold what I (and most of the Ward, as it happens!) really thought of him.
I looked him straight in the eye and said: “Bishop, what I would like to know is, first of all, why you have chosen to lie to me, today? I am not pleased that you asked me to come to a meeting with you, and that you threaten me with a church court and then you lie to me.”
He went bright red. I though: “Bingo! Got you!”
He blustered for several seconds. He then said. “I didn’t lie to you! I… Well…”
I continued: “You did not have a friend from work go to that party.” (I knew all the people who attended, so that was a dumb story to use and was a totally unnecessary invention on his part.)
“In fact, I would guess that Sister Singer (not her real name) told you about the party, didn’t she?” (I could see by the way his jaw dropped that I had scored a direct hit, even though it was only a guess.)
“Did you know that Sister Singer was not at the party? So she obviously passed on to you a juicy snippet of gossip that she embellished and added on to!
“An orgy was it? Well, actually, no. The hostess and her boyfriend kissed, but then, as it was her birthday party, no surprise there. By the way, Bishop Gold, what is the legal age for drinking at a private party in Britain?”
He looked much happier now. Here was an answer he knew! Or thought he knew. “It is 18!” he said, with a sneer on his face. His sneering expression said: “Yes. You think you are clever, don’t you? You spotted I was making it up, you realised who had given me the information but I have got you on this one!”
“You are wrong, Bishop Gold. The drink laws in Britain are complicated. In Britain it is generally the case that the age for drinking alcohol in Britain in licensed premises is 18. Incidentally, if a child of 14 or older is eating a meal with his or her parents they are legally allowed to drink alcohol with their meal, either wine or cider.
"However, as for the legal age for drinking at a private party or in a private home in Britain? You might be surprised to learn that there isn’t one. It is perfectly legal for children to drink alcohol at home or at a private party they are at in someone else's home. You and I might disagree with the law, but that it is the law as it stands.” He went pale.
I then explained how I realised that she had arrived at the party when already drunk (probably with booze from Sister Singer, I suspected, but I didn't voice my suspicions to Bishop Gold) and that that I had given her 'pop' with enough alcohol to give it a smell and taste, but not enough to have an effect on her.
I had won. And he knew it. There was no Church Court. Our relationship thereafter was strained to put it mildly.
But this set me thinking. He had been all for setting up a church court for me (Oh, yes. Bishop Gold liked his church courts) but he had decided to base this on nothing but the gossip of a mentally ill member (she was jealous of the woman hosting the party) his own fatally flawed understanding of the British licensing laws as they stood in the late 1970s and early 1980s and he had chosen to deliberately lie to me. Doubtless he would have seen his lie as a subterfuge to break me and get me to confess. But it was a lie, never-the-less.
Prior to that I had known Bishop Gold as a blowhard, a flake, a martinet and a pompous, creepy, arsehole. I now knew him also as being a dangerously flawed individual who saw nothing wrong in lying to get his own way.
Yes, that was one of the baby steps that lead me away from the Mormon church to the truth. And I never thanked Bishop Gold for his help in that regard!
(The original of this post was created in 2006. This is a slightly different, modified version)
I went to a party held by someone who was a recent exmo. I was still a practising Mormon at that time. It would have been about 1980 or 1981. A young member of the ward was there, too. She was 16 and had obviously being drinking alcohol before she arrived at the party. She was quite drunk. I was in my very early 20s. I was concerned about the state she was already in.
So I decided to personally deal with her drink 'orders' at the party. She asked for a rum and Coke. She got a coke with a negligible amount of rum. She wanted a Martini and lemonade. She got a Lemonade and did I remember to put in some Martini? Who can possibly say?! Someone at the party (a nevermo) asked me why I was giving her so much booze? When I explained what I was doing, she thought it an excellent plan and gave it her blessing. She expressed concern that Mormon teenagers were not taught how to drink responsibly. To which I agreed. (Much to my then surprise...)
About a week later I was called into the office of Bishop Gold. (Not his real name, but close enough, for real life!) He barked out: “Give me one good reason why I should not put you before a church court?”
I thought: “Well, probably because I haven’t done anything wrong, you idiot.”
I looked at him and said, coldly, “Well, Bishop Gold. Why don’t you start by telling me what is on your mind?”
He gave me a cock-and-bull story about how he knew I had gotten a young girl deliberately drunk and that he was not only considering a church court, but also considering reporting me to the police for encouraging underage drinking.
He said: “And I know this is true, because a non-member friend of mine told me that he had been invited to that party and how it had become an orgy!”
I knew this was untrue and that he had probably been given a very distorted version of the events at the party by a rather strange and disturbed Mormon woman who had fried their brains with illegal drugs several years before she became a Mormon.
I suddenly felt very angry at Bishop Gold. Normally I was known for being a quiet and “unassuming” person. Whilst I am usually a fairly placid person who is slow to anger, when I do get angry I do get angry. It was all I could do to restrain myself from really telling Bishop Gold what I (and most of the Ward, as it happens!) really thought of him.
I looked him straight in the eye and said: “Bishop, what I would like to know is, first of all, why you have chosen to lie to me, today? I am not pleased that you asked me to come to a meeting with you, and that you threaten me with a church court and then you lie to me.”
He went bright red. I though: “Bingo! Got you!”
He blustered for several seconds. He then said. “I didn’t lie to you! I… Well…”
I continued: “You did not have a friend from work go to that party.” (I knew all the people who attended, so that was a dumb story to use and was a totally unnecessary invention on his part.)
“In fact, I would guess that Sister Singer (not her real name) told you about the party, didn’t she?” (I could see by the way his jaw dropped that I had scored a direct hit, even though it was only a guess.)
“Did you know that Sister Singer was not at the party? So she obviously passed on to you a juicy snippet of gossip that she embellished and added on to!
“An orgy was it? Well, actually, no. The hostess and her boyfriend kissed, but then, as it was her birthday party, no surprise there. By the way, Bishop Gold, what is the legal age for drinking at a private party in Britain?”
