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CW: Childhood Trauma, Therapy, Religion
Doing a 6-week group therapy for religious trauma. Been good, albeit emotional and tough to work through.
There’s a “final project” to simply “tell your story.”
I’m working on it, and fuck is it difficult. I’m at a point where I can go through these rough, hurtful emotions, which I’m grateful for and proud of, but doesn’t make it easier.
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CW: Childhood Trauma, Therapy, Religion
Doing a 6-week group therapy for religious trauma. Been good, albeit emotional and tough to work through.
There’s a “final project” to simply “tell your story.”
I’m working on it, and fuck is it difficult. I’m at a point where I can go through these rough, hurtful emotions, which I’m grateful for and proud of, but doesn’t make it easier.
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CW: Childhood Trauma, Therapy, Religion
Doing a 6-week group therapy for religious trauma. Been good, albeit emotional and tough to work through.
There’s a “final project” to simply “tell your story.”
I’m working on it, and fuck is it difficult. I’m at a point where I can go through these rough, hurtful emotions, which I’m grateful for and proud of, but doesn’t make it easier.
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CW: Childhood Trauma, Therapy, Religion
Doing a 6-week group therapy for religious trauma. Been good, albeit emotional and tough to work through.
There’s a “final project” to simply “tell your story.”
I’m working on it, and fuck is it difficult. I’m at a point where I can go through these rough, hurtful emotions, which I’m grateful for and proud of, but doesn’t make it easier.
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CW: Childhood Trauma, Therapy, Religion
Doing a 6-week group therapy for religious trauma. Been good, albeit emotional and tough to work through.
There’s a “final project” to simply “tell your story.”
I’m working on it, and fuck is it difficult. I’m at a point where I can go through these rough, hurtful emotions, which I’m grateful for and proud of, but doesn’t make it easier.
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It also just really chafes me when any entity tries to claim PUBLIC DOMAIN IP as their own. The Mormon church didn't make the Christus statue. It was made in 1833 by a Lutheran. Stealing or borrowing is one thing, but then claiming it's exclusively yours... that's just about the lowest thing.
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It also just really chafes me when any entity tries to claim PUBLIC DOMAIN IP as their own. The Mormon church didn't make the Christus statue. It was made in 1833 by a Lutheran. Stealing or borrowing is one thing, but then claiming it's exclusively yours... that's just about the lowest thing.
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It also just really chafes me when any entity tries to claim PUBLIC DOMAIN IP as their own. The Mormon church didn't make the Christus statue. It was made in 1833 by a Lutheran. Stealing or borrowing is one thing, but then claiming it's exclusively yours... that's just about the lowest thing.
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It also just really chafes me when any entity tries to claim PUBLIC DOMAIN IP as their own. The Mormon church didn't make the Christus statue. It was made in 1833 by a Lutheran. Stealing or borrowing is one thing, but then claiming it's exclusively yours... that's just about the lowest thing.
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It also just really chafes me when any entity tries to claim PUBLIC DOMAIN IP as their own. The Mormon church didn't make the Christus statue. It was made in 1833 by a Lutheran. Stealing or borrowing is one thing, but then claiming it's exclusively yours... that's just about the lowest thing.
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One thing that a lot of deeply indoctrinated Mormons don't grasp is the use of conventions (like images and terminology) to continue a conversation outside its original authoritarian-defined bounds. It's not an attempt to deceive — it's a long-standing form of artistic expression meant to reference the thing being discussed that's used in just about everything: art, music, science, philosophy, and especially, religion. People outside these insulative communities understand this, because we're exposed to the larger world of thought and perspective.
I do believe LDS leadership genuinely believes Dehlin is trying to deceive his audience. But as the article points out, it isn't very effective as a deceitful device. Five seconds into a typical Mormon Stories episode (or just look at the thumbnail) will show you that it's critical of the church.
But members, and leadership especially, aren't used to a full ecosystem of healthy conversation from a wide array of diverse viewpoints, including constructive and well-reasoned criticism. So they take on this persecution complex where everyone is out to get them, and then they become aggressors in what they believe self-defense.
