#ex-mormon — Public Fediverse posts
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👋 Greetings… again! I'm Rafe (that's pronounced "Rayf), a #dad and #IT helpdude from #Utah, #USA. I’ve dabbled in necromancy and raised this account from the dead to serve as my everyday, general “whatever” account here on the Fediverse! 🧟♂️ It’ll probably be a lot of #ShowerThoughts, project updates, and general nerdery.
#Tech that I currently use:
💻 “Nimbus” – an #Apple #MacBook Air #M3.
📱 “Newton” – an #iPhone 15 Plus.
🖥️ “MacMinty” – a 2012 #MacMini running #Linux Mint.
🖥️ “Riko” – a custom-built #Windows 11 Pro #gaming #PC that I can’t remember what I put in it.
📷 #Canon Digital Rebel XTi
📷 #Canon PowerShot SX620
📷 #Nikon EM🏷️ Tags that align with me: #ADHD #Ally #AmWriting #Atheism #DadLife #DemocraticSocialism #Dudeism #ExMormon #GoodVibes #Hiking #RoadTrip #StarTrek #StarWars
⚠️ While I generally avoid posting about politics or religion to keep things chill and positive, they may occasionally come up. That being said, all opinions are my own and subject to change if new 💩 comes to light.
You can also follow me:
📸 @ArtByRafe for #photography and other #art. #NoAI
✍️ @blog for #ShortStories and other #SFF #writing.
🎲 @[email protected] for #TTRPG nerdery (mostly #Daggerheart, #DnD, and the #PollPlayingGame that I’m running).
📼 @[email protected] for miniadventure microvlog things (coming soon). -
👋 Greetings… again! I'm Rafe (that's pronounced "Rayf), a #dad and #IT helpdude from #Utah, #USA. I’ve dabbled in necromancy and raised this account from the dead to serve as my everyday, general “whatever” account here on the Fediverse! 🧟♂️ It’ll probably be a lot of #ShowerThoughts, project updates, and general nerdery.
#Tech that I currently use:
💻 “Nimbus” – an #Apple #MacBook Air #M3.
📱 “Newton” – an #iPhone 15 Plus.
🖥️ “MacMinty” – a 2012 #MacMini running #Linux Mint.
🖥️ “Riko” – a custom-built #Windows 11 Pro #gaming #PC that I can’t remember what I put in it.
📷 #Canon Digital Rebel XTi
📷 #Canon PowerShot SX620
📷 #Nikon EM🏷️ Tags that align with me: #ADHD #Ally #AmWriting #Atheism #DadLife #DemocraticSocialism #Dudeism #ExMormon #GoodVibes #Hiking #RoadTrip #StarTrek #StarWars
⚠️ While I generally avoid posting about politics or religion to keep things chill and positive, they may occasionally come up. That being said, all opinions are my own and subject to change if new 💩 comes to light.
You can also follow me:
📸 @ArtByRafe for #photography and other #art. #NoAI
✍️ @blog for #ShortStories and other #SFF #writing.
🎲 @[email protected] for #TTRPG nerdery (mostly #Daggerheart, #DnD, and the #PollPlayingGame that I’m running).
📼 @[email protected] for miniadventure microvlog things (coming soon). -
👋 Greetings… again! I'm Rafe (that's pronounced "Rayf), a #dad and #IT helpdude from #Utah, #USA. I’ve dabbled in necromancy and raised this account from the dead to serve as my everyday, general “whatever” account here on the Fediverse! 🧟♂️ It’ll probably be a lot of #ShowerThoughts, project updates, and general nerdery.
#Tech that I currently use:
💻 “Nimbus” – an #Apple #MacBook Air #M3.
📱 “Newton” – an #iPhone 15 Plus.
🖥️ “MacMinty” – a 2012 #MacMini running #Linux Mint.
🖥️ “Riko” – a custom-built #Windows 11 Pro #gaming #PC that I can’t remember what I put in it.
📷 #Canon Digital Rebel XTi
📷 #Canon PowerShot SX620
📷 #Nikon EM🏷️ Tags that align with me: #ADHD #Ally #AmWriting #Atheism #DadLife #DemocraticSocialism #Dudeism #ExMormon #GoodVibes #Hiking #RoadTrip #StarTrek #StarWars
⚠️ While I generally avoid posting about politics or religion to keep things chill and positive, they may occasionally come up. That being said, all opinions are my own and subject to change if new 💩 comes to light.
You can also follow me:
📸 @ArtByRafe for #photography and other #art. #NoAI
✍️ @blog for #ShortStories and other #SFF #writing.
