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Mormon wives

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Stepawayfromthefridgenow · 06/09/2024 22:07

Watching this show ‘The secret lives of Mormon wives’ I had no idea their lives were like that or allowed to be.
Anyone Mormon here or know any Mormons?

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Jumpingthruhoops · 07/09/2024 03:29

hby9628 · 06/09/2024 23:41

@frustratedhuman amazing show! I'm going to see it in a couple of weeks

I'm intrigued by this religion.

LOVE Book of Mormon. Funniest show ever! But not for the easily offended 😂😂

Galoop · 07/09/2024 03:23

I have known some Mormon people, perfectly normal and very lovely. Just like any religion you have extreme versions and then just normal people 🤷🏻‍♀️

SpiderGwen · 07/09/2024 03:19

Haroldwilson · 07/09/2024 00:07

Aren't they supposed to break ties with adult children who leave the church? Fucking heartbreaking, cruel cult.

As for longing to be a Mormon wife - that's stupid and there's nothing to stop anyone from making jam or dresses whatever, without the cult hocus pocus

The Jehovah’s Witnesses do that, it’s called being Disfellowshipped. You don’t even speak about them.

I know a pair of siblings who left the JCCofLDS and they weren’t cut off. Their parents were on the less fundamentalist side, though, so maybe that was more of a family-specific thing.

PMAalltheway · 07/09/2024 03:18

My great Uncle converted to the Mormon church to marry my great Aunt. They were two of the most generous, caring and loving people you could meet. They didn't drink tea, coffee etc. but when we visited they would always have those available for us. As with many religions there are extremes which make good reality TV.

Simonjt · 07/09/2024 03:17

Bigcat25 · 06/09/2024 23:38

No, I'm just saying the Mormons I know are great people who don't fit the stereotype that exists.

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So they’re not forced birthers?

offyoujollywelltrot · 07/09/2024 03:15

Stepawayfromthefridgenow · 06/09/2024 22:07

Watching this show ‘The secret lives of Mormon wives’ I had no idea their lives were like that or allowed to be.
Anyone Mormon here or know any Mormons?

If you want to know what Mormonism is actually like, watch ex Mormons talk about their survival stories on this channel:

Cults to Consciousness

They talk about all religious cults, but Mormonism features heavily. It is truly, truly vile.

Before you continue to YouTube

https://youtube.com/@cultstoconsciousness?si=JhpHajbH6zodV2g7

NeverEnoughPants · 07/09/2024 03:09

LostTheMarble · 06/09/2024 23:27

Most religious people live normal day to day lives. It’s the belief systems that’s usually whackadoodle, some more than others. Mormons are bordering on Scientology level of cultish woowoo.

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Oh I am not disagreeing with that. I think their beliefs are batshit. But it's their choice, nobody is forcing them into it.

However this thread isn't about the belief system. This thread is about what their lives are like.

SD1978 · 07/09/2024 00:56

@Haroldwilson - nope. Doesn't happen. Some people may choose to, but it's not a requirement, and personally, I don't know anyone who has ever cut off children for leaving, being gay, or drinking coffee.

SD1978 · 07/09/2024 00:54

Brought up in LDS religion, and happy and proud to have been so. Had many great opportunities, and met some amazing people. These shows are always an over exaggeration as real people with real every day lives are boring.

ComtesseDeSpair · 07/09/2024 00:53

TheSpottedZebra · 07/09/2024 00:09

Grin

You can even convert (they can even convert you) after death! That's what's behind the huge increase in historical family tree information being added to the Internet.

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I think it’s only a small sub-group who believe in doing this though, as mainstream LDS followers are essentially anabaptists who think baptism must be a conscious choice. Though to be fair, it doesn’t strike me as any more weird to baptise the dead than to baptise babies, who are equally unaware.

rayofsunshine86 · 07/09/2024 00:12

Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is the more extreme, cult-like sect.

Normal LDS Mormons are great. I've never met one who I thought wasn't a good person.

TheSpottedZebra · 07/09/2024 00:09

Offcom · 07/09/2024 00:01

All those Mormon missionaries are really wasting their time if you can’t convert

Grin

You can even convert (they can even convert you) after death! That's what's behind the huge increase in historical family tree information being added to the Internet.

Haroldwilson · 07/09/2024 00:07

Aren't they supposed to break ties with adult children who leave the church? Fucking heartbreaking, cruel cult.

As for longing to be a Mormon wife - that's stupid and there's nothing to stop anyone from making jam or dresses whatever, without the cult hocus pocus

WildImaginings · 07/09/2024 00:03

The show about 'Mormon' swingers?

Offcom · 07/09/2024 00:01

All those Mormon missionaries are really wasting their time if you can’t convert

ncforcatquestion · 07/09/2024 00:00

poppyzbrite4 · 06/09/2024 23:56

Is it a choice?

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But you could argue that we don't really have a choice the other way around. To be a mother means nothing in this society

HeliotropePJs · 07/09/2024 00:00

No idea what the show is like, but based on your reaction, I'm assuming these are more extreme/fundamentalist Mormons. Is there polygamy or cult-like behaviour? Are women not allowed choices in how they live, whether they work, etc? There are different types of Mormons, and most of the modern ones aren't nearly that extreme.

poppyzbrite4 · 06/09/2024 23:56

ncforcatquestion · 06/09/2024 23:54

I think it looks like a good life. I would have liked to be able to stay home with lots of kids, cooking, dressmaking and making jam

Is it a choice?

ncforcatquestion · 06/09/2024 23:54

I think it looks like a good life. I would have liked to be able to stay home with lots of kids, cooking, dressmaking and making jam

ComtesseDeSpair · 06/09/2024 23:43

A university friend was Mormon. She didn’t drink, smoke, gamble, have coffee etc, did quite a lot of stuff at her church, seemed fine about gay people, wasn’t somebody I’d probably ever have been best friends with, but was perfectly pleasant. I imagine that as with most religions, there are a lot of different levels of belief ranging from fundamentalist to liberal.

RobinHood19 · 06/09/2024 23:41

Mainstream LDS (commonly known as Mormons), or Fundamentalists? I believe reality shows with poly families would belong to the latter denomination.

hby9628 · 06/09/2024 23:41

@frustratedhuman amazing show! I'm going to see it in a couple of weeks

I'm intrigued by this religion.

Bigcat25 · 06/09/2024 23:38

LostTheMarble · 06/09/2024 23:24

This is the religious equivalent of saying ‘my husband is great because he doesn’t hit me, aren’t I lucky’.

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No, I'm just saying the Mormons I know are great people who don't fit the stereotype that exists.

frustratedhuman · 06/09/2024 23:35

"switch it off, like a light switch, it's a neat little Mormon trick"

Sunshineandpool · 06/09/2024 23:33

Ofthemall · 06/09/2024 23:25

I’d love to be a mormon (can you just become one or do you have to be born into it / marry into it?!) but I love coffee too much so I don’t think they’d want me 😂

Why do you want to be a Mormon?