He looked much happier now. Here was an answer he knew! Or thought he knew. “It is 18!” he said, with a sneer on his face. His sneering expression said: “Yes. You think you are clever, don’t you? You spotted I was making it up, you realised who had given me the information but I have got you on this one!”
“You are wrong, Bishop Gold. The drink laws in Britain are complicated. In Britain it is generally the case that the age for drinking alcohol in Britain in licensed premises is 18. Incidentally, if a child of 14 or older is eating a meal with his or her parents they are legally allowed to drink alcohol with their meal, either wine or cider.
"However, as for the legal age for drinking at a private party or in a private home in Britain? You might be surprised to learn that there isn’t one. It is perfectly legal for children to drink alcohol at home or at a private party they are at in someone else's home. You and I might disagree with the law, but that it is the law as it stands.” He went pale.
I then explained how I realised that she had arrived at the party when already drunk (probably with booze from Sister Singer, I suspected, but I didn't voice my suspicions to Bishop Gold) and that that I had given her 'pop' with enough alcohol to give it a smell and taste, but not enough to have an effect on her.
I had won. And he knew it. There was no Church Court. Our relationship thereafter was strained to put it mildly.
But this set me thinking. He had been all for setting up a church court for me (Oh, yes. Bishop Gold liked his church courts) but he had decided to base this on nothing but the gossip of a mentally ill member (she was jealous of the woman hosting the party) his own fatally flawed understanding of the British licensing laws as they stood in the late 1970s and early 1980s and he had chosen to deliberately lie to me. Doubtless he would have seen his lie as a subterfuge to break me and get me to confess. But it was a lie, never-the-less.
Prior to that I had known Bishop Gold as a blowhard, a flake, a martinet and a pompous, creepy, arsehole. I now knew him also as being a dangerously flawed individual who saw nothing wrong in lying to get his own way.
Yes, that was one of the baby steps that lead me away from the Mormon church to the truth. And I never thanked Bishop Gold for his help in that regard!
(The original of this post was created in 2006. This is a slightly different, modified version)
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Was Joseph Smith a martyr?
Was Joseph Smith a martyr? That's a very good question. If you speak to any faithful Mormon (or TBM as they are sometimes known) the answer will be: "Why, yes! Of course he was! He was martyred at Carthage Jail!"
A martyr is someone who is put to death for his faith. "Like a lamb to the slaughter" is one definition of the act of being a martyr. Or Martyrdom as it is also known.
Generally, a martyr just accepts their fate and dies for their religion. They do not fight back. Some of them even make jokes about their martyrdom, and or forgive those that are martyring them.
Did anything like that happen in the case of Joseph Smith? No. It did not. Because Joseph Smith fought back. He drew a pistol on the mob who were attacking him and his companions and either injured or killed some of them.
Now, that was his right. Every man and woman has a right to defend themselves against attack. Even if this necessitates killing the attacker in extreme cases. And, let's face it, being attacked by a mob baying for your life is an extreme case.
But for followers of the church Joseph Smith founded to claim that Joseph Smith was a martyr is just plain wrong. A victim of a murderous attack, yes, he was. But a martyr? No. To describe Joseph Smith as a martyr is stretching the definition of that word beyond breaking point.
Here is a link to some 'real' martyrs for comparison:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_martyrs
A martyr is someone who is put to death for his faith. "Like a lamb to the slaughter" is one definition of the act of being a martyr. Or Martyrdom as it is also known.
Generally, a martyr just accepts their fate and dies for their religion. They do not fight back. Some of them even make jokes about their martyrdom, and or forgive those that are martyring them.
Did anything like that happen in the case of Joseph Smith? No. It did not. Because Joseph Smith fought back. He drew a pistol on the mob who were attacking him and his companions and either injured or killed some of them.
Now, that was his right. Every man and woman has a right to defend themselves against attack. Even if this necessitates killing the attacker in extreme cases. And, let's face it, being attacked by a mob baying for your life is an extreme case.
But for followers of the church Joseph Smith founded to claim that Joseph Smith was a martyr is just plain wrong. A victim of a murderous attack, yes, he was. But a martyr? No. To describe Joseph Smith as a martyr is stretching the definition of that word beyond breaking point.
Here is a link to some 'real' martyrs for comparison:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_martyrs
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Another dull summer
We have had another pretty dull summer in Britain. Poor weather, cloudy and cool in August. Now, that's just not fair, is it?
When people on RFM mention that they are suffering from heat waves in the 30s, I can only point to the fact that one evening it was 12c, and the heating decided to kick in that night, as it was so cold! Oh, well. All the rain makes Britain a very green place to be. Though we do, actually, have a desert in England.
http://gertsamtkunstwerk.typepad.co.uk/photos/dungeness/desert.html
will take to a picture of said desert.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeness_%28headland%29
Rather like the Mormon church. A desert, least where one would expect it.
When people on RFM mention that they are suffering from heat waves in the 30s, I can only point to the fact that one evening it was 12c, and the heating decided to kick in that night, as it was so cold! Oh, well. All the rain makes Britain a very green place to be. Though we do, actually, have a desert in England.
http://gertsamtkunstwerk.typepad.co.uk/photos/dungeness/desert.html
will take to a picture of said desert.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeness_%28headland%29
Rather like the Mormon church. A desert, least where one would expect it.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Top Mormon Guilty of 'Million Dollar Fraud'
R. Dean Udy, of Brigham City, pleaded guilty today to two felony criminal counts in regards to his solicitation of $1,313,500 from 5 investors.
Udy pleaded guilty to making false statements to the Division of Securities in connection with a 2002 investigation it was conducting and he pleaded guilty to securities fraud, for failing to tell later investors about his disciplinary history.
In the December of 2002. Udy was a licensed securities agent. He consented to the entry of a disciplinary order by the Division of Securities relating to promissory notes that he had sold to investors.
As part of that order, Udy claimed that he had disclosed all notes that he had issued. However, it transpired that this was far from the truth. In fact, a subsequent investigation by the Division proved that Udy had issued at least five promissory notes totalling $1314,500 which had been kept hidden from the Division.
