https://publicdomainvectors.org/en/free-clipart/Tree-branches-and-root-vector-drawing/30741.html Abuse grows from attitudes and values, not feelings. The roots are ownership, the trunk is entitlement and the branches are control. Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men, Lundy Bancroft Growing up in Mormon culture, there is an attitude that the most important quality one can have in …
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Sexism, Misogyny and Mormonism
https://freesvg.org/hungry-demon I've been meaning to write about the sexism and misogyny of Mormonism for a while. I've put it off due to shame and embarrassment thinking about this. Sexism and misogyny in my opinion is the most damaging aspect of Mormonism. Deep sexism and misogyny, explicit and implicit, permeate literally every aspect of LDS theology …
Growing Pains
https://www.piqsels.com/en/public-domain-photo-odcbu It's been a few months since I wrote on this blog. Not from a lack of trying. I have several posts in a just-begun or semi-finished state that I haven't published. It's just that, I'm not sure I have much more to say right now that will be of any value or help. And …
Oh Say, What is Truth?
Sun breaking through clouds. Labeled for reuse. It can be useful to think of truth as inhabiting portions of the following 4x4 grid. Where Mormonism Resides In Mormonism, the literal "truth" of the Church is usually dogmatically taught as inhabiting the top left grid box. Where truth and facts are the same. Similar to how …
“Hold To The Rod.”
My Journey with The Book of Mormon. Part 1, World-view Construction. I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book. Joseph Smith, …
Blog Introduction: Growth Within and Without Mormonism
The Second Half of Life. We cannot live the afternoon of life according to the program of life’s morning, for what was great in the morning will be little at evening and what in the morning was true, at evening will have become a lie.C. G. Jung When I was younger, I had life all …
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