But they're the ones isolating themselves from the larger conversation because they've marginalized everyone outside their tiny, exclusive core.
They're welcome to *join* the conversation any time. But they don't get to dominate it.
#exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #LDS #Mormon #AbuseCulture #authoritarianism
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One thing that a lot of deeply indoctrinated Mormons don't grasp is the use of conventions (like images and terminology) to continue a conversation outside its original authoritarian-defined bounds. It's not an attempt to deceive — it's a long-standing form of artistic expression meant to reference the thing being discussed that's used in just about everything: art, music, science, philosophy, and especially, religion. People outside these insulative communities understand this, because we're exposed to the larger world of thought and perspective.
I do believe LDS leadership genuinely believes Dehlin is trying to deceive his audience. But as the article points out, it isn't very effective as a deceitful device. Five seconds into a typical Mormon Stories episode (or just look at the thumbnail) will show you that it's critical of the church.
But members, and leadership especially, aren't used to a full ecosystem of healthy conversation from a wide array of diverse viewpoints, including constructive and well-reasoned criticism. So they take on this persecution complex where everyone is out to get them, and then they become aggressors in what they believe self-defense.
But they're the ones isolating themselves from the larger conversation because they've marginalized everyone outside their tiny, exclusive core.
They're welcome to *join* the conversation any time. But they don't get to dominate it.
#exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #LDS #Mormon #AbuseCulture #authoritarianism
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One thing that a lot of deeply indoctrinated Mormons don't grasp is the use of conventions (like images and terminology) to continue a conversation outside its original authoritarian-defined bounds. It's not an attempt to deceive — it's a long-standing form of artistic expression meant to reference the thing being discussed that's used in just about everything: art, music, science, philosophy, and especially, religion. People outside these insulative communities understand this, because we're exposed to the larger world of thought and perspective.
I do believe LDS leadership genuinely believes Dehlin is trying to deceive his audience. But as the article points out, it isn't very effective as a deceitful device. Five seconds into a typical Mormon Stories episode (or just look at the thumbnail) will show you that it's critical of the church.
But members, and leadership especially, aren't used to a full ecosystem of healthy conversation from a wide array of diverse viewpoints, including constructive and well-reasoned criticism. So they take on this persecution complex where everyone is out to get them, and then they become aggressors in what they believe self-defense.
But they're the ones isolating themselves from the larger conversation because they've marginalized everyone outside their tiny, exclusive core.
They're welcome to *join* the conversation any time. But they don't get to dominate it.
#exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #LDS #Mormon #AbuseCulture #authoritarianism
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One thing that a lot of deeply indoctrinated Mormons don't grasp is the use of conventions (like images and terminology) to continue a conversation outside its original authoritarian-defined bounds. It's not an attempt to deceive — it's a long-standing form of artistic expression meant to reference the thing being discussed that's used in just about everything: art, music, science, philosophy, and especially, religion. People outside these insulative communities understand this, because we're exposed to the larger world of thought and perspective.
I do believe LDS leadership genuinely believes Dehlin is trying to deceive his audience. But as the article points out, it isn't very effective as a deceitful device. Five seconds into a typical Mormon Stories episode (or just look at the thumbnail) will show you that it's critical of the church.
But members, and leadership especially, aren't used to a full ecosystem of healthy conversation from a wide array of diverse viewpoints, including constructive and well-reasoned criticism. So they take on this persecution complex where everyone is out to get them, and then they become aggressors in what they believe self-defense.
But they're the ones isolating themselves from the larger conversation because they've marginalized everyone outside their tiny, exclusive core.
They're welcome to *join* the conversation any time. But they don't get to dominate it.
#exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #LDS #Mormon #AbuseCulture #authoritarianism
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One thing that a lot of deeply indoctrinated Mormons don't grasp is the use of conventions (like images and terminology) to continue a conversation outside its original authoritarian-defined bounds. It's not an attempt to deceive — it's a long-standing form of artistic expression meant to reference the thing being discussed that's used in just about everything: art, music, science, philosophy, and especially, religion. People outside these insulative communities understand this, because we're exposed to the larger world of thought and perspective.
I do believe LDS leadership genuinely believes Dehlin is trying to deceive his audience. But as the article points out, it isn't very effective as a deceitful device. Five seconds into a typical Mormon Stories episode (or just look at the thumbnail) will show you that it's critical of the church.
But members, and leadership especially, aren't used to a full ecosystem of healthy conversation from a wide array of diverse viewpoints, including constructive and well-reasoned criticism. So they take on this persecution complex where everyone is out to get them, and then they become aggressors in what they believe self-defense.
But they're the ones isolating themselves from the larger conversation because they've marginalized everyone outside their tiny, exclusive core.
They're welcome to *join* the conversation any time. But they don't get to dominate it.
#exmo #exmormon #ReligiousTrauma #LDS #Mormon #AbuseCulture #authoritarianism
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Surely no man knoweth the hour, but The Second Coming of Jesus Christ™ will be scheduled to align with the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints IPO. Get in early!
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Surely no man knoweth the hour, but The Second Coming of Jesus Christ™ will be scheduled to align with the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints IPO. Get in early!
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Surely no man knoweth the hour, but The Second Coming of Jesus Christ™ will be scheduled to align with the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints IPO. Get in early!
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Surely no man knoweth the hour, but The Second Coming of Jesus Christ™ will be scheduled to align with the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints IPO. Get in early!
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Surely no man knoweth the hour, but The Second Coming of Jesus Christ™ will be scheduled to align with the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints IPO. Get in early!
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📝 On Wednesday, there will be a powerful workshop on addressing #SpiritualViolence and healing from #ReligiousTrauma and a new book. Register below: https://purl.im/sv
#acrel #aarsbl #sblaar -
On Wednesday, there will be a powerful workshop on addressing #SpiritualViolence and healing from #ReligiousTrauma and a new book. Register below: https://purl.im/sv
#acrel #aarsbl #sblaar -
On Wednesday, there will be a powerful workshop on addressing #SpiritualViolence and healing from #ReligiousTrauma and a new book. Register below: https://purl.im/sv
#acrel #aarsbl #sblaar -
On Wednesday, there will be a powerful workshop on addressing #SpiritualViolence and healing from #ReligiousTrauma and a new book. Register below: https://purl.im/sv
#acrel #aarsbl #sblaar -
On Wednesday, there will be a powerful workshop on addressing #SpiritualViolence and healing from #ReligiousTrauma and a new book. Register below: https://purl.im/sv
#acrel #aarsbl #sblaar -
On Wednesday, there will be a powerful workshop on addressing #SpiritualViolence and healing from #ReligiousTrauma and a new book. Register below: https://purl.im/sv
#acrel #aarsbl #sblaar -
I'm not religious, but I used to be a VERY committed evangelical christian. I went to Moore and got my PTC, and had plans to go into ministry.
I'm no longer a christian.
But I can't help but think of verses like 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4, and discussions of the man of lawlessness, when I see this happening...
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I'm not religious, but I used to be a VERY committed evangelical christian. I went to Moore and got my PTC, and had plans to go into ministry.
I'm no longer a christian.
But I can't help but think of verses like 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4, and discussions of the man of lawlessness, when I see this happening...
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I'm not religious, but I used to be a VERY committed evangelical christian. I went to Moore and got my PTC, and had plans to go into ministry.
I'm no longer a christian.
But I can't help but think of verses like 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4, and discussions of the man of lawlessness, when I see this happening...
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I'm not religious, but I used to be a VERY committed evangelical christian. I went to Moore and got my PTC, and had plans to go into ministry.
I'm no longer a christian.
But I can't help but think of verses like 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4, and discussions of the man of lawlessness, when I see this happening...
