Local Herbalife hun. She’s really selling the glamorous girlboss lifestyle here! 💅🏽2yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/antiMLM
Shocking that his strong conservative values didn’t do more to protect him.2yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/LeopardsAteMyFace
Took a gander at his Facebook profile. Covid couldn’t have hit a nicer guy.2yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/LeopardsAteMyFace
The murder of 99.99% of all life on earth? This would be a perfect theme for my child’s nursery!4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Free from religion, you can choose to be a good person, without being doctrinally compelled to be a bad person too.3yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
“If you have to choose between feeding your family and paying tithing, pay tithing first.” This idea really makes clear it’s all about power and money, and not the sanctity of life.3yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
This life is not a dress rehearsal. Spend time doing what you love, caring for others, seeing and experiencing the world. Live for the now, not for some unknown afterlife!4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
People can hint about “too sacred to share”, the church owning Labans’s sword, etc, but if there was a single shred of REAL evidence, it would be brought out in every conference, shown on the cover of the Des News. There is nothing.3yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
As a teen, keeping my thoughts “pure” was such an impossibility. I was sure I was the worst person on earth.4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
My seminary teacher taught that “never has any group been so persecuted as the mormons, it’s proof of Satan working against the truth!”3yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
It’s amazing when you realize a cup of coffee isn’t a ticket to outer darkness and can finally wear regular underwear with no guilt.4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Beautiful family you have there...it would be a shame if you were separated for eternity.5yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
This Easter, let’s remember the time that the Ensign photoshopped away wings and gave angels modest sleeves to protect our delicate spirits from classical art.5yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
I’m feeling the spirit of contention here, therefore you and everything you’re saying must be wrong!!4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
I was so jealous of others who had their weekends free, wouldn’t have to serve a mission, and would never be seen as weird because of their religion. I thought they were so lucky not to be born mormon, while I was born burdened with “The Truth”.4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
We humbly beseech thee, oh merciful father... This relationship model sucks.4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Just keep running on your hamster wheel of callings, meetings, temple work, scripture study. Endure to the end, a great reward awaits you!5yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
But we love all god’s children, even those suffering from same sex attraction! 🌈5yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
In the end, this is really why I left. Loving and accepting others should never be a bad thing. 🏳️🌈3yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
My mission president told us that any faithful man and woman can make a marriage work as long as they are following the gospel, the most important thing was to get married as soon as possible once we get home.3yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
I have pioneer heritage on both sides, generations of valiant, faithful members. Once I found out it’s all a lie, a sex-cult turned multi billion dollar real estate empire, it stops with me.3yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
“We are not a wealthy church”, “the apostles live simply”, “We are not a corporation”. The hundreds of billions in assets and distinct lack of charitable endeavors begs to differ.4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
I lived the first 40 years of my life the way my parents, grandparents, bishop, and community wanted me to live. I intend to live the next 40 the way I want.5yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
General Relief Society presidency to women struggling under abusive, demeaning priesthood leaders.5yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
“I promise, even if you are my foster daughter, God is totally cool with me boning you in the barn.”5yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
My bible thumping coworker was so happy that I would “finally be able to truly KNOW Jesus!” Get bent Sharon.3yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
A tattoo? You want to ruin your life?? Now excuse me while I write a check for 10% of my income to a real estate empire.3yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Wherever the Mormon church has total control, they expect everyone to follow their rules without question. Wasn’t this Satan’s plan in the first place?4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Also they’re in a super obscure language that none of you have ever heard of, luckily I’ve got a special rock here that only I can use to translate it.4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
As we celebrate mothers today, I would once again like to share my favorite images of Heavenly Mother found in the gospel art resources.4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Nelson - “And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for you meddling kids!”5yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
“I love to see the temple, I’m going there someday to swear an oath of vengeance against the USA” 🇺🇸4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
