Greed, Prison & Apostasy | All The Mormon Scandals of 2023
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- It's been a wild year to be a corrupt institution led by Jesus Christ, y'all. Here's a recap of all the scandals of 2023, with insights from real apostates on what led the most Mormons to abandon this sinking ship.
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Regarding that tweet you showed, Jesus did not advocate tax avoidance. When the religious leaders of his time tried to trap him on that issue, he said "Pay back, therefore, Caesar’s things to Caesar, but God’s things to God." (Matthew 22:21).
Also, in the video you mention that the $5 million Ensign Peak fine could have went to a much better use. While that is true, it is doubtful that LDS would have put it in "that sort" of good use. The value of Ensign Peak would never had increased beyond the $100 billion if that was the case.
Or to put this in other words, LDS could easily give half of the Ensign Peak money to combat homelessness, and they would still have far more money than what the 1st century Christian congregations ever had.
They could also tell their members that there is no longer a need to tithe because the church has enough money. Tithing was after all a feature of the law of Moses, and the Bible says that that law ended in Jesus (Romans 10:4; Ephesians 2:15). Which is why we also have no need for the animal sacrifices stipulated in that law.
One of the churches greatest sinfull errors is being a registered corporate franchise with the corporate franchise..
We cannot serve 2 "masters".
A True Church needs no "registration"
Because "Church" is congregation (people gathered), not a building ir corporation that has no place that can hold Our Fathers head, or rest His feet.
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The Corporate Franchise is a contract with Babylon.
It is Babylon.
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Caving in to the strictures of the worldwide health scare when this is supposed to be THE Constitutional Church. Or are you only able to recognize the progressive set?
Lets hope the corruption keeps coming out in 2024 and beyond. Every church and religion needs to be exposed when committing abuse
What about fathers sibling it happens every where jails by bosses
Our small ward in New Zealand had two esteemed elders in prison because of SA. We had a cop on the bishopric who later became stake president for his ability to manage the narrative and bury event facts. There should have been many more abusers. As Elders quorum president I was attacked by every church elder for betraying the church. I left it for good.
Good on you for your integrity!
The bishop of my ward at time of my conversion went to and is in prison for diddling kids
Google search James Sanders and Daniel Taylor in Kaitaia. Keywords Latter Day Saints, Paedophile.
@@WatchingwaitingG2D still no evidence just butt hurt feelings.
Right is right, and wrong is wrong. Always was, still is, always will be. It upsets only the wrong doers. Religion gives no "get out of jail free" cards ... or at least it shouldn't. Hypocrisy should double the punishment.
Ah-Oooooh! 👹
The Werewolf of Portland
The single most difficult thing I have ever done in my life was/is leaving the church. I am 47 years old, a Marine Corps vet, a husband and father of 20 years. Pulling my family out of the church was the single most wrenching thing I have every done. To say it was/is traumatic is to put it lightly. I have seven children, with one on the way, so you can see also that my/our whole lives have been molded by this cult. It is safe to say that I would not be alive, nor would I have married my wife, nor would my children have been born if not for the church. We were active, very active, but we/I have had serious doubts, and things have been piling up on my "shelf" for a LOOOOOONG time. Cognitive dissonance manifested with all the new concepts introduced, such as "ongoing restoration" etc, the changing of the doctrine and the temple ceremony. I had emotionally and spiritually checked out before I ever heard of the CES letter, and long before I broached the concepts with my family, whom (our children) we had been teaching all along that there was something wrong with the church; a form of apostasy, if you will.
My shelf finally came crashing down with the Tim Ballard shenanigans. And to this day I am astonished at how The Sound of Freedom is a top movie on Amazon. It's like the mainstream discovered he's dirty and decided he's alright after all, or maybe the church has more influence than anyone knows, and some kind of immunity from scrutiny is at play there. Either way, it feels rotten to the core.
It is so hard to break from the mormon paradigm. So many exmos seem to lose their faith entirely, which is understandable. When the shelf comes crashing down, how do you make sense of anything anymore? How do you maintain family cohesion when your own children are suffering due to the psychological trauma it all causes, with all the ensuing disappointment and social and cultural voids is causes? Some of my fondest memories are blessing and naming my children, performing their baptisms. All gone. Now what? No missions. Now what?
