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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “abuse”

How do I help my wife overcome sexual trauma?

John Dehlin October 15, 2010abuse 19 Comments

I am a 50+ year old life-long member who is eternally committed to a talented and caring LDS woman and our 30+ year temple marriage. …

Sorrowing for Korihor

FireTag September 12, 2010abuse, Charity, christianity, Devil, faith, fear, grace, Holy Ghost, love, prayer, spirituality, violence 14 Comments

Mormon Heretic’s post on forgiveness from a few weeks ago touched me deeply, but I needed time to get my thoughts together about it before …

The Next Victim

guest July 3, 2010abuse, marriage, Mormon 59 Comments

This post is by our guest, Leah. He is getting his temple recommend renewed. He has his humble face on. He has paid up his …

Then I Will Believe

guest June 6, 2010abuse, faith, fear, testimony 12 Comments

Our guest post today is by SilverRain, who blogs at The Rains Came Down. When Jesus was suffering on the cross at Calvary, those who …

Patriarchal Hierarchy and the Kingship Model

Bored in Vernal June 3, 2010abuse, feminism, Government, LDS lessons, Leaders, Mormon, patriarchy, Priesthood, scripture 98 Comments

OT SS Lesson #21 When we lived in Saudi Arabia a few years ago, I obtained a faculty position in the fairly newly-formed department of …

Bad, Worse and Worst

Aaron R. aka Rico February 25, 2010abuse, Culture, doctrine, LDS, sexuality, thought, violence 32 Comments

I would like to use Genesis 12 (and an interesting post by Aaron B from BCC) to examine the inverse of Elder Oak’s famous talk …

Home Teaching the Mentally Ill

Mormon Heretic February 21, 2010abuse, Charity, christ, depression, Mormon 28 Comments

I posted a longer version of this on my blog. Last month I had the most unusual experience I have ever had in regards to …

Richard Dawkins, God and Santa Claus: Belief as a Form of Abuse

Aaron R. aka Rico January 3, 2010abuse, doctrine, doubt, God, Mormon 124 Comments

Between Christmas and New Year I had the opportunity to meet with some friends and at one point during the evening we began discussing the …

A Child Is Born In Bukavu

Faithful Dissident December 15, 2009abuse, children, christ, christianity, civil disobedience, fear, international, Jesus, love, meekness, mercy, pacifism, Peace, violence, war, women 39 Comments

A Christmas message, by today’s guest poster, mormongandhi. A child is born in Bukavu A child is born in Bukavu, and sadness fills his mother’s heart… …

Brother Brigham Brother Young

James December 6, 2009abuse, adultery, Anti-Mormon, apostasy, apostles, baptism, blacks, burdens, Charity, christianity, church, Culture, curiosity, death, depression, Discrimination, doubt, eternity, excommunication, faith, historicity, LDS, Leaders, marriage, media, Mormon, Mormons, obedience, ordinances, polygamy, Priesthood, prophets, race, repentance, salvation, tesimony, thought, Utah, women 6 Comments

Recently I drove up Little Cottonwood Canyon with my brother and nephew. This is the canyon in which many of your ancestors pulled out the …

‘I really think it would be best if you ended your remarks at this point?’

Aaron R. aka Rico September 24, 2009abuse, apostasy, Mormon, obedience, questioning, religion, reverence, sacrament meeting, thought 164 Comments

John Remy posted an interesting blog/video where a man, speaking about his concern with the Church’s practice and policy during the Prop 8 debate, was …

Women are from Venus, Men are from Kolob

Hawkgrrrl May 27, 2009abuse, adultery, Asides, burdens, children, church, Culture, curiosity, doubt, faith, families, feminism, Humor, LDS, Leaders, Logic, love, marriage, mormon, Mormons, orthodox, polygamy, questioning, religion, salvation, sexuality, theology, thought, women 75 Comments

Based on my experience, I would guess that the majority of LDS women under age 65 would say that polygamy is NOT an eternal principle …

Please Respect the Rules of Common Decency

Ray May 25, 2009abuse, accountability, Anti-Mormon, Beatitudes, Charity, diversity, inter-faith, love, meekness, mercy, Mormon, Peace, questioning, religion 8 Comments

This is an administrative post that is irrelevant to most of you. For that, I apologize. However, we have had a surge recently in comments …

Is Accountability a Good or Bad Thing?

Ray April 28, 2009abuse, accountability, burdens, christ, Culture, depression, faith, grace, Happiness, mercy, Mormon, Peace, religion, repentance, righteousness, salvation, spiritual progression, spirituality, surviving 12 Comments

I am struck regularly by how many members fail to focus on the life of Jesus and, thus, fail to realize that there are incredible …

Are we going to be Eunuchs after this life?

James April 27, 2009abuse, book of mormon, burdens, Culture, curiosity, Discrimination, diversity, doubt, education, eternity, faith, families, fear, Folklore, general, General Authorities, General Conference, God, Happiness, history, Humor, Jesus, joseph, Logic, marriage, Mormon, mormon, Mormons, obedience, orthodox, prophets, questioning, religion, resolutions, salvation, scripture, sexuality, smith, spiritual progression, spirituality, tesimony, theology, thought, women 79 Comments

My home teacher (who is very cool) came by yesterday to drop off some starter cables for my car and as one does in that …

Families Forver Naked and Not Ashamed

James April 6, 2009abuse, adultery, Anti-Mormon, apostasy, Bible, Bloggernacle, burdens, BYU, children, christ, christianity, church, civil disobedience, Culture, curiosity, diversity, education, environment, faith, families, fear, general, Happiness, history, Mormon, religion, righteousness, sexuality, theology, thought, women 311 Comments

Mormon Matters Motto is Exploring Mormon culture in a balanced way- so bare with me on this one (excuse the pun).

The Problem with Whistleblowers

Hawkgrrrl March 30, 2009abuse, Anti-Mormon, Bloggernacle, burdens, catholicism, christianity, church, Culture, curiosity, Discrimination, diversity, doubt, excommunication, faith, feminism, General Authorities, General Conference, LDS, Leaders, love, meekness, missionary, Mormon, mormon, Mormons, obedience, questioning, religion, thought 22 Comments

A whistleblower is someone internal to an organization who alleges misconduct. So, what if the organization is the church? Does the church handle whistleblowers effectively …

Big Love -Big News

James March 10, 2009abuse, adultery, Anti-Mormon, apologetics, apostasy, baptism, Bloggernacle, book of mormon, burdens, Charity, children, christ, christianity, church, Culture, curiosity, Discrimination, diversity, doubt, education, faith, families, fear, FLDS, general, God, Happiness, history, inter-faith, Jesus, joseph, marriage, media, meetings, Mormon, Mormons, movies, news, obedience, ordinances, orthodox, polygamy, Priesthood, prophets, religion, resignation, RLDS, salvation, scripture, spirituality, television, temple, testimony, theology, thought, Utah, women 33 Comments