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8 months

Q Mormons. Devout LDS. Publicly denouncing church leadership and wondering if tithing donations are being used to support trafficking. Take a bow, Glenn Beck. Stellar job, Sean Reyes. Truly impressive work, Tim. You infected rank-and-file Mormons with Q and your virus is winning.

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A Mormon explains to her bishop why Russell M. Nelson’s remarks at General Conference were her last straw.

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Samuel Benson, BYU 2023 Student Commencement speaker: "We need to show that whoever somebody is –whatever their color, creed, background, gender, sexual orientation– the Lord loves them. If we are serious about this whole idea of building Zion, we need to make room for everyone."

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Thing is, @glennbeck can afford to get duped. But folks like this? Not so much, @TimBallard @SeanReyesUT @TheSpearFund

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4 months

Spoiler alert: None of the Mormons discussing equality between men and women in the LDS church know the answer to this simple question – posed in this Jubilee convo – about the current Relief Society leader: Does she have a name?

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7 months

Utah A.G. Sean Reyes accused of possible witness tampering. “Upon learning of these complaints, Attorney General Reyes would step in, and rather than investigate what OUR and Tim Ballard were doing, would intimidate the complainants,” the suit alleges.

Utah A.G. Sean Reyes accused of intimidating critics, possible witness tampering on behalf of Tim...

A new filing in a lawsuit against Operation Underground Railroad founder Tim Ballard alleges that Sean Reyes tried to intimidate critics of Ballard and OUR, and may have tampered with witnesses on...

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8 months

Upcoming O.U.R. devotional at an LDS church featuring Matt Osborne offering timely advice on — wait for it — Situational Awareness and Grooming Tactics.

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7 months

BYU-Idaho has scrubbed the transcript of this commencement talk, but the video is still available. There’s a Tim Ballard anecdote that starts around 6:25 that would be nice to have for safekeeping.

President M. Russell Ballard - "The Lord's Hand"

Commencement address given on December 18, 2019.

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8 months

Operation Underground Railroad’s Chief Legal Officer resigns

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7 months

I believe Russell Brunson. "The way that I found out about Tim Ballard and Operation Underground Railroad was actually from Elder Ballard. He personally called me and asked me to help TB and OUR. I've literally sat in the room with [them] to discuss these things and these ideas."

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9 months

“Sound of Freedom 2: Beck vs The Brethren.” Glenn has picked a side and #DezNat have found a new leader. Props to @glennbeck for finally leading these Deznat weirdos out of the LDS church.

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9 months

r/byu things: At the end of the day, we’re all just doing the best we can.

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7 months

Uh oh. Step back. “Things are about to get very specific.” @TimBallard adding to his already firmly established legacy of comedy gold.

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8 months

Tim Ballard and Russell Ballard were deeply involved together in more than one business enterprise and both are lying when they deny it. The Q12 learned first-hand about one of their financial ties: shared interest in Sound of Freedom

Packer OUR Report 32 YouTube Upload

Mormon Apostle M. Russell Ballard: Victim or Accomplice?In mid-September when a Mormon Church spokesman denounced former Operation Underground Railroad presi...

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2 months

Self-aware/self-deprecating exmo humor is the best humor.

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10 months

It’s one thing to live in a shrinking Church. It’s another thing to live in a shrinking Church where no one will acknowledge that it is shrinking.

A Shrinking Church?

If the LDS Church were shrinking, would you know it? The question of whether the Church is growing or shrinking is a relevant issue for a variety of reasons. Just off the top of my head, I can thin…

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7 months

Russell Brunson - M. Russell Ballard story scrubbed. Utah's ABC affiliate ran this story then pulled it back within 24 hours. "ClickFunnel Founder claims LDS Church Elder Set Up Meeting With Tim Ballard". Yahoo News post also yanked, but safely archived:

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7 months

Utah state Rep. Merrill Nelson, an attorney, took the initial call from an LDS bishop reporting that church member Paul Adams had sexually abused his daughters. For more than two years, Nelson advised both that bishop and his successor not to report Adams.

A 5-year-old child is raped. Mormon church stays silent. Then comes the truly shocking part.

A man raped his daughter and an LDS bishop stayed silent about the assault. Arizona law allowed him to say nothing. Require clergy to report abuse.

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"The spire means hope in Jesus Christ. It means we can overcome adversity in our lives. It points to Heaven." But a slew of Fairview, Texas residents disagreed: the LDS church is welcome in town, just not at its proposed height. After a 3-hour meeting, permit application denied.

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7 months

TIL: A Utah state law prohibits charities from lying to their donors and allows donors to sue to get their money back from charities that violate this statute.

Latter-day Saints lawsuits raise questions over Mormon tithing – can churches just invest funds...

Like all charitable donors, church members – even those who make donations to remain in good standing with their religious institution – give up their legal right to control that money.