🎲 @[email protected] for #TTRPG nerdery (mostly #Daggerheart, #DnD, and the #PollPlayingGame that I’m running).
📼 @[email protected] for miniadventure microvlog things (coming soon). -
👋 Greetings… again! I'm Rafe (that's pronounced "Rayf), a #dad and #IT helpdude from #Utah, #USA. I’ve dabbled in necromancy and raised this account from the dead to serve as my everyday, general “whatever” account here on the Fediverse! 🧟♂️ It’ll probably be a lot of #ShowerThoughts, project updates, and general nerdery.
#Tech that I currently use:
💻 “Nimbus” – an #Apple #MacBook Air #M3.
📱 “Newton” – an #iPhone 15 Plus.
🖥️ “MacMinty” – a 2012 #MacMini running #Linux Mint.
🖥️ “Riko” – a custom-built #Windows 11 Pro #gaming #PC that I can’t remember what I put in it.
📷 #Canon Digital Rebel XTi
📷 #Canon PowerShot SX620
📷 #Nikon EM🏷️ Tags that align with me: #ADHD #Ally #AmWriting #Atheism #DadLife #DemocraticSocialism #Dudeism #ExMormon #GoodVibes #Hiking #RoadTrip #StarTrek #StarWars
⚠️ While I generally avoid posting about politics or religion to keep things chill and positive, they may occasionally come up. That being said, all opinions are my own and subject to change if new 💩 comes to light.
You can also follow me:
📸 @ArtByRafe for #photography and other #art. #NoAI
✍️ @blog for #ShortStories and other #SFF #writing.
🎲 @[email protected] for #TTRPG nerdery (mostly #Daggerheart, #DnD, and the #PollPlayingGame that I’m running).
📼 @[email protected] for miniadventure microvlog things (coming soon). -
👋 Greetings… again! I'm Rafe (that's pronounced "Rayf), a #dad and #IT helpdude from #Utah, #USA. I’ve dabbled in necromancy and raised this account from the dead to serve as my everyday, general “whatever” account here on the Fediverse! 🧟♂️ It’ll probably be a lot of #ShowerThoughts, project updates, and general nerdery.
#Tech that I currently use:
💻 “Nimbus” – an #Apple #MacBook Air #M3.
📱 “Newton” – an #iPhone 15 Plus.
🖥️ “MacMinty” – a 2012 #MacMini running #Linux Mint.
🖥️ “Riko” – a custom-built #Windows 11 Pro #gaming #PC that I can’t remember what I put in it.
📷 #Canon Digital Rebel XTi
📷 #Canon PowerShot SX620
📷 #Nikon EM🏷️ Tags that align with me: #ADHD #Ally #AmWriting #Atheism #DadLife #DemocraticSocialism #Dudeism #ExMormon #GoodVibes #Hiking #RoadTrip #StarTrek #StarWars
⚠️ While I generally avoid posting about politics or religion to keep things chill and positive, they may occasionally come up. That being said, all opinions are my own and subject to change if new 💩 comes to light.
You can also follow me:
📸 @ArtByRafe for #photography and other #art. #NoAI
✍️ @blog for #ShortStories and other #SFF #writing.
🎲 @[email protected] for #TTRPG nerdery (mostly #Daggerheart, #DnD, and the #PollPlayingGame that I’m running).
📼 @[email protected] for miniadventure microvlog things (coming soon). -
RE: https://mastodon.social/@eff/117094943414263877
As someone raised #Mormon #LDS #TCOJCOLDS, I agree. In #Utah, it's more than a church. It's a culture. It's even got a lot of power in our politics. Now, #ExMo #ExMormon, how can I self-identify if I can't name that cultural norm?
In Utah, when you say "the church", everyone knows which one you're talking about and it ain't Catholic. In fact, there were "I am a Mormon" ad campaigns around the time of the #2002Olympics. Then the last president of the church tried to take back the "Mormon" name and change our culture to say it was offensive and even a slur, but too little too late, my guy. Very few but him felt that way. Many tried to change their language to obey the religious leader, but "Mormon" is still in common use.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@eff/117094943414263877
As someone raised #Mormon #LDS #TCOJCOLDS, I agree. In #Utah, it's more than a church. It's a culture. It's even got a lot of power in our politics. Now, #ExMo #ExMormon, how can I self-identify if I can't name that cultural norm?