Nonetheless, things are improving. I can honestly say that our home and family life now are more peaceful than before. We are happier. We are still working it all out, and I anticipate that it will actually be a lifetime's endeavor, given the psychological trauma inflicted by the church, but it is definitely worth it.
I can fully relate to your comment! I went through an 8 year faith crisis (I left in 2016) and I gotta say death seemed like an easier way out due to all the psychological heaviness I was carrying but I held on and then was ready to finally let go of it all. That was euphoria! 4 out of my 5 children have also left. They were never into it to begin with despite having grown up in it. I still believe in a loving God and know that when I converted at age 19 that I was turning a blind eye to a LOT of things but I truly fell in love w the people. The sweet Mormon’s will always have a special place in my heart but the organization can crumble while I watch!
I know what you’re describing. I’m a mother of seven. As I look at my life retroactively…. The church controlled everything. My mind my perspective. My pool of men to date or co insider…. My clothing my food my time my priorities my money. Awful
Now I only abide Jesus.
It’s been since Covid that I began to realize many things.. and I awakened….theres much I can share but I want you to know I too am happier. Because Jesus is enough ❤️
Carah,
Thank you for this segment. I left officially 2 1/2 years ago and unofficially 4 1/2 years ago. I enjoy knowing that many left for the same reasons I did. What I find disheartening is that the LDS Church has tainted who God is. From the materials I’ve read Approximately half of Ex-Mo’s lost their faith in God all together. As I was going through my faith crisis and transitioning I decided to stop reading the Book of Mormon and other church materials . As I began to read the Bible I did so by dismissing all previous knowledge and letting God teach me . Wow! What a difference. I learned through this that God isn’t who Mormons say He is nor is Jesus. I love who they are today! As much as I enjoy your podcast and John’s along with others I’m saddened that most of the ex Mormon podcasters seem to have lost faith completely. Here’s a thought. Maybe as a 67 year old man who was in the faith since the age of 17 I could start a podcast about leaving Mormonism and finding Christ. Thank you for enlightening others as to the evils , deceptions, lies and lack of evidence Mormonism proclaims. Love the hat and you seeking to know what Joseph would have you share 😂 Thank you and God bless you 🙏
If you haven't heard the 911 call from when Ruby's son went to the neighbor for help I recommend it, with a trigger warning, the neighbor breaks down when describing the condition of her son it is heartbreaking listening to the quivering voice of a grown man trying to describe what he is seeing to the 911 dispatcher.
That was heartbreaking.
I cried upon listening to it. That child will need long term therapy (not a mormon) to live a somewhat normal life. My deepest concern is that his father gains custody. Kevin Franke is an angry, bitter and devout Mormon. He would rather keep his children from sharing family secrets.
Where can you hear it
I left the church about 10 years ago. A few things really contributed to me leaving. The living apostles, who are meant to be special witnesses of Christ, would never claim they had seen God in real life, even when I pressed them in meetings. How are they then special witnesses? Another thing was Joseph Smith marrying women who were already married and who’s husbands were still alive. I verified this through church documents myself. And then the Bible, where the genocide of babies (humans killing human babies) is justified, and defended by Christianity as a whole. It made me realize there is no true morality within Christian religion. Also, the numbers didn’t make sense to me. If the Holy Ghost was really influencing people to join the church active membership wouldn’t be stuck at 0.00075% of the world’s population. Not exactly a rolling rock. More like a grain of sand blowing in the wind.
I ended up going down the same rabbit holes and found that my whole worldview just sort of self-destructed.
@@WatchingwaitingG2D any person who takes on the "authority" of judging another's worthiness is just a fool. YOU don't have the ability to discern anyone's heart EVER. To think you have, is blasphemy of the highest order, check thyself as you're not that SPECIAL. In fact, that level of haughtiness is a SIN.
I very much agree with you about mormonism but all religions are man-made to control the people on this Earth. They manipulated us to do their bidding and if we went against them then we were punished for it. Think about the wars that our civilization has fought over because of it. Since the beginning! Look what's going on to this day.. I have learned so much this last year about the truth of the "true" church. I could go on and on like all of us with our stories. I am happy to learn and will continue my path with the hope that more people will learn that ALL religions are false! Take care of yourself.
Mormons leave for many reasons in 2023. There are at least 15 reasons. I think the biggest reason was COVID-19. People were no longer commuting and more time to surf the internet about church history and doctrine. Members are now better aware of controversy in the church.