The church youth programs can change their names, ages, handbooks, but it seems the misogyny still remains.4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
When they say, “ if you leave, how will you know right from wrong? Who will you teach your kids?”5yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
If any of you lack wisdom, just stay quiet about it and above all else, keep paying your tithing.3yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
The lovely gay couple down the street has never once tried to bribe my kids to believe and act as they do, that would be all the members of our old ward who continue to bring treats and “messages of love” and offer to drive our kids to church, even after we have all resigned!!4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Respect and consent should be taught instead instead of the ridiculous focus on virginity and chastity. It took leaving the church to truly find joy in sex with my spouse.3yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Oaks’ talk, and the echoing support of TBMs everywhere, has me sick to my stomach.6yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
“I wonder if our young sisters realize the temptation they are flaunting before young men when they leave their body parts uncovered” - Spencer W. Kimball7yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
I’ll set my clocks forward tonight with 90% less dread than years before4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Or provide any meaningful advice or even consider dipping into our billions to help anyone out.4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
I have so many progressive mormon friends who are sure that soon there will be a more inclusive place for LGBT members. I got tired of waiting and walked away, I could no longer support, affiliate with, or agree with a group whose teachings and practices were contrary to my own.5yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Or, perhaps there is no test, there is no teacher, and we’d all be better off getting the fuck out of the classroom and going outside to enjoy the beautiful day!5yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Maybe teaching generations of mormons that “white and delightsome” people are morally superior to “dark and loathsome” people have some negative ramifications.4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
3.5 decades of weekly church, 4 years of seminary, 2 year mission, in lessons and manuals and talks the same 6-7 stories of Joe’s life are told over and over ad nauseum, while all the creepy and bizarre points are quietly ignored.4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
We will just slap a Band-Aid on this hemorrhaging wound and everything should be in shipshape!5yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
We only don’t talk about the (embarrassing, racist, plagiarized from the Masons, creepy) sacred stuff.5yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
They are just saving for a rainy day, or second coming, or something like that. Hoarding THAT amount of cash is just prudent! /s4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
As a man, he at least wouldn’t have to deal with birthing billions of spirit babies.4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Your right to religious freedom ends at the tip of your nose. Forcing others to abide by the tenants of your religion is not religious freedom, it is oppression.5yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
All the teens in our ward spent yesterday doing some non consensual, postmortem proxy baptisms. That’s totally cool and normal right?5yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
The hours spent trying to get us to memorize the Articles of Faith as a little kid, when we had NO idea what most of the words meant, just might have been a huge waste of time.3yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
..Satan rebelled against me, and sought to destroy the agency of man. Moses 4:37yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Single adults really have no place in the church. They just don’t know what to do with people who don’t fit their perfect family mold.3yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
In this tithing settlement season, please remember what these 15 old men have NOT done3yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
“I love to see the temple, I’m going there someday. I’ll swear an oath of vengeance, against the USA.” 🇺🇸6yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Although Bishop Shumway knew that women were physically incapable of sexual thoughts, this was a risk he was not willing to take.3yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
If you don’t eat breakfast and lunch, the prayers are like twice as powerful!4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
“Religious truth is always confirmed by what you feel.” - M Russ Ballard.4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Another case of youth leaders creating arbitrary, pharisaical rules to drive the kids away. Keep it up!4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Members concerned about the trafficking of women and children should really take a hard look at their own church’s history. These repellent dickbags at the top hoarded teen girls. No “shortage of men” or “taking care of widows”, they were predators.4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
So apparently the women of Utah hold a more sexist viewpoint than even the men of the state. A lifetime of deferring to male authority will do that I guess.5yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
No one in tscc wants to tackle the hard questions. You are just supposed to OBEY! (This is based on actual events when I started questioning)4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
My Pioneer Day shirt, celebrating the proud mormon heritage of ignoring huge problems and presenting a fake, joyful exterior.5yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