In Utah, when you say "the church", everyone knows which one you're talking about and it ain't Catholic. In fact, there were "I am a Mormon" ad campaigns around the time of the #2002Olympics. Then the last president of the church tried to take back the "Mormon" name and change our culture to say it was offensive and even a slur, but too little too late, my guy. Very few but him felt that way. Many tried to change their language to obey the religious leader, but "Mormon" is still in common use.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@eff/117094943414263877
As someone raised #Mormon #LDS #TCOJCOLDS, I agree. In #Utah, it's more than a church. It's a culture. It's even got a lot of power in our politics. Now, #ExMo #ExMormon, how can I self-identify if I can't name that cultural norm?
In Utah, when you say "the church", everyone knows which one you're talking about and it ain't Catholic. In fact, there were "I am a Mormon" ad campaigns around the time of the #2002Olympics. Then the last president of the church tried to take back the "Mormon" name and change our culture to say it was offensive and even a slur, but too little too late, my guy. Very few but him felt that way. Many tried to change their language to obey the religious leader, but "Mormon" is still in common use.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@eff/117094943414263877
As someone raised #Mormon #LDS #TCOJCOLDS, I agree. In #Utah, it's more than a church. It's a culture. It's even got a lot of power in our politics. Now, #ExMo #ExMormon, how can I self-identify if I can't name that cultural norm?
In Utah, when you say "the church", everyone knows which one you're talking about and it ain't Catholic. In fact, there were "I am a Mormon" ad campaigns around the time of the #2002Olympics. Then the last president of the church tried to take back the "Mormon" name and change our culture to say it was offensive and even a slur, but too little too late, my guy. Very few but him felt that way. Many tried to change their language to obey the religious leader, but "Mormon" is still in common use.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@eff/117094943414263877
As someone raised #Mormon #LDS #TCOJCOLDS, I agree. In #Utah, it's more than a church. It's a culture. It's even got a lot of power in our politics. Now, #ExMo #ExMormon, how can I self-identify if I can't name that cultural norm?
In Utah, when you say "the church", everyone knows which one you're talking about and it ain't Catholic. In fact, there were "I am a Mormon" ad campaigns around the time of the #2002Olympics. Then the last president of the church tried to take back the "Mormon" name and change our culture to say it was offensive and even a slur, but too little too late, my guy. Very few but him felt that way. Many tried to change their language to obey the religious leader, but "Mormon" is still in common use.
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Remember what I was saying the other day about your niggling feelings? Those things that everyone else seems to never question but you?
It feels like pressure because it is.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2026/08/11/fewer-students-are-marrying-lds/
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Remember what I was saying the other day about your niggling feelings? Those things that everyone else seems to never question but you?
It feels like pressure because it is.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2026/08/11/fewer-students-are-marrying-lds/
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Remember what I was saying the other day about your niggling feelings? Those things that everyone else seems to never question but you?
It feels like pressure because it is.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2026/08/11/fewer-students-are-marrying-lds/
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Remember what I was saying the other day about your niggling feelings? Those things that everyone else seems to never question but you?
It feels like pressure because it is.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2026/08/11/fewer-students-are-marrying-lds/
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Remember what I was saying the other day about your niggling feelings? Those things that everyone else seems to never question but you?
It feels like pressure because it is.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2026/08/11/fewer-students-are-marrying-lds/
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@emptywheel.bsky.social I feel like it should say, Politics, Purity Culture, & The Patriarchy- not powerlessness. I left the Mormon church for all of those reasons, but also- because it's not true! 😆 #exmo #exmormon #exLDS
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@emptywheel.bsky.social I feel like it should say, Politics, Purity Culture, & The Patriarchy- not powerlessness. I left the Mormon church for all of those reasons, but also- because it's not true! 😆 #exmo #exmormon #exLDS
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@emptywheel.bsky.social I feel like it should say, Politics, Purity Culture, & The Patriarchy- not powerlessness. I left the Mormon church for all of those reasons, but also- because it's not true! 😆 #exmo #exmormon #exLDS
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@emptywheel.bsky.social I feel like it should say, Politics, Purity Culture, & The Patriarchy- not powerlessness. I left the Mormon church for all of those reasons, but also- because it's not true! 😆 #exmo #exmormon #exLDS
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@emptywheel.bsky.social I feel like it should say, Politics, Purity Culture, & The Patriarchy- not powerlessness. I left the Mormon church for all of those reasons, but also- because it's not true! 😆 #exmo #exmormon #exLDS
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Two @sltrib @sltrib.com stories in my @newsblur RSS reader.
Shot. Chaser.
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Two @sltrib @sltrib.com stories in my @newsblur RSS reader.
Shot. Chaser.
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Two @sltrib @sltrib.com stories in my @newsblur RSS reader.