People were free of the constant tasks the Church imposes on its members to keep them in mind numbing compliance of its rules. For the first time they tasted freedom, and the many joys that come with it.
Oh, I get it. The 15 men at the top of the church are 15 reasons to leave. Very clever.
COVID 19 was the beginning of the end for me too. Personally, I disagreed with being pressured by the "Prophet" to get the COVID vaccine.
@@jennyelsie considering the latest proFIT had ties to the medical biz, and I am sure is heavily invested with big pharma personally, it didn't surprise me one bit.
@@WatchingwaitingG2Dno, not a liar. You need a reality check.
I was born into the church, left when I was 18 came back a few times but it wasn't till 4 years ago when I married my wife and she was a non member and had alot of questions that I was surprised that i couldn't answer, so I decided to research her questions myself, that's when I was just astounded to find the inaccuracies and false prophecy in the book of mormon that I never questioned before. Thank you for the work you do and good luck to all of us deconstructing and starting over.
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I'm part of the 2023 exiting group, my story is insanely long, like most people I'm sure. I left mainly because of various personal things, but some of these scandals helped me finally be brave enough to look more critically at this church in July. Obviously I've had lots of emotional time these last few months but ultimately I'm doing so much better
wellness is a journey, be kind to yourself in the process.
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Congratulations on getting out, I am so proud of you. Sending hugs and good vibes.
My shelf broke at the end of last year when I read the CES letter and learned of all the problems with the BoM. Watching all these scandals has only further driven me from religion.
Please resign and make your statement against this fraud. All the BEST to Come!
Yes, put religion aside, and put your faith and trust in Jesus Christ, not a religious system. Jesus warned everyone about false prophets that would come in later times and deceive many people (Matthew 24:11, 24:24, 7:15). Jesus is the Way and the truth, and the Life (John 14:6), not an organization.
I am a Christian. @@WatchingwaitingG2D
@@WatchingwaitingG2Dchristianity is a scourge on humanity
Don't listen to these clowns. There's no god. Free your mind.
Hubby and I are in a "quiet quitting" stage with the church right now. Stopped answering calls, texts, and emails. Requested getting released (were both released). Stopped paying tithing. Have not gone to church or other functions in months. At the start of 2023, we openly admitted to each other that we didn't believe. We had both secretly had doubts for many years but planned to keep up the facade for the rest of our lives for our families (and the comfortable familiarity). Have not told anyone. We know it's going to come up with our very active parents and siblings sooner or later. Thinking about it makes me very anxious and keeps me up at night. We live states away from anyone on either side. Any advice for how to find the courage to tell our loved ones? Or what other steps should we take from here?
I don't know that I have any "advice" to give, but somehow I think that if you can rely on each other and stand in your truth, you'll be OK in the long run. Kudos to you both for making a big change. Wish you all the best.
good luck with your continued journey!!!!
You can do the “quiet fade-out” method, just do what you wish without making any announcement, or you can confront everyone head on. The first one is probably less painful to your extended family of believers, but eventually they will figure it out. It’s very personal and only you can decide how you want to do it. I wish you well!! You’re going to be alright!
I will say, one of the most crucial things to my ability to leave, was having another community to turn to. Find a common interest and a group that also does that. It can be an outdoor hobby, it can really be anything. But having community is going to help you with that transition.
Why do you need to tell them - at least right away? Neither of you live near family. So take the time you need until you're ready.
They'll never get that cat back into the bag. You're doing great work, Carah.
Excellent wrap-up episode. You crossed every T and dotted every I. I'm and exmo myself and finding channels like this one help me so much. I can feel like I'm not alone.
Aw I'm so glad!
I can't even begin to describe how it triggers me when an abuse and cruelty are sold as acts of love.
Fantastically done. I love the way your brain works and how you use humor to expertly annihilate the rot within the church. Your vulnerability, authenticity, charisma, and intellect always leave me feeling so insanely proud of you!
I was an adult Mormon convert for a tiny minute. In a tiny Texas ward. It was INTERESTING. If you’re ever looking to interview adults who converted then yeeted tf outta there, hit me up! I was like the prized convert then I pretty much just ghosted everyone, oops 😅
Strong work!
I left the church in 2003 & in 2023. The 1st time I left was in the military. The 2nd time was after I read the letter and listened to MSP. I served as WML & and an SS president. I brought 3 friends into church and baptized many. I was born and raised in the church. Today, at 38, missionaries, members, and family are trying to bring me back.