In October of 2003, the Division took the decision to revoke Udy's license as a broker-dealer agent and barred him from the securities industry.
However, it transpired that Udy sold at least two additional promissory notes after his license had been revoked. On December 21 2005, the Utah Attorney General filed four felony counts against Udy for providing false information to the Division. This was for failing to disclose important information to investors, and for selling securities without having the necessary license.
A spokesman said: “The guilty pleas entered by Udy will be held in abeyance for 36 months. During that time, Udy is required to pay full restitution to those who gave him money to invest and provide accurate information to the State about those investors.
“If he makes full restitution and complies with the other terms of the plea agreement, the two felony counts will be reduced to Class A misdemeanours and the convictions will be entered on his record.”
Brother Udy was a prominent Mormon, having served on a Stake Presidency (similar to the Diocese in the Episcopalian or Church of England) and as Regional Representative (Ogden Utah, Riverdale Utah, Syracuse Utah, and Clearfield Utah regions) of the Presidency of the LDS/Mormon church, the largest of several sects of the original polygamous cult founded by Joseph Smith.
It has been claimed that Udy cheated investors, many of whom were friends and fellow Mormons.
Why I think you should blog.
Do you blog? If you don't, I think you should at least consider it. I use Blogger.com, but there are many other systems you can use like Wordpress. Some are free, some charge. Check them out, and see what would suit you the best.
Blogging can be very cathartic and can help you put your own thoughts in order. Many times I have written a post and then realised why I had reacted to something in the way I had done.
Obviously, you need to be careful what you put in. Too much Real Life Information (or In Real Life Information) can be a bad thing, if you do not want your family to know certain things. So, be careful what you post, under those circumstances.
The Recovery From Mormonism website has a list of blogs you can read. You can also have your blog listed there, too, if it is related to ex-Mormonism.
Just visit www.exmormon.org and follow the links to the Bulletin Board.
Blogging can be very cathartic and can help you put your own thoughts in order. Many times I have written a post and then realised why I had reacted to something in the way I had done.
Obviously, you need to be careful what you put in. Too much Real Life Information (or In Real Life Information) can be a bad thing, if you do not want your family to know certain things. So, be careful what you post, under those circumstances.
The Recovery From Mormonism website has a list of blogs you can read. You can also have your blog listed there, too, if it is related to ex-Mormonism.
Just visit www.exmormon.org and follow the links to the Bulletin Board.
My Sunday as an ex-Mormon
I have just tended to the eye of our cat and then fed him some fresh chicken. I have just added Stat Counter to my blog, and will do some tweeking of it and perhaps some other websites I run, later.
My wife, due to three people calling in sick has had to go into work (she is a carer in a nursing home) and we may go out for dinner, later.
I could go to church (not the Mormon 'church', of course!) later, but probably will not. But the choice you, see is entirely mine. Nobody will love bomb me with false and syrupy "oh, we missed you soo much!"
I might visit an online church, or see if I can find The Time Team archaeology TV programme on view again on the Internet. But that's it, you see. My time, as an ex-Mormon is my own. No Home Teaching visits to people who have only ever attended one meeting of the Mormon church 30 years ago, before they realised that they had made a ghastly mistake and that the meat they had after the milk was rancid and had gone off big time.
No attending PEC meetings and discovering that the Bishop is a damned liar, the High Priest Group leader a vicious and waspish fool and that the Relief Society president is a gossipy, delusional shrew. I was the ward executive secretary and discovered the hard way that attempting to influence the meetings let alone control them (they never would stick to the agenda. Apparently the real role of the PEC meetings was to gossip about people who were not there, score points of other people (all the better if they were not there!) and generally behave like a bunch of "crazy fools." (Thank you, Mr T.)
Eventually my behaviour as Ward Executive Secretary (I kept insisting that the Bishop, a weird and somewhat creepy individual who I had a subsequent run-in with, and upset him further by winning and proving him, again, to be a liar) actually at least tried to operate in accordance with the rules of the Mormon church!) meant that I was removed from the calling. The next Executive Secretary made exactly the same mistake and he lasted even less than I did. The Bishop kept casting around for more pliable priesthood holders until, summarily, he was made not Bishop any more.
I think I posted about the run-in I had with the Bishop a while ago. I'll see if I can dig it out and do another piece on it. It did come as a shock when I realised that the man I was supposed to look up to was nothing but a rather dirty liar, but that's another story!
But as for now? I'll enjoy my Sunday, thank you very much!
My wife, due to three people calling in sick has had to go into work (she is a carer in a nursing home) and we may go out for dinner, later.
I could go to church (not the Mormon 'church', of course!) later, but probably will not. But the choice you, see is entirely mine. Nobody will love bomb me with false and syrupy "oh, we missed you soo much!"
I might visit an online church, or see if I can find The Time Team archaeology TV programme on view again on the Internet. But that's it, you see. My time, as an ex-Mormon is my own. No Home Teaching visits to people who have only ever attended one meeting of the Mormon church 30 years ago, before they realised that they had made a ghastly mistake and that the meat they had after the milk was rancid and had gone off big time.
No attending PEC meetings and discovering that the Bishop is a damned liar, the High Priest Group leader a vicious and waspish fool and that the Relief Society president is a gossipy, delusional shrew. I was the ward executive secretary and discovered the hard way that attempting to influence the meetings let alone control them (they never would stick to the agenda. Apparently the real role of the PEC meetings was to gossip about people who were not there, score points of other people (all the better if they were not there!) and generally behave like a bunch of "crazy fools." (Thank you, Mr T.)
Eventually my behaviour as Ward Executive Secretary (I kept insisting that the Bishop, a weird and somewhat creepy individual who I had a subsequent run-in with, and upset him further by winning and proving him, again, to be a liar) actually at least tried to operate in accordance with the rules of the Mormon church!) meant that I was removed from the calling. The next Executive Secretary made exactly the same mistake and he lasted even less than I did. The Bishop kept casting around for more pliable priesthood holders until, summarily, he was made not Bishop any more.