Shot. Chaser.
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Two @sltrib @sltrib.com stories in my @newsblur RSS reader.
Shot. Chaser.
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Two @sltrib @sltrib.com stories in my @newsblur RSS reader.
Shot. Chaser.
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just realized that the way I started this thread has mad book of mormon vibes lmao.
I, captain acab, being born of goodly parents… 
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just realized that the way I started this thread has mad book of mormon vibes lmao.
I, captain acab, being born of goodly parents… 
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just realized that the way I started this thread has mad book of mormon vibes lmao.
I, captain acab, being born of goodly parents… 
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just realized that the way I started this thread has mad book of mormon vibes lmao.
I, captain acab, being born of goodly parents… 
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just realized that the way I started this thread has mad book of mormon vibes lmao.
I, captain acab, being born of goodly parents… 
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Everybody's excited to get to the torture scenes in the film version of this wholesome religious story.
(No shade on Mormon Land. They're just reporting, and their podcast is somewhat nuanced.)
#exmo #exmormon #exvie #exvangelical #ReligiousTrauma #DeathCult
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Everybody's excited to get to the torture scenes in the film version of this wholesome religious story.
(No shade on Mormon Land. They're just reporting, and their podcast is somewhat nuanced.)
#exmo #exmormon #exvie #exvangelical #ReligiousTrauma #DeathCult
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Everybody's excited to get to the torture scenes in the film version of this wholesome religious story.
(No shade on Mormon Land. They're just reporting, and their podcast is somewhat nuanced.)
#exmo #exmormon #exvie #exvangelical #ReligiousTrauma #DeathCult
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Everybody's excited to get to the torture scenes in the film version of this wholesome religious story.
(No shade on Mormon Land. They're just reporting, and their podcast is somewhat nuanced.)
#exmo #exmormon #exvie #exvangelical #ReligiousTrauma #DeathCult
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Everybody's excited to get to the torture scenes in the film version of this wholesome religious story.
(No shade on Mormon Land. They're just reporting, and their podcast is somewhat nuanced.)
#exmo #exmormon #exvie #exvangelical #ReligiousTrauma #DeathCult
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The only "missionary position" in Mormonism is gay position (with your companion).
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The only "missionary position" in Mormonism is gay position (with your companion).
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The only "missionary position" in Mormonism is gay position (with your companion).
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The only "missionary position" in Mormonism is gay position (with your companion).
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The only "missionary position" in Mormonism is gay position (with your companion).
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A man walks up to a podium and says, "I know about this topic. That is why I am here." And everyone sits back and listens.
A woman walks up to a podium, and says, "I know about this topic." The audience says, "Prove it." So she lists her credentials, experience, and cites her research. "Ah, you can be here," they say. "You think you're better than everyone else."
That summarizes what's happening when Matt gets to the last 3rd of Britt's video.
It's infuriating.
It summarizes my own career in IT and later as a writer and researcher in religious recovery spaces. Constantly having to prove it.
It summarizes major themes in therapist Natasha Helfer's life that I wrote about it in her memoir, where men given authority at age 12 simply because they were men, grilled her hard-earned knowledge and authority, found it lacking, and so excommunicated her.
It's stuck in my craw.
It's a control technique that cult researchers call a double-bind.
Britt will never be allowed to have enough authority in some people's eyes, no matter how much science she cites, no matter how well she explains her position, no matter how much education or experience she gains. There is no winning move for her against someone like Matt, where reality isn't the measure, but the size of his own (uneducated, as he admitted) ego.
Matt simply had to leave his church and get a microphone and that's why we're supposed to take him seriously. That's always been enough for him to be taken seriously.
It will never be enough for Britt.
#exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #atheism #philosophy #deconstruction #spirituality
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A man walks up to a podium and says, "I know about this topic. That is why I am here." And everyone sits back and listens.
A woman walks up to a podium, and says, "I know about this topic." The audience says, "Prove it." So she lists her credentials, experience, and cites her research. "Ah, you can be here," they say. "You think you're better than everyone else."
That summarizes what's happening when Matt gets to the last 3rd of Britt's video.
It's infuriating.
It summarizes my own career in IT and later as a writer and researcher in religious recovery spaces. Constantly having to prove it.
It summarizes major themes in therapist Natasha Helfer's life that I wrote about it in her memoir, where men given authority at age 12 simply because they were men, grilled her hard-earned knowledge and authority, found it lacking, and so excommunicated her.
It's stuck in my craw.
It's a control technique that cult researchers call a double-bind.