Personally, as a Member, I was told.constanly by Baptists that I attended a cult and need to be saved. Today, I still would like to attend another type of church but my view on religion has changed and feels like they are all corrupt in their special way.
Having a little group of like minded folks might be a good option. But God does not need preachers and money. Just love and ethics. Jesus states this clearly!
Take your questions and concerns to God and move forward with faith in Him… we humans are on a path of challenges and learning.
Freedom From Religion Foundation, FFRF
Just having a personal relationship with Christ and doing your own study can be helpful if you still want to be spiritual w/o possibly giving money to corrupt ppl.
I definitely have taken a big pause from religion, but my family recently started attending a new church. I’ve went one or two times and tbh they seem great. My family specifically wanted a church that focused on inclusion and loving others (esp a church that isn’t homophobic) and they seem to be happy with it. They focus on reading the scriptures through a historical lens so there’s context behind the diff parts. It’s super interesting when I go, but sometimes I feel weird going to a church so different from mormonism😅
I left the IBLP. I found that through therapy, God isn't at a church, and neither is a community. You can find community within anything, and God lives in your soul. Happiness is in kindness and giving, and being loving and understanding. That's what God wants.
thank you for doing this episode. we hear of all these and more and never have the time to put together a compilation. These are needed. I was just discussing with a friend last night that we need a centralized library of all factual naughty things the church has done or said over the years. We can call it the ExMormon Topical
Guide
I’ve seen up close what goes on behind the scenes in those perfect Mormon families with their well mannered children and their homes which “have a spirit of peace” and it’s traumatic.
it isn't limited to LDS, anywhere there is that kind of rigidity and absolutism, it gets UGLY behind closed doors.
Damn that hit home, 20 years old and realizing the truth about how nice been raised, it’s traumatic
I was pleased to leave after I found out the church was Pleased with the AZ decision.
I left the church years ago after praying for a better understanding of God the father. Needless to say he gave me lots of info and it turned my world upside down.
In regards to the cross. Being raised in the church I of course had this same outlook as other church members. My oldest son one day came to me and said he wanted a cross for his bedroom. Negative feeling of course shot though my head, but I suppressed them and asked him to tell me why. He had a great answer of it being a symbol of Christ and him dying for us.
I sat down with him and began looking for ones online we could order. He blew me away when he said all the ones I was pointing out were too fancy. He wanted a very plain and humble one just like Christ.
Made me proud.
You son sounds awesome, thanks for being a great parent.
Love your work, Carrah! ❤You did some great coverage this year. Thank you for bringing us the truth in it all.
I like to say that my shelf never broke. I found the answer (yes, the singular answer of the church not being true) and it took all the weight off of my shelf. 2023 is the year I told my wife, parents, siblings and leaders that I will no longer be attending, paying tithing, and most certainly not sustaining leaders.
The missionaries in our area are putting Facebook posts out calling themselves Christian missionaries and talking about Bible study.
🤦🏼♂️ I thought Mormons whole thing was that every other branch of Christianity was corrupt and only LDS is correct
Missionary Facebook posts in my country are 100% generic Christian, you wouldn't recognize them as outside of Nicene Christianity based on their posts.
@@charlesmendeley9823Wow. 😒
They got really pissy when I pointed out they were from LDS. Then the other people piled on calling them liars.. .it got pretty rough...some comments about the SEC, SA, and temples being idolatry
@@hollycitasaysno This sounds like scientology. In scientology, they hide behind front organizations with fancy names, because they basically have a toxic brand. Thus, you get involved in some anti drug group or humanitarian group, only to end up in the cult. Similarly, they talk about bible study, but in the end deliver the Book of Mormon, and before you realize, you are wearing magic underwear with Freemasonry symbols embroidered on your nipples. 🪡📐🧭
I have really enjoyed your content this year. Thank you.
Thanks! Been working hard ❤️🤙🏻
@@CarahBurrellkeep it up your work is going further than you think
I formally left in 2023 when the churchislature decided to target legislation against trans kids. My adult child resigned with me on a special day for our family, so I will always remember.
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They are pro lgbt. The LDS sanctioned gay marriage.
I lost my faith before this year but 2023 definitely made me realize that the church is actively a force of evil, rather than "just a false religion"
I joined in 2021 and left in 2023 after the Bishop of my local church refused to help me provide aid for a local homeless man who had been attending the church longer than i had.