I think I posted about the run-in I had with the Bishop a while ago. I'll see if I can dig it out and do another piece on it. It did come as a shock when I realised that the man I was supposed to look up to was nothing but a rather dirty liar, but that's another story!
But as for now? I'll enjoy my Sunday, thank you very much!
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Eye drops for a kitty
Today, my wife is at work and I am on Saturday duty to ensure our little Persian cat gets his eyedrops every two hours after his eye surgery.
He doesn't like the collar he wears and he is starting to hate me, as I am his designated eyedrop giver.
He will have another post-operative check-up on Monday. Then if that goes well, more eyedrops, then a follow-up operation to remove some stitches, I think.
He is looking really miserable. I hope it works and that it saves the sight in his eye. Poor little mite!
He doesn't like the collar he wears and he is starting to hate me, as I am his designated eyedrop giver.
He will have another post-operative check-up on Monday. Then if that goes well, more eyedrops, then a follow-up operation to remove some stitches, I think.
He is looking really miserable. I hope it works and that it saves the sight in his eye. Poor little mite!
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Ex-Mormon websites
If you have any other websites that you feel need to be added to this list, please email me at matt_exmo@yahoo.co.uk
Some of these websites are atheist, some Christian, others have no bias, one way or the other.
http://south-bay-soliloquies.blogspot.com/
http://www.josephs-myth.com
http://www.mormoninformation.com
http://www.integrity.com/homes/exmormon
www.exmormonfoundation.org/
http://www.exmormon.org/
http://www.cephasministry.com/gail_former_mormon.html
http://www.lifeafter.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exmormon
http://www.exmormonforums.com/
http://www.exchristian.net/testimonies/2006/03/active-mormon-to-exmormon-gay-atheist.html
http://www.port7.co.uk/exmouk/ (UK exmo board)
http://www.salamandersociety.com/
http://www.cephasministry.com/ex_mormon_official_testimony.html
http://www.lifeafter.org/testimonies.asp
http://www.jasperridge.com/weblog/archivedBlogs/2002_09_15_archive.htm
http://www.exchristian.net/testimonies/2003/10/ex-mormons-tale.php
http://www.contra-mundum.org/essays/kettler/jk_morman.pdf
http://diatribedamsel.blogster.com/am_ex-mormon.html
http://www.infidels.org/electronic/email/other.shtml#exmormon
http://www.cafepress.com/celestial_store/ (“Mormon” beer labels!)
http://enc.slider.com/Enc/Exmormon
http://www.rickross.com/reference/mormon/mormon109.html
http://www.mormoncurtain.com/
http://www.truthandgrace.com/Mormon.htm
http://mormondiscussions.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=896&sid=57575a695f739140c0114539ad95a3b7
http://www.towertotruth.net/Audiofiles/sandra_tanner.m3u
http://www.factnet.org/cults/Mormon/exmormon_org_Sitemap.html
http://exmormonfoyer.blogspot.com/
http://www.godandscience.org/cults/mormtest.html
http://mormontruth.blogspot.com/2005/10/my-very-first-mormon-general.html
http://www.religionnewsblog.com/html/3604-_Web_sites_provide_confidential_community_for_former_and_wavering_Mormons.html
http://www.mormonismi.info/jamesdavid/mormlink.htm
http://www.utlm.org/
http://www.irr.org/mit/
http://www.lds-mormon.com/bomquest.shtml
http://www.lds-mormon.com/veilworker/endowment.shtml
http://frank.kirkman.com/
www.exmo-social.com
http://www.myspace.com/tbonefromrfm
http://scottishbrain.blogspot.com/
http://www.wivesofjosephsmith.org/
http://www.hismin.com/FormerMormon.htm
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?id=8961
http://www.whatismormonism.com/
http://home.teleport.com/~packham
http://www.2think.org/hii/aftermo.shtml
http://www.reachouttrust.org/articles/testimony/ldsjanet.htm
http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/leaving-mormonism.html
http://www.hiddenmysteries.org/religion/lds/ldsnoheaven.shtml
http://www.watchman.org/expo/15_1news.htm
http://www.xanga.com/groups/group.aspx?id=561027
http://www.mmmo.org/leaving.htm
http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_lds.htm
www.exmormon.org
www.frontiernet.net/~bcmmin
http://nowscape.com/atheism/hanks_ass.htm (Not exactly ex-mo, but good fun)
http://nowscape.com/mormons1.htm (Shows how "different" Mormonism is...)
www.xmission.com/~country/reason/reason.htm
www.mormonconspiracy.com
www.realmormonhistory.com
http://www.mormonsinshock.com/
http://www.refutingmormonism.com/
http://www.bible-truth.org/Ldspage.htm
http://www.leavingthesaints.com/mail.html
http://www.rickross.com/groups/mormon.html
www.affirmation.org/news/1999_41.shtml
http://www.mormonnomore.com/
http://www.zaksite.co.uk/atozelph/
http://home.comcast.net/~zarahemla/foyer.html
http://www.aimoo.com/forum/categories.cfm?id=418550&CategoryID=121363&zb=302868
http://mormontruthpodcast.blogspot.com
http://livingtruthpodcast.blogspot.com
http://mormondeception.blogspot.com
www.josephlied.com
www.bookofabraham.com
http://mazeministry.com/
http://trialsofascension.net/mormon.html
www.postmormon.org
http://www.lhvm.org/index.htm
http://www.helpingmormons.org/
http://www.bookofzelph.com/
http://mormon2catholic.blogspot.com
http://mormonscripturestudies.com/bomor/twm/lamgen.asp
http://www.truthandgrace.com/Racism.html
http://www.mormonstudies.com
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/BOM/index.htm
http://www.mrm.org/
http://www.newordermormon.org/
http://sideon.blogspot.com
http://www.gospelhelp.com/mme.html (Melissa's Mormon Experience)
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/BOM/index.htm
http://www.zondervan.com/cultures/en-us/Product/ProductDetail.htm?QueryStringSite=ZCS&ISBN=0310231949 (A link to buy an anti-Mormon book by Christian scholars, should you really want to buy it!)
http://www.moonmac.com/Mormon_masturbation.html (Fun on the net!)
http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/toys/mormon/
http://www.afcministry.com/If_you_are_a_Mormon_or_Ex_Mormon_looking_for_help.htm
http://wesclark.com/ubn/ (The Utah Baby Name website. If this doesn't put you off, what would?)
http://leavingtsccbehind.blogspot.com/
http://darqueheart.blogspot.com/
www.thechurchisNOTtrue.com
http://tomanyquestions.blogspot.com/
http://www.mazeministry.com/mormonism/holley/holleymaps.htm
http://sistermarylisa.blogspot.com
http://kitakazoo.blogspot.com
http://nut-job-jen.blogspot.com/
www.latayne.com
www.exmohomo.com
This is a re-post of the list. If there are any amendments to be made, please email me at matt_exmo@yahoo.co.uk. Thank you.
