More reflections on death
I need your help to figure out something. It’s been on my mind for a long time. In recent months, in random moments, while staring at the floor, hearing the song of a bird or looking or into the eyes…
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A record of a journey out of LDS Mormon belief
Facing Outer Darkness
The gates of outer darkness were large and terrifying. They loomed high above and wide on the ground. The ground was scorched, dead with no beauty or pleasantness, only despair. The Angels of light forced us in, we entered Outer…
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The purpose of life – deconstruction & reconstruction
What is the purpose of life? Why are we here? What is life’s meaning? These are the questions that have occupied contemplatives of all sorts for millennia. From the wealthiest to the lowliest of people we ponder on these grand…
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Why there’s nothing to fear about death
One of the most difficult aspects of leaving religious belief is confronting the reality of death and figuring out what exactly it is. If there’s no God, does that mean there’s no afterlife? If there’s no afterlife, what’s the point…
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Some thoughts about The Age article
Approximately mid March 2018 I was approached by an investigative reporter Ben Schneiders from The Age who said he was potentially working on a piece about Mormonism and the one-on-one worthiness interviews that involve sexually explicit questions as part of a larger project about…
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Some thoughts on atheism
(Randomly shared in our local Australian Mormon Stories support group on 09-11-2017) Here are some thoughts about the term “atheist” — being thrown out into the ether. Please feel free to engage / comment. It goes without saying, everything below…
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Poem: Awaken (about self-awareness)
Either I awaken; And I realise that … My story is just one of many stories… My experience is just one of many experiences… My God is just one of many Gods… My religion is just one of many religions……
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Post-Mormon Sexual Values Part 2: Moral Framework
In the first article in this series I shared my story about confession to so-called “priesthood leaders” and other topics. Today, let’s turn to speaking about sexual values directly. The need for a moral framework It’s impossible to properly reason…
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Post-Mormon Sexual Values Part 1: My Story
Most of this blog has been quite focused on what “the truth” is, and the nature of religious experiences. However, after a recent gathering of secular “ex-Mormons” that I attended in Canberra, and several other discussions with various people over…
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Who is Jake Hilton? What is Mormon Evidence? What is the sword of YHVH?
December 2020 update: I wrote this article over 3 years ago and it has surprisingly been read by over 3000 people in these 3 years. Since writing, the links I used have died, it seems Jake has taken down that…
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