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I'm not religious, but I used to be a VERY committed evangelical christian. I went to Moore and got my PTC, and had plans to go into ministry.
I'm no longer a christian.
But I can't help but think of verses like 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4, and discussions of the man of lawlessness, when I see this happening...
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To give you an idea how sheltered I was from much of popular media growing up, even though I was born in the mid-70s, the first time I ever heard Bohemian Rhapsody was in Wayne's World.
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To give you an idea how sheltered I was from much of popular media growing up, even though I was born in the mid-70s, the first time I ever heard Bohemian Rhapsody was in Wayne's World.
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To give you an idea how sheltered I was from much of popular media growing up, even though I was born in the mid-70s, the first time I ever heard Bohemian Rhapsody was in Wayne's World.
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To give you an idea how sheltered I was from much of popular media growing up, even though I was born in the mid-70s, the first time I ever heard Bohemian Rhapsody was in Wayne's World.
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To give you an idea how sheltered I was from much of popular media growing up, even though I was born in the mid-70s, the first time I ever heard Bohemian Rhapsody was in Wayne's World.
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[Edit*]An older but ever-relevant of ICSA Today with articles on recovering from sexual abuse in cults, how to communicate with loved ones inside cults, the spread of conspiracy theories in France, and multi-generational cult survivors.
https://library.internationalculticstudies.org/24n7ceh/
[The issue is from 2021, but they emailed around an article from it recently.]
#ReligiousTrauma #cult #cults #exmo #exmormon #exvie #exvangelical #ICSA
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[Edit*]An older but ever-relevant of ICSA Today with articles on recovering from sexual abuse in cults, how to communicate with loved ones inside cults, the spread of conspiracy theories in France, and multi-generational cult survivors.
https://library.internationalculticstudies.org/24n7ceh/
[The issue is from 2021, but they emailed around an article from it recently.]
#ReligiousTrauma #cult #cults #exmo #exmormon #exvie #exvangelical #ICSA
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[Edit*]An older but ever-relevant of ICSA Today with articles on recovering from sexual abuse in cults, how to communicate with loved ones inside cults, the spread of conspiracy theories in France, and multi-generational cult survivors.
https://library.internationalculticstudies.org/24n7ceh/
[The issue is from 2021, but they emailed around an article from it recently.]
#ReligiousTrauma #cult #cults #exmo #exmormon #exvie #exvangelical #ICSA
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[Edit*]An older but ever-relevant of ICSA Today with articles on recovering from sexual abuse in cults, how to communicate with loved ones inside cults, the spread of conspiracy theories in France, and multi-generational cult survivors.
https://library.internationalculticstudies.org/24n7ceh/
[The issue is from 2021, but they emailed around an article from it recently.]
#ReligiousTrauma #cult #cults #exmo #exmormon #exvie #exvangelical #ICSA
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[Edit*]An older but ever-relevant of ICSA Today with articles on recovering from sexual abuse in cults, how to communicate with loved ones inside cults, the spread of conspiracy theories in France, and multi-generational cult survivors.
https://library.internationalculticstudies.org/24n7ceh/
[The issue is from 2021, but they emailed around an article from it recently.]
#ReligiousTrauma #cult #cults #exmo #exmormon #exvie #exvangelical #ICSA
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I find the names interesting. They're way cooler than the names men gave to us when I was coming up.
'The group of girls turning 12 or 13 will now be called “Builders of Faith,” those turning 14 or 15 will be “Messengers of Hope,” and those 16 or older will be “Gatherers of Light.'
I did notice an interesting tier-structure, which mirrors the levels of heaven.
You've got your low-level laborers at the bottom, building shit. Then there's the Messengers, middle-managers who get a bit more pay for far less work. Then there's the Gatherers who are just gathering light, which is the lightest work of all, enlightened youngsters ruling over their younger, less-equal sisters in Zion.
I'd love to see the men's youth group counterpart names to represent the eternally opposing gender roles.