This shit caused a fight at every Thanksgiving in memory between the mormons who wanted to celebrate with a fancy drink and the mormons who were desperate to “avoid the appearance of evil”.4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
A god that does not manifest in reality is indistinguishable from a god that does not exist. Hours spent on my knees in prayer, in response - silence.4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Today is my 5 year Reddit cake day. I joined to find support after finding the claims I had built my foundation on were all lies. Reveling in my freedom today, 5 years out. 🎉3yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
The temple ceremony shows that there is no place is the church for unmarried women.7yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Truly, a love for the ages! From the plural marriage essay: “Emma likely did not know about all of Joseph’s sealings”.4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
PSA: Even if you designate money to humanitarian or missionary funds, the Q15 doesn’t give a shit and can and will use that cash however they want. Your fast offerings are much more likely to be used for $12,000 temple rugs or dry cleaning for a Mission President than food for the hungry.4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
“We just got back from dropping our daughter at BYU Hawaii, and (sob), the sunsets were so beautiful! I don’t know how anyone could stand on the beach there and not KNOW we have a loving Heavenly Father!”4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
This Mother’s Day also seems an appropriate time to share one of my favorite old theories of Heavenly Mother.6yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Every night before I eat dinner, now that I don’t pray to god, I sit there devastated as I have no one to thank.4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Hey ladies, all those things about you that make you amazing, your integrity, wit, humor, kindness, intelligence, don’t really matter. All that does is your PURITY!3yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Just looking at this picture I can smell the stale cheerios and feel the desperate boredom that surrounds every sacrament meeting4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
And only about .2% of those have any shot of returning to live with him again. What a perfect ‘plan of happiness’.5yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Well, I was taught in seminary that polygamy was to help support the widows, so it MUST be true!3yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
I’ve actually found myself looking for positive ways to help because I no longer can say “You’re in my prayers” with any kind of sincere intent.5yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
“Families are Forever” so don’t bother to spend any time with them in this life, not when there are so many meetings to attend and missions to serve. You can always have a relationship with those grandkids in the next life.5yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Looking at this map of opiod deaths, I'm so glad the Utah state government has chosen porn as the greatest health crisis we're facing.7yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Oh no, two men holding hands in the new Star Wars??!! Won’t someone think of the children? Guess we’ll have to stick to watching Nephi chop of Laban’s head on our old Living Scriptures.5yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Often the lab’s timetable isn’t the same as ours, so we must have faith that the lab knows what is best for us.5yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Free Agency, a concept that was talked about all the time in my youth, seems to have almost disappeared from church vernacular. This chart shows how often Free Agency is mentioned in General Conference each year.4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Good morning ma’am, would you like to hear more about the kinderhook plates? Let me leave you with this copy of the CES Letter.4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
I made a comment about this to my mom once, she got stuck at Stage 4 and refused to budge.5yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
With god all things are possible, but don’t expect much because he’s a little busy.7yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
You know, there is nothing so arrogant as a TBM who is sure, with every fiber of his being, that he has all the answers.6yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Bednar is concerned about his flock scattering, not for concern for the people themselves, but because they need someone to fleece.4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
“To trust the God of the Bible is to trust an irascible, vindictive, fierce and ever fickle and changeful master.” - Mark Twain4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
My seminary teacher: “We don’t need facts, we can confirm the truth of anything by the Holy Ghost!”5yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
How much more enjoyable would sacrament meeting have been with a little sip of Pinot Noir to get you through 🍷4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Maybe this is what sobbing testimony bearers mean when they say they KNOW the church is true.5yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
No matter how they try to explain how an all loving, all powerful god can let children starve, be beaten or abused, and countless other tragedies occur each day, my take away is still that if there is a god, he’s a real dick.4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Yes, you should pray for your non believing friends and family to almost die! That will surely show them how good your god is.4yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
Oaks’ talk reminded me of this handy graphic that very clearly explains the biblical definition(s) of marriage.7yr ⋅ Apricot-tree ⋅ r/exmormon