I offered up over $200, while working for minimum wage, to start a fund to provide him shelter, since no member of the ward saw fit to offer their own roof as shelter, and i myself was also homeless, unable to afford housing despite holding two full time jobs. (I'm too prideful to ask for help for myself, but i dont mind helping others.) The Bishop refused my offer to help the homeless ward member, but did offer to accept my $200 as a tithe to the church.
Thats when i began looking into the church as an instution and discovered many of the scandals you mentioned, eventually leaving the church after several months of several new missionaries trying their best to convince me to come back.
I don't blame them; most of the missionaries were younger than me, born into the church, and fresh outta missionairy training camp. They didn't know what they were getting into.
Thank you Carah for all you do .
I feel like this year is a giant red flag 🚩 with all these things happening! I want a documentary of all the things that have happened in the past couple years. Thank you for making this video of compiling all of this!!
When Joseph talked to you, I feared that he might propose to you, being a young lady and all. 😂
I feel a new long running bit for my channel coming on 💅🏼
Eeeeeek!
Love your work, ex Mormon here and so glad I got out and lucky managed to take my family with me. The hypocrisy to say Heavenly Father says all other church’s are of the devil, when they need to look at their own church and the evils it teaches/covers up
I’m just bawling. I am a convert, but I’ve mostly been inactive because corruption I witnessed in local leadership shortly after my baptism. I kept telling myself I didn’t really need to deconstruct because I never really believed any of it, but what I now realize is that I did believe one very important bad thing. I believed that I was to blame for being sexually abused. The church didn’t say this explicitly, but somehow I got it in my head that to be pure I had to hate my sexuality. I don’t know why I believed this. I don’t teach my son this, but for some reason I was clinging to the this belief that the church could save me from being this evil person who liked being sexually abused, even though I didn’t like it. I thought if I didn’t hate myself and hate romance and hate sexuality I must have wanted to be abused. My inability to actually cut ties with the church was caused by this pernicious belief that I needed them to punish me for not being pure, even though I would not expect purity from anybody that I love. What broke it for me was my new trans woman partner. I can’t tell her that her love for me is a bad gift or that I believe God wants her to live in a closet. Believing that I have to hold myself to a standard that I will not enforce on anyone else is just not sustainable. Thank you for these videos. Your channel and Mormon stories and Cults to Consciousness have been my life line as I deconstruct my self hatred. Thank you so much for all you do. You are truly a light in dark places when all other lights go out
Thanks! Looking forward to seeing Eve, sorry it can’t be more!😘 Stay safe, sister!
When is Netflix gonna do a documentary, exposé on the Mormon Church?
there's murder among the mormons
Good question. I find it offensive that they are currently offering Sound of Freedom on Netflix.
There's actually a great documentary exposing the Mormon church back in the 70's or 80's. Unfortunately, it couldn't reach as many people back then, but it can now.
The church has too much $$$$$
A big thing that contributed was I don’t remember if it was fall 2022 or spring 2023 conference right after the church covering up SA news broke and president Nelson paused in his talk and said basically ‘abuse is bad’ and then having to listen to my TBM family talk about how it was so cool he was “inspired” to speak out about it so out of place in his talk 🙄 while knowing it was simply half assed damage control
I havent watched your channel very much so you probably have had those purple bookends but I just seen them tonight. Made me smile😊
You are a brilliant person, Carah Burrell !! Knowledge wise and discernment wise!
It's not just Mormon therapists. It's bishops who end up acting as therapists when they have absolutely no psychiatric training! It's insane!
Except psychiatry is bad. Avoid cults like this and get some Scientology auditing instead.
Leave it to a progressive ExMo to think the only thing worthy is that which is commissioned or sanctioned by the STATE.
Wackadoodle!
I came to utah in 1959 In the years that have passed, one thing seems to stand out in my mind, and that is the children i have met
have been some of the most psychologically damaged young people ever. Their lives are all planned out for them from birth, they are almost robotic when talking about future plans. So sad, and i believe, another form of child abuse.
Thank you for the thoroughness and due diligence on these topics. It's time-consuming to report truth and we appreciate you.
Whoo hoo 400 likes 4.4k views, 47.4k subscribers. Carah’s on a roll!!
4 this purpose I was made
Let's be real though, five million is probably less than they spend per year settling SA cases.