Some of these websites are atheist, some Christian, others have no bias, one way or the other.
http://south-bay-soliloquies.blogspot.com/
http://www.josephs-myth.com
http://www.mormoninformation.com
http://www.integrity.com/homes/exmormon
www.exmormonfoundation.org/
http://www.exmormon.org/
http://www.cephasministry.com/gail_former_mormon.html
http://www.lifeafter.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exmormon
http://www.exmormonforums.com/
http://www.exchristian.net/testimonies/2006/03/active-mormon-to-exmormon-gay-atheist.html
http://www.port7.co.uk/exmouk/ (UK exmo board)
http://www.salamandersociety.com/
http://www.cephasministry.com/ex_mormon_official_testimony.html
http://www.lifeafter.org/testimonies.asp
http://www.jasperridge.com/weblog/archivedBlogs/2002_09_15_archive.htm
http://www.exchristian.net/testimonies/2003/10/ex-mormons-tale.php
http://www.contra-mundum.org/essays/kettler/jk_morman.pdf
http://diatribedamsel.blogster.com/am_ex-mormon.html
http://www.infidels.org/electronic/email/other.shtml#exmormon
http://www.cafepress.com/celestial_store/ (“Mormon” beer labels!)
http://enc.slider.com/Enc/Exmormon
http://www.rickross.com/reference/mormon/mormon109.html
http://www.mormoncurtain.com/
http://www.truthandgrace.com/Mormon.htm
http://mormondiscussions.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=896&sid=57575a695f739140c0114539ad95a3b7
http://www.towertotruth.net/Audiofiles/sandra_tanner.m3u
http://www.factnet.org/cults/Mormon/exmormon_org_Sitemap.html
http://exmormonfoyer.blogspot.com/
http://www.godandscience.org/cults/mormtest.html
http://mormontruth.blogspot.com/2005/10/my-very-first-mormon-general.html
http://www.religionnewsblog.com/html/3604-_Web_sites_provide_confidential_community_for_former_and_wavering_Mormons.html
http://www.mormonismi.info/jamesdavid/mormlink.htm
http://www.utlm.org/
http://www.irr.org/mit/
http://www.lds-mormon.com/bomquest.shtml
http://www.lds-mormon.com/veilworker/endowment.shtml
http://frank.kirkman.com/
www.exmo-social.com
http://www.myspace.com/tbonefromrfm
http://scottishbrain.blogspot.com/
http://www.wivesofjosephsmith.org/
http://www.hismin.com/FormerMormon.htm
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?id=8961
http://www.whatismormonism.com/
http://home.teleport.com/~packham
http://www.2think.org/hii/aftermo.shtml
http://www.reachouttrust.org/articles/testimony/ldsjanet.htm
http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/leaving-mormonism.html
http://www.hiddenmysteries.org/religion/lds/ldsnoheaven.shtml
http://www.watchman.org/expo/15_1news.htm
http://www.xanga.com/groups/group.aspx?id=561027
http://www.mmmo.org/leaving.htm
http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_lds.htm
www.exmormon.org
www.frontiernet.net/~bcmmin
http://nowscape.com/atheism/hanks_ass.htm (Not exactly ex-mo, but good fun)
http://nowscape.com/mormons1.htm (Shows how "different" Mormonism is...)
www.xmission.com/~country/reason/reason.htm
www.mormonconspiracy.com
www.realmormonhistory.com
http://www.mormonsinshock.com/
http://www.refutingmormonism.com/
http://www.bible-truth.org/Ldspage.htm
http://www.leavingthesaints.com/mail.html
http://www.rickross.com/groups/mormon.html
www.affirmation.org/news/1999_41.shtml
http://www.mormonnomore.com/
http://www.zaksite.co.uk/atozelph/
http://home.comcast.net/~zarahemla/foyer.html
http://www.aimoo.com/forum/categories.cfm?id=418550&CategoryID=121363&zb=302868
http://mormontruthpodcast.blogspot.com
http://livingtruthpodcast.blogspot.com
http://mormondeception.blogspot.com
www.josephlied.com
www.bookofabraham.com
http://mazeministry.com/
http://trialsofascension.net/mormon.html
www.postmormon.org
http://www.lhvm.org/index.htm
http://www.helpingmormons.org/
http://www.bookofzelph.com/
http://mormon2catholic.blogspot.com
http://mormonscripturestudies.com/bomor/twm/lamgen.asp
http://www.truthandgrace.com/Racism.html
http://www.mormonstudies.com
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/BOM/index.htm
http://www.mrm.org/
http://www.newordermormon.org/
http://sideon.blogspot.com
http://www.gospelhelp.com/mme.html (Melissa's Mormon Experience)
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/BOM/index.htm
http://www.zondervan.com/cultures/en-us/Product/ProductDetail.htm?QueryStringSite=ZCS&ISBN=0310231949 (A link to buy an anti-Mormon book by Christian scholars, should you really want to buy it!)
http://www.moonmac.com/Mormon_masturbation.html (Fun on the net!)
http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/toys/mormon/
http://www.afcministry.com/If_you_are_a_Mormon_or_Ex_Mormon_looking_for_help.htm
http://wesclark.com/ubn/ (The Utah Baby Name website. If this doesn't put you off, what would?)
http://leavingtsccbehind.blogspot.com/
http://darqueheart.blogspot.com/
www.thechurchisNOTtrue.com
http://tomanyquestions.blogspot.com/
http://www.mazeministry.com/mormonism/holley/holleymaps.htm
http://sistermarylisa.blogspot.com
http://kitakazoo.blogspot.com
http://nut-job-jen.blogspot.com/
http://www.exmormonconnect.com
www.latayne.com
www.exmohomo.com
This is a re-post of the list. If there are any amendments to be made, please email me at matt_exmo@yahoo.co.uk. Thank you.