Britt will never be allowed to have enough authority in some people's eyes, no matter how much science she cites, no matter how well she explains her position, no matter how much education or experience she gains. There is no winning move for her against someone like Matt, where reality isn't the measure, but the size of his own (uneducated, as he admitted) ego.
Matt simply had to leave his church and get a microphone and that's why we're supposed to take him seriously. That's always been enough for him to be taken seriously.
It will never be enough for Britt.
#exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #atheism #philosophy #deconstruction #spirituality
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A man walks up to a podium and says, "I know about this topic. That is why I am here." And everyone sits back and listens.
A woman walks up to a podium, and says, "I know about this topic." The audience says, "Prove it." So she lists her credentials, experience, and cites her research. "Ah, you can be here," they say. "You think you're better than everyone else."
That summarizes what's happening when Matt gets to the last 3rd of Britt's video.
It's infuriating.
It summarizes my own career in IT and later as a writer and researcher in religious recovery spaces. Constantly having to prove it.
It summarizes major themes in therapist Natasha Helfer's life that I wrote about it in her memoir, where men given authority at age 12 simply because they were men, grilled her hard-earned knowledge and authority, found it lacking, and so excommunicated her.
It's stuck in my craw.
It's a control technique that cult researchers call a double-bind.
Britt will never be allowed to have enough authority in some people's eyes, no matter how much science she cites, no matter how well she explains her position, no matter how much education or experience she gains. There is no winning move for her against someone like Matt, where reality isn't the measure, but the size of his own (uneducated, as he admitted) ego.
Matt simply had to leave his church and get a microphone and that's why we're supposed to take him seriously. That's always been enough for him to be taken seriously.
It will never be enough for Britt.
#exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #atheism #philosophy #deconstruction #spirituality
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A man walks up to a podium and says, "I know about this topic. That is why I am here." And everyone sits back and listens.
A woman walks up to a podium, and says, "I know about this topic." The audience says, "Prove it." So she lists her credentials, experience, and cites her research. "Ah, you can be here," they say. "You think you're better than everyone else."
That summarizes what's happening when Matt gets to the last 3rd of Britt's video.
It's infuriating.
It summarizes my own career in IT and later as a writer and researcher in religious recovery spaces. Constantly having to prove it.
It summarizes major themes in therapist Natasha Helfer's life that I wrote about it in her memoir, where men given authority at age 12 simply because they were men, grilled her hard-earned knowledge and authority, found it lacking, and so excommunicated her.
It's stuck in my craw.
It's a control technique that cult researchers call a double-bind.
Britt will never be allowed to have enough authority in some people's eyes, no matter how much science she cites, no matter how well she explains her position, no matter how much education or experience she gains. There is no winning move for her against someone like Matt, where reality isn't the measure, but the size of his own (uneducated, as he admitted) ego.
Matt simply had to leave his church and get a microphone and that's why we're supposed to take him seriously. That's always been enough for him to be taken seriously.
It will never be enough for Britt.
#exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #atheism #philosophy #deconstruction #spirituality
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A man walks up to a podium and says, "I know about this topic. That is why I am here." And everyone sits back and listens.
A woman walks up to a podium, and says, "I know about this topic." The audience says, "Prove it." So she lists her credentials, experience, and cites her research. "Ah, you can be here," they say. "You think you're better than everyone else."
That summarizes what's happening when Matt gets to the last 3rd of Britt's video.
It's infuriating.
It summarizes my own career in IT and later as a writer and researcher in religious recovery spaces. Constantly having to prove it.
It summarizes major themes in therapist Natasha Helfer's life that I wrote about it in her memoir, where men given authority at age 12 simply because they were men, grilled her hard-earned knowledge and authority, found it lacking, and so excommunicated her.
It's stuck in my craw.
It's a control technique that cult researchers call a double-bind.
Britt will never be allowed to have enough authority in some people's eyes, no matter how much science she cites, no matter how well she explains her position, no matter how much education or experience she gains. There is no winning move for her against someone like Matt, where reality isn't the measure, but the size of his own (uneducated, as he admitted) ego.
Matt simply had to leave his church and get a microphone and that's why we're supposed to take him seriously. That's always been enough for him to be taken seriously.
It will never be enough for Britt.
#exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #atheism #philosophy #deconstruction #spirituality
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Oh snap, you know what this reminds me of?
"We already have a definition for marriage. Find your own word."
🧵
#exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #atheism #philosophy #deconstruction #spirituality
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Oh snap, you know what this reminds me of?
"We already have a definition for marriage. Find your own word."
