‘MormonWikileaks’ website launched, seeking transparency in LDS Church

Post by joshontheweb » Wed, Dec 21, 2016, 4:05 AM UTC

henrikschroder wrote: post #39

innocentoldguy wrote: post #30

@henrikschroder - Would you mind giving a citation that links Utah's issue of depression with Mormonism? After all, there are a lot of non-Mormons living there too. The last I read, scientists believed that the mountain states suffered from depression due to altitude and thin air ( http://www.livescience.com/50813-low-oxygen-increase-depress... ) Also, I couldn't find any statistics on just teen suicides, but accordi…

Ask the fine people here: https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/ You'll get a lot of answers.

Post by xou4ieZi » Wed, Dec 21, 2016, 4:32 AM UTC

patch_collector wrote: post #31

wavefunction wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Meekness" is encouraged among the faithful corpus. I would agree that I have met many kind and decent members of the LDS church, but I have also seen how the Church urges families to threaten or enact shunning of their relatives who choose to leave the Church, and their forays into political activism are inhumane.

I come at this as an active Mormon, but I see a consistent effort on the part of the leadership to make it clear that shunning shouldn't happen. I definitely see individuals with issues on this, but I haven't seen it as institutional, even though I've had a number of family members leave the church.

Post by innocentoldguy » Wed, Dec 21, 2016, 6:59 AM UTC

36bydesign wrote: post #49

innocentoldguy wrote: post #21

As a Mormon, I have a hard time imagining this site being very interesting. Between fairmormon.org, lds.org, all the anti-Mormon sites, and the missionary duos, just waiting to knock on a door near you, I think the world already has a pretty clear view into the workings of the Mormon church, their history, and their beliefs. Sure, the Mormon church "hides" things, but most of that stuff has to do with disciplinary co…

Part of the goal is to show the church is fundamentally a business.

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Dec 21, 2016, 8:42 AM UTC

36bydesign wrote: post #47

Are you a Mormon? I'm going to bet yes.

Post by dang » Wed, Dec 21, 2016, 8:44 AM UTC

henrikschroder wrote: post #56

innocentoldguy wrote: post #54

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Perhaps you could help me understand how a bunch of anonymous rancor on Reddit acts as a citation that proves your previous commentary. I'm looking for a scholarly citation. Not opinion and blither.

It's funny, you just see anonymous rancor, but I see people finally breaking free from their shackles and stepping out into the light. It's truly beautiful.