What was the worst thing your parents ever did?
To my mind, the worst thing my parents ever did was to join the Mormon church or cult if you will.
This has caused misery and heartache down the years. It also put up barriers between our side of the family and other people in the extended family, where it is certain that none existed before.
My mother cannot understand this. I could tell her why, but then that would only feed her "Oh, we are being persecuted for our faith" paranoia. And I really do not think that would help at all.
But why should people associate with Mormons? The problem with Mormons is that they have an extremely limited range of conversational topics. It goes something like this:-
1) Mormonism
2) Joseph Smith
3) The Temple
4) General Conference
5) Mormonism
6) Joseph Smith
7) The Temple
8) General Conference
9) And so on....
People get bored, especially when they realise that Mormonism is nonsense. For an ordinary person to fall amongst Mormons must be like when an ordinary person finds themselves accidental enmeshed in a convention of War Game enthusiasts. I mean, you can see why people would be interested in the fantasies created by a master story teller, but you might not be interested in it yourself. But as for war gaming? That's an entirely different kettle of fish!
This has caused misery and heartache down the years. It also put up barriers between our side of the family and other people in the extended family, where it is certain that none existed before.
My mother cannot understand this. I could tell her why, but then that would only feed her "Oh, we are being persecuted for our faith" paranoia. And I really do not think that would help at all.
But why should people associate with Mormons? The problem with Mormons is that they have an extremely limited range of conversational topics. It goes something like this:-
1) Mormonism
2) Joseph Smith
3) The Temple
4) General Conference
5) Mormonism
6) Joseph Smith
7) The Temple
8) General Conference
9) And so on....
People get bored, especially when they realise that Mormonism is nonsense. For an ordinary person to fall amongst Mormons must be like when an ordinary person finds themselves accidental enmeshed in a convention of War Game enthusiasts. I mean, you can see why people would be interested in the fantasies created by a master story teller, but you might not be interested in it yourself. But as for war gaming? That's an entirely different kettle of fish!
Saturday, August 07, 2010
New Feature on Notamormon. Not a Mormon TV
The Notamormon blog now features Not a Mormon TV. This is a link to Youtube Videos that are tagged with ex-Mormon.
These video programmes are not endorsed by Notamormon, they are only featured for your interest, enlightenment (!) and entertainment.
Please scroll down to the bottom of the page to visit this TV channel. Also, don't forget the Notamormon news channel which is also at the bottom of the Notamormon blog.
These video programmes are not endorsed by Notamormon, they are only featured for your interest, enlightenment (!) and entertainment.
Please scroll down to the bottom of the page to visit this TV channel. Also, don't forget the Notamormon news channel which is also at the bottom of the Notamormon blog.
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Saturday, July 31, 2010
An award is to be granted to Timothy of the RFM Board
Why? for services to the Exmo Community.
Every Friday Timothy starts a thread: "The Obligatory Friday Thread: What are YOU drinking tonight?"
Whilst some people may dismiss these threads as being unimportant, I would argue that, on the contrary, they are amongst some of the most vital and important threads on the board.
Why? Please allow me to tell you:
Some ex-Mormons know nothing about alcohol. Which means they know nothing about safe drinking. People can read through the thread and see what other ex-Mormons are drinking. Or they can ask for advice and help on what drinks to choose. Sometimes people have posted for help on what drinks to buy for other people. One example was someone who needed to know the right wines to buy for a meal that he had invited his boss to. He got the advice he needed, so the meal went well.
The thread also provides a strong degree of social cohesion for we denizens of the Recovery From Mormonism website. What do I mean by this? No matter where you are, if you live with Mormons or if you don't, if you live by yourself in the heart of Modom, or if you are a lone exmo thousands of miles from Utah, you know that ever Friday ex-Mormons will be posting there about what they plan to drink (and in some cases, eat) on Friday evening and, during the evening itself, what they actually ARE eating and drinking!
So if you are part of a couple, or a single ex-Mormon, perhaps the sole exmo in your immediate family (that you know of!) whatever kind of exmo you are, you can know that you are raising a glass with your fellow exmos, no matter who they are or where they are.
As a result, I feel that it is apropriate to present Timothy with a very special Not a Mormon award. This will be done within the next several days. Please keep an eye out for further developments.
Every Friday Timothy starts a thread: "The Obligatory Friday Thread: What are YOU drinking tonight?"
Whilst some people may dismiss these threads as being unimportant, I would argue that, on the contrary, they are amongst some of the most vital and important threads on the board.
Why? Please allow me to tell you:
Some ex-Mormons know nothing about alcohol. Which means they know nothing about safe drinking. People can read through the thread and see what other ex-Mormons are drinking. Or they can ask for advice and help on what drinks to choose. Sometimes people have posted for help on what drinks to buy for other people. One example was someone who needed to know the right wines to buy for a meal that he had invited his boss to. He got the advice he needed, so the meal went well.
The thread also provides a strong degree of social cohesion for we denizens of the Recovery From Mormonism website. What do I mean by this? No matter where you are, if you live with Mormons or if you don't, if you live by yourself in the heart of Modom, or if you are a lone exmo thousands of miles from Utah, you know that ever Friday ex-Mormons will be posting there about what they plan to drink (and in some cases, eat) on Friday evening and, during the evening itself, what they actually ARE eating and drinking!
So if you are part of a couple, or a single ex-Mormon, perhaps the sole exmo in your immediate family (that you know of!) whatever kind of exmo you are, you can know that you are raising a glass with your fellow exmos, no matter who they are or where they are.