🧵
#exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #atheism #philosophy #deconstruction #spirituality
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Oh snap, you know what this reminds me of?
"We already have a definition for marriage. Find your own word."
🧵
#exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #atheism #philosophy #deconstruction #spirituality
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Oh snap, you know what this reminds me of?
"We already have a definition for marriage. Find your own word."
🧵
#exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #atheism #philosophy #deconstruction #spirituality
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Oh snap, you know what this reminds me of?
"We already have a definition for marriage. Find your own word."
🧵
#exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #atheism #philosophy #deconstruction #spirituality
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I'm probably not going to post his video. You can find it on YouTube.
Even though I don't like the energy it's brought up in me or how obsessed I've become thinking about it, I still think it's possible she'll reach him. (Growing less likely. If he were open at all, I'd think she would have reached him by now, the halfway point.)
But the thumbnail title is, "Did I screw up?" so I hope that's not just clickbait. So I'll keep watching. I'm always really interested in seeing people change their minds. That's the main reason why I watch shows like The Line — not for the ownage, but to see why some people stick to their guns in the face of irrefutable arguments, and why some change.
So that's a hook enough for me.
🧵
#exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #atheism #philosophy #deconstruction #spirituality
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I'm probably not going to post his video. You can find it on YouTube.
Even though I don't like the energy it's brought up in me or how obsessed I've become thinking about it, I still think it's possible she'll reach him. (Growing less likely. If he were open at all, I'd think she would have reached him by now, the halfway point.)
But the thumbnail title is, "Did I screw up?" so I hope that's not just clickbait. So I'll keep watching. I'm always really interested in seeing people change their minds. That's the main reason why I watch shows like The Line — not for the ownage, but to see why some people stick to their guns in the face of irrefutable arguments, and why some change.
So that's a hook enough for me.
🧵
#exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #atheism #philosophy #deconstruction #spirituality
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I'm probably not going to post his video. You can find it on YouTube.
Even though I don't like the energy it's brought up in me or how obsessed I've become thinking about it, I still think it's possible she'll reach him. (Growing less likely. If he were open at all, I'd think she would have reached him by now, the halfway point.)
But the thumbnail title is, "Did I screw up?" so I hope that's not just clickbait. So I'll keep watching. I'm always really interested in seeing people change their minds. That's the main reason why I watch shows like The Line — not for the ownage, but to see why some people stick to their guns in the face of irrefutable arguments, and why some change.
So that's a hook enough for me.
🧵
#exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #atheism #philosophy #deconstruction #spirituality
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I'm probably not going to post his video. You can find it on YouTube.
Even though I don't like the energy it's brought up in me or how obsessed I've become thinking about it, I still think it's possible she'll reach him. (Growing less likely. If he were open at all, I'd think she would have reached him by now, the halfway point.)
But the thumbnail title is, "Did I screw up?" so I hope that's not just clickbait. So I'll keep watching. I'm always really interested in seeing people change their minds. That's the main reason why I watch shows like The Line — not for the ownage, but to see why some people stick to their guns in the face of irrefutable arguments, and why some change.
So that's a hook enough for me.
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#exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #atheism #philosophy #deconstruction #spirituality
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I'm probably not going to post his video. You can find it on YouTube.
Even though I don't like the energy it's brought up in me or how obsessed I've become thinking about it, I still think it's possible she'll reach him. (Growing less likely. If he were open at all, I'd think she would have reached him by now, the halfway point.)
But the thumbnail title is, "Did I screw up?" so I hope that's not just clickbait. So I'll keep watching. I'm always really interested in seeing people change their minds. That's the main reason why I watch shows like The Line — not for the ownage, but to see why some people stick to their guns in the face of irrefutable arguments, and why some change.
So that's a hook enough for me.
🧵
#exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #atheism #philosophy #deconstruction #spirituality
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But here's the real crux. If I may indulge in a little armchair psychological analysis...
Matt clearly has baggage about the term "spirituality." It's not the *term's* baggage as he repeatedly states. It's HIS baggage. Some of us have dropped that baggage but you want us to pick it back up. NO.
Because as Britt says repeatedly: no one is asking him to use the term, only to lay off other people who find the word useful. ("Too bad!")
His baggage is made plain by how he argues this. Religion still has its hold on him. He has not let go of the religion's rules, its control over this venue. Spirituality is theirs and he refuses to grab it back or even let anyone else grab it back.
He hasn't unpacked this enough to realize HE HAS POWER TO MAKE THE WORD MEAN ANYTHING HE WANTS. And with his amount of influence, he could tip the balance and the word would be ours to all but fully define.