Imagine if you stole a $32,000 car, and you were sentenced to pay a $5 fine, and you get to keep the car. That's the "punishment" the LDS Church got. What should have happened is that the leaders responsible went to prison, and the Church forfeited $32 billion in assets. That would be just.
So happy to hear this - your intro is musical. Also, I love your new clarity, way of speaking.
I left that cult back in 2008 because I was told by an apostle "we would rather the members do what they're asked and NOT ask questions"
I also found proof that they were not only breaking the law, but also violating several of the 10 commandments...
You're a very special young woman and may your channel grow and survive in the New Year. I'm so shocked hearing how these women, that you're reporting on, treat their beautiful children and they get away with it in the name of God?? It's too bizarre, why can they get away with it for so long? I'm hoping there are not huge groups like this in New Zealand. My heart breaks for the ongoing trauma that these bitches are inflicting!! May you have a beautiful NY darling. x
This video is great! Super clear and concise. Felt like all your jokes landed and was very informative
Carah I hope Adam's life isn't ruined. That would suggest there is nothing going forward. His life was damaged, but he is overcoming, has a new wife and child and hopefully reconnecting with his daughters. Probably just a personal pet peeve, but His LIFE wasn't ruined by Jodi. XO Love you Adam and do agree he should be the Utah Person of the Year. The Church is definitely rebranding but what will happen when DHO becomes prophet and the facts of his electro shock therapy for gays at BYU while he was president comes out... woot woot. Stocking up on toilet paper now for that 5H!T Show!
Love you love your channel thanks for spreading awareness. I hope you and your family have a very happy and wonderful holiday.
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So much admiration for you. Good work and admirable integrity. As a child raised in JW, never feeling anything but embarrassment about JW, I am learning volumes from yourself and John D about religiosity. ❤❤❤❤
I'd like to hear you talk about both the Cody and Heber temples Im from Cody and lived in the Heber area for 13 years
I'm from the Otto/Burlington area, and I am so sick of my family talking about how excited they are for this monument to the scam they're building in Cody. 🙄
I don't see how anyone in their right mind could belong to that cult. I spent 14 years in Utah and hated every minute. My mormon neighbors were so stuck up they wouldn't even say good morning to me.
I know that many mormons are watching this video. I know you're squirming, but you're afraid to comment.
I didn't know that missionaries are now allowed to wear "normal" clothes. I feel so bad for them -- they're young and just trying to please their parents. They're expected to convert people but the church has been intentionally concealing the truth about what they're selling. It's so wrong!!! 😠
I warn them at the door they would not want to talk to me. My church (brethren) is a different choice but my rules are not to proselytize that. My last lds cold caller church visitor came to discuss the sanctity of life. And the importance of being prolife. I asked him why his elders were making him do this horrible task especially when he has a penis and could never possibly understand. Then I asked him, as a retired social worker, if he needed help because "There is a resigned LDS family next door to me and they can help."
Jodi and Ruby - no words, nor for the SA issues.
Sitting on billions - and anti tax reactions. No one likes tax but our taxes (at various levels) cover schools, fire, police, roads, (and in UK and other places healthcare). Tax is part of a commitment to being in society and a community. I may never have children needing to go to school, but it is still in my interest for all the children in the community to be educated and able to contribute to the economy that I live in. What we need is not no tax but fairer tax - currently the biggest earners / hoarders whether individual or corporation have all the get out clauses and that is just the legal ones. whereas the poorest deal with tax in all ways.
Crosses and Mormon churches - In UK Mormon churches have always been very distinctive, with the big white steeple. I realise that in parts of the US that is standard for many churches, but here only the Mormons built like that.
I love the power of the Internet! I never thought I would live to see the day when this “church” would start to be revealed.
Leaving the church began at the beginning of Covid. I’ve always been a marginalized member (inactive husband, daughter of a SA predator, child bride, wayward son…) but I stayed in the church because there was enough good, I wanted to make it better, and I needed the stability. I left because I realized what I’ve known all along, that the church never intended to protect me and neither did my parents. But the church was okay with me protecting my predators parents, which I did for decades, because that was the culture I understand, grew up with. When asked, I respond “the church and my childhood trauma are intimately intertwined”.
M. Russell Ballard is burning in Hell right now.
If that picture makes you feel better. But Jesus ended hell. He probably is being shown how shitty he was, and being sent back to try again.😂
The best argument for God I've heard....