As a result, I feel that it is apropriate to present Timothy with a very special Not a Mormon award. This will be done within the next several days. Please keep an eye out for further developments.
Do you have problems with Mormons who keep calling?
If so, here is a sticker that you can reproduce and place it at your business or your home:-
Friday, July 02, 2010
Mormons and criticism
Many Mormons do not like to hear or read criticism of their church. They believe they have a God-given right to correct what they see as misinformation about the Mormon church.
If we are to believe Mormons there was never any blood oaths in the Mormon Temple ceremony, Joseph Smith only had one wife (and if he did have more than one wife, including women already married to other men and young, nubile girls under the age of 16, it did not matter as they were only ever 'spiritual' wives) and Mountain Meadows was only an attack by Indians on a wagon train of people passing through the territory. And in any case, it did not matter, as did you know that some of those people on that wagon train were actually part of the mob that martyred Joseph Smith?
And did you know that neither Joseph Smith or Brigham Young ever ordered a group of men called the Danites (which didn't exist, anyway) to murder people? And even if Joseph Smith and Brigham Young HAD ordered the non-existent group to murder people, it would not have mattered as they would almost certainly have deserved it, and blood atonement was never preached or practised.
When Mormons tell or pass on these lies, do they know they are lying? OR do they really believe what they are saying? I remember one former Mormon mentioning the blood oaths in the temple ceremony to someone who had gone through the temple at roughly the same time as them. They were shocked when the practising Mormon denied there had ever been blood oaths as part of the temple ceremony, and challenged the former Mormon asking them why they would make up such a story? It was, they reported, as if part of the memory of the practising Mormon had been surgically removed. Unless, of course, the Mormon was just a liar? Which tends to indicate that some Mormons do "Lie for the Lord."
If we are to believe Mormons there was never any blood oaths in the Mormon Temple ceremony, Joseph Smith only had one wife (and if he did have more than one wife, including women already married to other men and young, nubile girls under the age of 16, it did not matter as they were only ever 'spiritual' wives) and Mountain Meadows was only an attack by Indians on a wagon train of people passing through the territory. And in any case, it did not matter, as did you know that some of those people on that wagon train were actually part of the mob that martyred Joseph Smith?
And did you know that neither Joseph Smith or Brigham Young ever ordered a group of men called the Danites (which didn't exist, anyway) to murder people? And even if Joseph Smith and Brigham Young HAD ordered the non-existent group to murder people, it would not have mattered as they would almost certainly have deserved it, and blood atonement was never preached or practised.
When Mormons tell or pass on these lies, do they know they are lying? OR do they really believe what they are saying? I remember one former Mormon mentioning the blood oaths in the temple ceremony to someone who had gone through the temple at roughly the same time as them. They were shocked when the practising Mormon denied there had ever been blood oaths as part of the temple ceremony, and challenged the former Mormon asking them why they would make up such a story? It was, they reported, as if part of the memory of the practising Mormon had been surgically removed. Unless, of course, the Mormon was just a liar? Which tends to indicate that some Mormons do "Lie for the Lord."
Saturday, June 19, 2010
How our Mormon families see us
OK, let’s see… Your brothers and sisters never see you, they do not like their children being alone with you and your parents think that you are one of Satan’s minions.
What are you? A murderer? Child molester? A rapist? A convicted fraudster? No. Just a former Mormon.
When my brother found out that I was chatting with to my nephew at a family (nevermo) party whilst I was drinking a can of lager, he could not wait to run over to us at the party (knocking an elderly nevermo relation out of the way in his indecent haste. Way to go, bruv!)
Apparently he thought I was an evil influence on my nephew and would try to lead him down the pathway to Hell.
The truth was that within minutes of talking with my nephew, I had found out more about my nephew than his (sadly) rather stupid father (my brother) had in his life.
I had found out that he had been binge drinking with a mate several times and I was actually advising him to take it easy with alcohol. To avoid spirits and not to drink stuff just for the sake of drinking it. Not that my brother would believe that. But that’s HIS problem!
But of course, as I am a filthy, degenerate apostate ™ © then I can have no good intentions and no noble objectives. Of course not. Because, of course, only Mormons know The Truth ™! The Truth? Sadly most Mormons would not know the truth if it bit them on the arse...
But we sometimes feel guilty when we do something non-Mormon like drink coffee or have a glass of beer with our meal.
But this is NOT our fault, nor is it our problem.
They are, after all, the ones who are following the example of a rapist and child molester and convicted fraudster, not us...
(Edited update of a previous post)
What are you? A murderer? Child molester? A rapist? A convicted fraudster? No. Just a former Mormon.
When my brother found out that I was chatting with to my nephew at a family (nevermo) party whilst I was drinking a can of lager, he could not wait to run over to us at the party (knocking an elderly nevermo relation out of the way in his indecent haste. Way to go, bruv!)
Apparently he thought I was an evil influence on my nephew and would try to lead him down the pathway to Hell.
The truth was that within minutes of talking with my nephew, I had found out more about my nephew than his (sadly) rather stupid father (my brother) had in his life.
I had found out that he had been binge drinking with a mate several times and I was actually advising him to take it easy with alcohol. To avoid spirits and not to drink stuff just for the sake of drinking it. Not that my brother would believe that. But that’s HIS problem!
But of course, as I am a filthy, degenerate apostate ™ © then I can have no good intentions and no noble objectives. Of course not. Because, of course, only Mormons know The Truth ™! The Truth? Sadly most Mormons would not know the truth if it bit them on the arse...
But we sometimes feel guilty when we do something non-Mormon like drink coffee or have a glass of beer with our meal.
But this is NOT our fault, nor is it our problem.
They are, after all, the ones who are following the example of a rapist and child molester and convicted fraudster, not us...
(Edited update of a previous post)
Monday, June 07, 2010
Is your website a Slurl?
Would you book a holiday through oldmanshaven.com? Or visit ipwine.com for a bottle of wine? And would you download music from mp3shits.com?