Some of us have freed ourselves, along with this concept, from Christianity's controlling grasp over our natural human requirements for symbolism, narrative, purpose-seeking, ritual, community, awe, transcendence, fulfillment, moral framework, interpretation, etc. We have come to realize these concepts are more flexible than our religious abusers presented them. That we can create for ourselves our own meaning, even while not taking it too seriously and not buying the whole kool-aid factory. [fixed perfect typo: "kook-aid"! 😂]
He thinks that if you claim any stake in this territory, you have to make objective, supernatural, authoritarian claims about subjective experiences, and that SIMPLY ISN'T TRUE.
He projects these claims onto Britt repeatedly even though she gone out of her way to say that's not how she uses this term.
It's one single hangup. One single point of false assumptions he keeps making as he refutes her points. (tbf to Britt, he also continually assumes she doesn't know what she's talking about in a gross, condescending way.)
Like, that's your shit, man, on both counts. That doesn't have to be the community's shit. Unless, of course, you're taking on outsized authority for a job that needs doing that you're not actually super experienced in... placing your authority above an experienced and educated woman...
...for some reason. 🤔
🧵
#exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #atheism #philosophy #deconstruction #spirituality
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But here's the real crux. If I may indulge in a little armchair psychological analysis...
Matt clearly has baggage about the term "spirituality." It's not the *term's* baggage as he repeatedly states. It's HIS baggage. Some of us have dropped that baggage but you want us to pick it back up. NO.
Because as Britt says repeatedly: no one is asking him to use the term, only to lay off other people who find the word useful. ("Too bad!")
His baggage is made plain by how he argues this. Religion still has its hold on him. He has not let go of the religion's rules, its control over this venue. Spirituality is theirs and he refuses to grab it back or even let anyone else grab it back.
He hasn't unpacked this enough to realize HE HAS POWER TO MAKE THE WORD MEAN ANYTHING HE WANTS. And with his amount of influence, he could tip the balance and the word would be ours to all but fully define.
Some of us have freed ourselves, along with this concept, from Christianity's controlling grasp over our natural human requirements for symbolism, narrative, purpose-seeking, ritual, community, awe, transcendence, fulfillment, moral framework, interpretation, etc. We have come to realize these concepts are more flexible than our religious abusers presented them. That we can create for ourselves our own meaning, even while not taking it too seriously and not buying the whole kool-aid factory. [fixed perfect typo: "kook-aid"! 😂]
He thinks that if you claim any stake in this territory, you have to make objective, supernatural, authoritarian claims about subjective experiences, and that SIMPLY ISN'T TRUE.
He projects these claims onto Britt repeatedly even though she gone out of her way to say that's not how she uses this term.
It's one single hangup. One single point of false assumptions he keeps making as he refutes her points. (tbf to Britt, he also continually assumes she doesn't know what she's talking about in a gross, condescending way.)
Like, that's your shit, man, on both counts. That doesn't have to be the community's shit. Unless, of course, you're taking on outsized authority for a job that needs doing that you're not actually super experienced in... placing your authority above an experienced and educated woman...
...for some reason. 🤔
🧵
#exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #atheism #philosophy #deconstruction #spirituality
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But here's the real crux. If I may indulge in a little armchair psychological analysis...
Matt clearly has baggage about the term "spirituality." It's not the *term's* baggage as he repeatedly states. It's HIS baggage. Some of us have dropped that baggage but you want us to pick it back up. NO.
Because as Britt says repeatedly: no one is asking him to use the term, only to lay off other people who find the word useful. ("Too bad!")
His baggage is made plain by how he argues this. Religion still has its hold on him. He has not let go of the religion's rules, its control over this venue. Spirituality is theirs and he refuses to grab it back or even let anyone else grab it back.
He hasn't unpacked this enough to realize HE HAS POWER TO MAKE THE WORD MEAN ANYTHING HE WANTS. And with his amount of influence, he could tip the balance and the word would be ours to all but fully define.
Some of us have freed ourselves, along with this concept, from Christianity's controlling grasp over our natural human requirements for symbolism, narrative, purpose-seeking, ritual, community, awe, transcendence, fulfillment, moral framework, interpretation, etc. We have come to realize these concepts are more flexible than our religious abusers presented them. That we can create for ourselves our own meaning, even while not taking it too seriously and not buying the whole kool-aid factory. [fixed perfect typo: "kook-aid"! 😂]
He thinks that if you claim any stake in this territory, you have to make objective, supernatural, authoritarian claims about subjective experiences, and that SIMPLY ISN'T TRUE.