Would you please do a YT on the LDS in US intel and high recruitment of them from BYU or maybe you already have ?
So if I resign and it's all true (lol) do I get the option of joining again or is it still straight to outer darkness?
If I had known half the truth of the early church I would have left for that but it was women and our role in the church. I was in basic training for the army and being told my role was as a wife and mother. I'm a ducking warrior, read the room!
Well, how selfish of you! Lol
Hey! It is light and happy and free out here in the “outer darkness!” Glad to have you! And Thank You for your service!♥️✌️
Yay! Another ex-Mormon and sister in green! 😁
The whole gender roles thing was one of many reasons I left. Being told I couldn't do anything besides the role of a 50's housewife just felt so demeaning when I felt I was meant for so much more.
Excellent reporting. Informative to those of us who where so completely unaware👏👏👏
THANK YOU for providing another avenue for injured members to exit the Mormon church, start the process of healing, and build a life on their own terms!
The statement from the Mayor in Fairview TX was an interesting addition for 2024!
When the Arizona/West Virginia AP article came out, I was mortified. I still was holding onto some hope that it was true, but once the SEC situation was publicized, that was it. So I started studying the REAL history of the church. I knew the sanitized, correlated version of church history better than almost anybody. But it was all half truths and smoke screens. Anyway, those two incidents did it for me.
Great delivery of all the scandals and drama. Are the book ends for sale? You should auction them off and make $$$$$$
They would make a great holiday gift
Maybe not as they were/are her Mom’s!😂 But maybe another set just like them Cara! Maybe an auction if that is possible.
40:50 The newest Temple in Orem Utah is right off the freeway, and has no Angel Moroni on it's spire.
Gotta love Carah’s rants about bizarre Mormon culture.
Whose logo is that on your coffee cup? Where can one of these mugs be purchased? Thanks.
Latte Larry Spite Store mug ❤️❤️❤️ hairbrained online 💅🏼
Everything boiled down to the son’s rescuer trying not to cry on the phone while dialing 911. It showed all the good and all the evil on earth in one scene.
How can I resign from the mormon church? Is there a letter that I can send them or make out?
Please help me if you have something that will help me I appreciate that.
You could cold quit. Just stop going and paying and if you're able, to change your phone number and maybe residential address, if possible. Good luck though, I hope all will be well ❤ if anyone comes to your home you could just say 'I do not believe in this anymore, do not come back, thank you' and close the door.
Crosses were one of the first big no nos I was taught. “Why celebrate and wear the thing that Jesus was killed on?”
@anjelikag...you didn't know the steeple is the big nail😅,allegedly
Carah rocks!
When you were holding the hat I wasn't expecting you to pull out a Joseph Smith bookend. Well done. 😂🤣 EDIT: Is there a re-upload anywhere of Adam Steed's talk with mormon stories? I missed it before it was taken down.
I know this is not the main point of the video, but “Down with Caesar, Christ is king” is directly opposite of Jesus’ teaching. Jesus said “Give to Caesar what is Caesar, give to God what is God’s”.
Amazing video thank you!
I haven't officially left, but what really got to me was when the 14 year old boyscout went through the molestation and the high up man put him through 15 years of torment. I can't believe the other leaders backed that evil man. Then they talked him out of suing by saying he would take tithe money from those who need it. Then I found out that the church used the same tithe money to build a mall in Salt Lake. After that, I started looking into things on the internet.
I left the Church in 1981, not because of any scandals, but simply because the Church lacks any spiritual depth. I found it to be more of a big family zoo.
Love your channel sis!❤
I'm so grateful I watched Adam's interview live.
I didn't know any Mormons until I moved to Denver for college. While they were VERY familiar with the book of Morman, they were profoundly ignorant of the Bible. The Bible says that Jesus represents the fullness of God’s divine revelation and so there will be no more prophets giving public revelation after him. Case Closed.
Wait...why haven't criminal charges been filed against Tim Ballard?
Love you ❤ thanks for another great vid
Great recap of all the jaw dropping scandals!!😮 Jesus needs to come back to save us from this church! Love your sense of humor! ❤
Mmmm.....after 1,990 years..I doubt Jesus will be returning anytime soon. Every generation since 33AD has believed THEY are the generation that will see the return. Don't get your hopes up.