Much more than a list of funny names, Slurls is a new book that takes the reader on a global journey from small-town America to the tea rooms of Britain, with surreal stopovers, to look at the special charms of technology and big business.
Andy Geldman discovered the joy of awful URLs in 2006. Realising he had found his true calling, he coined the word "slurl" - a badly named URL, innocently chosen by genuine businesses. Andy set up a website and devoted all his spare time to hunting down more gems. The website went on to draw thousands of visitors from around the world, bringing in over 75,000 in 2009.
Andy says: "With over a hundred million websites already registered it's extremely unlikely that a business will get their first choice of address. In fact, they'll be lucky to get their second, third or even hundredth choice. There have always been unintentionally funny names, but the internet takes it to a whole new level. It's all because you can't have a space in your URL. A business called IT Scrap is fine in the real world but not so great online with itscrap.com!"
This fascinating and humorous collection includes over 100 websites plus relevant facts, observations and Internet trivia. Chapters cover America, Britain, and the rest of the English-speaking world, business and technology, websites that sound pornographic but aren’t, hoaxes, and other website names that aren’t quite true slurls.
Andy Geldman is a self-employed computer programmer and took a break from his day job to write his first book. When not collecting slurls, Andy uses his personal blog Who Ate All The Cookies? to seek out and celebrate all that is ridiculous in the world of technology. He lives in London.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Do you play mind games with your partner?
Do you ever play mind games with your partner?
Of course you don't! Well, you don't, do you?
Perhaps you do...
Do you always have to be in the right?
Do you ever start an argument with your partner, without there really being a valid reason?
Do you expect a higher standard of behaviour from your partner than you do of yourself?
Do you ever lie to your partner about silly, trivial things you needn't have lied about?
Of course you don't! Well, you don't, do you?
Perhaps you do...
Do you always have to be in the right?
Do you ever start an argument with your partner, without there really being a valid reason?
Do you expect a higher standard of behaviour from your partner than you do of yourself?
Do you ever lie to your partner about silly, trivial things you needn't have lied about?
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Can You Turn a Gay Straight?
Dr. Jallen Rix has first hand experience of the type of prayer sessions Tory star Philippa Stroud is reported to have ran to 'cure' gay people at her King's Arms Project in Bedford.
Jallen Rix has an extraordinary story to tell. It’s a story of religious abuse that almost destroyed his deep spiritual convictions and his life. In his book Ex-Gay NO WAY: Survival and Recovery from Religious Abuse Jallen reveals how he endured extreme religious abuse while a part of an ex-gay ministry, which was designed to turn him from a gay man to a straight one. It is also a story of his incredible determination to live in the truth of his sexuality and with his spirituality up front and centre.
Bringing to light an extreme fundamentalist Christian view, this insider’s perspective offers hope to people grappling with the after-effects of a cult-like movement often known as "Reparative Therapy." The movement assumes that going from gay to straight is easily changeable and change-worthy, despite decades of psycho/sexual research to the contrary.
“The Ex-Gay Movement is stripped naked, and through an abundance of snapshots we get to see its vulnerability and cover-ups. These perspectives are mounted together with Jallen’s moving story telling and in-depth research. The naming of religious abuse, the dispelling of sex-phobic myths, the raw motion of personal experience make this a great resource for pastors and counsellors; yet possibly the greatest accomplishment of this book is that it brings the reader to a conclusion — a motive and means for recovery without feeling forced to accept or abandon.”
— Paul Whiting, International advocate, author and pastor.
Ex-Gay NO WAY part dramatic memoir, part compassionate manual, deals with homosexuality and Christianity and, in particular, ‘Reparative Therapy’. In it Rix describes being utterly stripped of every shred of his spirituality through this experience and reveals how he ultimately reclaimed a new unconditional relationship to God.
“Dr Rix has exposed reparative therapy in a way never seen before. He clearly compares the features of the ex-gay movement with the damaging and cultic aspects of hyper-religiosity. The similarities are so numerous that, at times, there simply is no difference between the two.”
— Thomas Erwin Gertz Ed.D., DACS, Professor of Sexology, Dean of Students, Institute of Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco, California.
Rix, who was raised a Southern Baptist, understands completely the negative effects of a closeted life and the difficulties associated with reconciling his deep Christian beliefs with his homosexuality. He went to great lengths attempting to change from gay to straight consequently enduring the rigors of ‘Reparative Therapy’ as prescribed by ex-gay ministries.
"The very existence of Change of Orientation programmes perpetuates the idea that homosexuality is bad, and this is one of the reasons I've been against these programmes being available. They send the message to people that 'This is change-worthy, and we strongly urge this to be changed and if you were a good person you would want it changed."
— Dr. Gerald Davison, Professor of Psychology, University of Southern California
Many gay men and women have contemplated or committed suicide as a result of ‘reparative therapy.’ In Ex-Gay NO WAY, Rix makes a passionate case for ending the phenomenon known as ‘religious abuse’ and describes his attempts to reclaim his wholeness through self-affirming therapy, education, healthy sexuality and guided internal exploration.
“We did employ a lot of techniques that, looking back on it now I realise, were brainwashing techniques. Don’t associate with anybody who disagrees with you. Don’t read any non-Christian books. Don’t go anyplace where non-Christians are hanging out. Certainly don’t ever read anything that’s pro-gay. If there’s a show that presents gays in a favourable light turn it off.”
— Michael Bussee, A Founder of Exodus International and Ex-gay Survivor.
In Ex-Gay NO WAY Jallen Rix makes a heartfelt plea for the abolition of ‘religious abuse’ and the right for every gay person to live the Christian life they choose.
Book Info:
Ex-Gay No Way: Survival and Recovery from Religious Abuse
by Jallen Rix £10.99, Findhorn Press. ISBN 978-1-84409-187-4.
FACT FILE:
Jallen Rix, EdD, is a speaker, author, and educator on sexology. He writes a column called "Sex Ed in Bed," is a regular columnist for gay.com, and has appeared on TV talk shows such as ABC's 20/20. He lives in San Francisco.
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