He projects these claims onto Britt repeatedly even though she gone out of her way to say that's not how she uses this term.
It's one single hangup. One single point of false assumptions he keeps making as he refutes her points. (tbf to Britt, he also continually assumes she doesn't know what she's talking about in a gross, condescending way.)
Like, that's your shit, man, on both counts. That doesn't have to be the community's shit. Unless, of course, you're taking on outsized authority for a job that needs doing that you're not actually super experienced in... placing your authority above an experienced and educated woman...
...for some reason. 🤔
🧵
#exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #atheism #philosophy #deconstruction #spirituality
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But here's the real crux. If I may indulge in a little armchair psychological analysis...
Matt clearly has baggage about the term "spirituality." It's not the *term's* baggage as he repeatedly states. It's HIS baggage. Some of us have dropped that baggage but you want us to pick it back up. NO.
Because as Britt says repeatedly: no one is asking him to use the term, only to lay off other people who find the word useful. ("Too bad!")
His baggage is made plain by how he argues this. Religion still has its hold on him. He has not let go of the religion's rules, its control over this venue. Spirituality is theirs and he refuses to grab it back or even let anyone else grab it back.
He hasn't unpacked this enough to realize HE HAS POWER TO MAKE THE WORD MEAN ANYTHING HE WANTS. And with his amount of influence, he could tip the balance and the word would be ours to all but fully define.
Some of us have freed ourselves, along with this concept, from Christianity's controlling grasp over our natural human requirements for symbolism, narrative, purpose-seeking, ritual, community, awe, transcendence, fulfillment, moral framework, interpretation, etc. We have come to realize these concepts are more flexible than our religious abusers presented them. That we can create for ourselves our own meaning, even while not taking it too seriously and not buying the whole kool-aid factory. [fixed perfect typo: "kook-aid"! 😂]
He thinks that if you claim any stake in this territory, you have to make objective, supernatural, authoritarian claims about subjective experiences, and that SIMPLY ISN'T TRUE.
He projects these claims onto Britt repeatedly even though she gone out of her way to say that's not how she uses this term.
It's one single hangup. One single point of false assumptions he keeps making as he refutes her points. (tbf to Britt, he also continually assumes she doesn't know what she's talking about in a gross, condescending way.)
Like, that's your shit, man, on both counts. That doesn't have to be the community's shit. Unless, of course, you're taking on outsized authority for a job that needs doing that you're not actually super experienced in... placing your authority above an experienced and educated woman...
...for some reason. 🤔
🧵
#exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #atheism #philosophy #deconstruction #spirituality
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But here's the real crux. If I may indulge in a little armchair psychological analysis...
Matt clearly has baggage about the term "spirituality." It's not the *term's* baggage as he repeatedly states. It's HIS baggage. Some of us have dropped that baggage but you want us to pick it back up. NO.
Because as Britt says repeatedly: no one is asking him to use the term, only to lay off other people who find the word useful. ("Too bad!")
His baggage is made plain by how he argues this. Religion still has its hold on him. He has not let go of the religion's rules, its control over this venue. Spirituality is theirs and he refuses to grab it back or even let anyone else grab it back.
He hasn't unpacked this enough to realize HE HAS POWER TO MAKE THE WORD MEAN ANYTHING HE WANTS. And with his amount of influence, he could tip the balance and the word would be ours to all but fully define.
Some of us have freed ourselves, along with this concept, from Christianity's controlling grasp over our natural human requirements for symbolism, narrative, purpose-seeking, ritual, community, awe, transcendence, fulfillment, moral framework, interpretation, etc. We have come to realize these concepts are more flexible than our religious abusers presented them. That we can create for ourselves our own meaning, even while not taking it too seriously and not buying the whole kool-aid factory. [fixed perfect typo: "kook-aid"! 😂]
He thinks that if you claim any stake in this territory, you have to make objective, supernatural, authoritarian claims about subjective experiences, and that SIMPLY ISN'T TRUE.
He projects these claims onto Britt repeatedly even though she gone out of her way to say that's not how she uses this term.
It's one single hangup. One single point of false assumptions he keeps making as he refutes her points. (tbf to Britt, he also continually assumes she doesn't know what she's talking about in a gross, condescending way.)
Like, that's your shit, man, on both counts. That doesn't have to be the community's shit. Unless, of course, you're taking on outsized authority for a job that needs doing that you're not actually super experienced in... placing your authority above an experienced and educated woman...
...for some reason. 🤔
🧵
#exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #atheism #philosophy #deconstruction #spirituality