Plus, let's not forget the Dead Sea scrolls whose End times Prophet predicted the messiah (and sons of light) would return in their lifetime.
150 Years BEFORE the birth of Christ. 😅
The "Caesar" quote is amazing given "Give unto Caesar what is Caesar's."
OMFG, LOVE the beginning Joseph smith hat skit. I laughed SO loud!I.
Carah you are so right that something about this religion breeds fanaticism. I believe it was Carl Jung who said "Fanaticism is repressed doubt."
I left LDS in 2017 and my Utah family continues in the Morg and has shunned my kids and I. Now my sister is a prepper and my former mission comp has joined some weird branch that believes Joseph Smith is back. Extreme!
Thank you for all you do to support the wrongs perpetrated on the innocent!
I suspect that we should stock up on tank tops right now, before they are all bought up my Ex-Mo ladies!😂 Show your shoulders proudly!!
Ruby’s charges are just for R and E-the other kids will hopefully sue their parents at some point for the money they made by exploiting and abusing them. I hope Ruby stays in prison at least until E is an adult-hopefully she gets the full 60 years no parole (if he can say no parole.) And I hope Kevin faces legal charges also at some point and has to work every dang day for the rest of his life-and no poor woman falls for him.
Wow this is crazy. My “name” is Rachel!! How weird that we have the same special name! 😂
I threw in the towel after the church hid billions and confirmed that the "Prophet" can't even pass a temple recommend interview.
The cross/Moroni thing is interesting. In my neck of the non-lds dominant woods, most Google map logos is a cross, but the temple and 2 churches still have Moroni. I wonder why.
Also, its around day 1,296 that the church fails to recognize the loss of 2 mormon children Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow, killed by fundamentalist mormons chad daybell and lori vallow.
Thank you for doing what you do. Also, I want a Latte Larry's mug 😂
Love this video ❤
40:55 Yeah, that's a direct path to recognizing the illegitimacy of the church. BUT - to follow that reasoning requires thinking for yourself. I fully expect the Church to interpret these events in a manner that explains it all away and re-establishes their brand to something that is more consumer-friendly. It's a business and they're trying to save it with marketing, and part of that business is that they tell people what to think. The only hope is to just shout this as loud and as often as possible so people might hear a different interpretation despite being specifically instructed to ignore the words of non-believers. People are, I think, largely uncomfortable with existential doubt, and that is a huge part of the attraction of religion. This crisis creates doubt, and the Church has made a career of feeding their constituents certainty to assuage that doubt, so now there are going to be a whole bunch of confused and angry people trying to cope with stuff that they don't understand, and have never been taught how to cope with. I actually feel genuinely bad for all the Mormons that are facing those feelings right now, maybe for the first time in their lives.
"Religious leaders gratified by SA."
Thank G_d their baptism rates are plummeting!! Finally! People are paying attention. They are corrupt from the top down. Thank you Cara, for speaking the truth.
Why did Mormon Stories have to take Adam’s video down? It was, hand’s down, the most powerful & deeply disturbing video all year & took a lot out of Adam to share all he did. Mad compassion & respect for him.
Unless I missed something, I thought he had no active court cases or plans for any.
I’m wondering if the fact that Jodi Hildebrandt is going to trial soon means Adam may be called as a witness for the prosecution, & they don’t want all he shared publicly to be accessible to Jodi’s counsel to try & impeach him in any way. Given the long-standing & far reaching pattern of abuse, I’m sure that will be addressed in Jodi’s trial.
Are there any other reasons it was removed?
Jodi‘s niece, Jessie, gave a powerful & descriptive account as to who Jodi really is, but her video didn’t get taken down, so I’m confused why one is still up & the other isn’t?
John said they received a cease and desist letter that basically forced them to take it down. I'm not sure who it was from though.
Another interview w him is up on Hidden True Crime.
@@misty4937 - I saw that one as it was done before John’s interview, but it is a fraction of the depth & length of the Mormon Stories interview. However, I’m glad that interview remains up.
@@HeidiThompson7 - So curious who sent that letter? Maybe his ex-wife’s attorney, Hildebrandt’s attorney, or the Mormon Church? It sure says a lot about whoever sent the letter that they’re trying to silence Adam.
Why did Mormon Stories have to take their interview down and no one else?
Something to do with Jodi's attorneys claiming defamation or similar I think. Mormon Stories has like a 9 minute video explaining why.
Thanks!