I suggest:
Foot Soldiers of Faith
Prophetic Preachers of Hope
Big Game Hunters of Lighthttps://www.sltrib.com/religion/2026/04/25/lds-young-women-president-emily/
(Clearly this one's lit a blog post in me.)
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I find the names interesting. They're way cooler than the names men gave to us when I was coming up.
'The group of girls turning 12 or 13 will now be called “Builders of Faith,” those turning 14 or 15 will be “Messengers of Hope,” and those 16 or older will be “Gatherers of Light.'
I did notice an interesting tier-structure, which mirrors the levels of heaven.
You've got your low-level laborers at the bottom, building shit. Then there's the Messengers, middle-managers who get a bit more pay for far less work. Then there's the Gatherers who are just gathering light, which is the lightest work of all, enlightened youngsters ruling over their younger, less-equal sisters in Zion.
I'd love to see the men's youth group counterpart names to represent the eternally opposing gender roles.
I suggest:
Foot Soldiers of Faith
Prophetic Preachers of Hope
Big Game Hunters of Lighthttps://www.sltrib.com/religion/2026/04/25/lds-young-women-president-emily/
(Clearly this one's lit a blog post in me.)
🧵
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I find the names interesting. They're way cooler than the names men gave to us when I was coming up.
'The group of girls turning 12 or 13 will now be called “Builders of Faith,” those turning 14 or 15 will be “Messengers of Hope,” and those 16 or older will be “Gatherers of Light.'
I did notice an interesting tier-structure, which mirrors the levels of heaven.
You've got your low-level laborers at the bottom, building shit. Then there's the Messengers, middle-managers who get a bit more pay for far less work. Then there's the Gatherers who are just gathering light, which is the lightest work of all, enlightened youngsters ruling over their younger, less-equal sisters in Zion.
I'd love to see the men's youth group counterpart names to represent the eternally opposing gender roles.
I suggest:
Foot Soldiers of Faith
Prophetic Preachers of Hope
Big Game Hunters of Lighthttps://www.sltrib.com/religion/2026/04/25/lds-young-women-president-emily/
(Clearly this one's lit a blog post in me.)
🧵
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I find the names interesting. They're way cooler than the names men gave to us when I was coming up.
'The group of girls turning 12 or 13 will now be called “Builders of Faith,” those turning 14 or 15 will be “Messengers of Hope,” and those 16 or older will be “Gatherers of Light.'
I did notice an interesting tier-structure, which mirrors the levels of heaven.
You've got your low-level laborers at the bottom, building shit. Then there's the Messengers, middle-managers who get a bit more pay for far less work. Then there's the Gatherers who are just gathering light, which is the lightest work of all, enlightened youngsters ruling over their younger, less-equal sisters in Zion.
I'd love to see the men's youth group counterpart names to represent the eternally opposing gender roles.
I suggest:
Foot Soldiers of Faith
Prophetic Preachers of Hope
Big Game Hunters of Lighthttps://www.sltrib.com/religion/2026/04/25/lds-young-women-president-emily/
(Clearly this one's lit a blog post in me.)
🧵
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I find the names interesting. They're way cooler than the names men gave to us when I was coming up.
'The group of girls turning 12 or 13 will now be called “Builders of Faith,” those turning 14 or 15 will be “Messengers of Hope,” and those 16 or older will be “Gatherers of Light.'
I did notice an interesting tier-structure, which mirrors the levels of heaven.
You've got your low-level laborers at the bottom, building shit. Then there's the Messengers, middle-managers who get a bit more pay for far less work. Then there's the Gatherers who are just gathering light, which is the lightest work of all, enlightened youngsters ruling over their younger, less-equal sisters in Zion.
I'd love to see the men's youth group counterpart names to represent the eternally opposing gender roles.
I suggest:
Foot Soldiers of Faith
Prophetic Preachers of Hope
Big Game Hunters of Lighthttps://www.sltrib.com/religion/2026/04/25/lds-young-women-president-emily/
(Clearly this one's lit a blog post in me.)
🧵