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2 months

None of the Gilbert Goons are Mormon. It is a rumor. There are a lot of Mormons in Gilbert. Some fool started the rumor that some of the goons are Mormon – and I foolishly boosted that baseless rumor.

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21 days

“I'm almost in tears 😆” —ISYN This Is The Book Of Mormon: Every instance of "it came to pass" is replaced with "I shit you not" among other slight changes. 1 Nephi 4:10 — “And I shit you not that I was constrained by the Spirit that I should kill Laban.”

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8 months

“I had the opportunity this past summer to travel… with my friend Tim Ballard to learn more about what he had learned regarding Nephi’s vision...” —M. Russell Ballard

The Lord’s Hand

A little over three weeks ago, I spent six days in Israel walking where Jesus walked and standing very near to where He may have stood. Although I had been in Israel twice before, this last trip was...

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your canadian girlfriend, Alli Roberts

@allitude

8 months

Ballard would get ketamine treatments & have a scribe come in w/ him while he would talk to the dead prophet Nephi & issue prophecies about Ballard's greatness & future as a U.S. Senator, President of, & ultimately the Mormon Prophet, to usher in the second coming of Jesus Christ

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5 months

Mississippi Ward Bishop Resigns from the Pulpit in Sacrament Meeting. “…when I originally posted this video of my brother resigning his position as bishop I got nervous when I saw it start to take off. So I pulled it down.”

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8 months

Excerpt: Jimmy Rex (real estate agent/podcaster/OUR crew) spilling the tea on the infamous "Whiteboard Meeting". Cast involves Paul Hutchinson (exmo finance chair for Utah AG Sean Reyes), Tim Ballard, and M. Russell Ballard (present in name only, as a purported silent partner)

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27 days

“As someone who grew up around the Johnson family I find the post a tad dishonest… We can’t all afford a long term, full-time nanny so that we can focus on our careers, as she did… saying that being a mom was your highest priority is hypocritical.”

From the mormon community on Reddit: The church posted this yesterday. What do you make of it? For...

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8 months

KSL kickin’ ass and takin’ names. “Tim Ballard may have misled donors for years about purported ‘rescue’ missions, according to investigative documents obtained from a local and federal investigation by KSL on Friday.” Close quote.

Investigative reports question whether ex-Operation Underground Railroad CEO misled donors

Investigative reports question whether Operation Underground Railroad and its founder and former CEO Tim Ballard misled donors about purported

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6 months

Credit where credit is due: The new LDS “Topics and Questions” update includes some good advice. “Avoid being dismissive… There’s a good chance that friends and loved ones who come to you will have studied more widely about their questions than you have.”

Listen with Humility

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7 months

Theater screenings of “Sound of Freedom” at 1:00AM, 2:30AM, 3:30AM, 5:00AM? Lol. Pay-it-Forward multiple ticket purchasers got scammed, box office results got inflated, and Angel Studios did nothing. Grifters all the way down. “After Death” marks this business model’s last gasp.

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2 months

"I've watched as Mormon women have been very clear about what helps them feel included in the church, and they're chastised for it."

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6 months

Stakes in the U.S. and Canada previously needed to have 3,000 members. The new requirements announced today lower the required number to 2,000.

Church updates policy for creating or changing unit boundaries

The First Presidency notified stake, ward and other Church leaders of an updated policy for creating or changing unit boundaries in a letter dated Nov. 30.

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Residents taking action by visually demonstrating the 216-foot height of a proposed Mormon temple, using a helium balloon. Neighbors are protesting because the LDS plans don't fit "within the guidelines of what the rest of the neighborhood has to follow."

Las Vegas balloon ascends in protest of LDS temple

Residents in the Lone Mountain community said they are taking action to demonstrate the height of a proposed religious temple and said they are not full of hot air—neither is their balloon.

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7 months

Another reason I get cranky when the Mo commentariat sneers at our humble exmo forum. Gone are the days when the culture isolated us from each other. If you think you’re the only person who experienced something, it’s a relief to find out that you’re not.

From the exmormon community on Reddit: Mormon Sexual Abuse Case UPDATE: Exmormon subreddit helped...

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7 months

2 years ago, Lynn Packer traced the long-running collaborations between a Mormon apostle, Glenn Beck and Tim Ballard, and accurately predicted: M. Russell Ballard could get drawn into a criminal investigation because of his alleged financial ties to O.U.R.

OUR VIDEO Op Ed VI The Covenant

An apostle of the Mormon Church could get drawn into a Utah criminal investigation conducted by Davis County attorney Troy Rawlings. Russell Ballard, preside...

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8 months

David A. Bednar brings his special math to Silicon Slopes Summit: "Hundreds of millions of people see conference when it takes place." Cool story, bro.

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"The institutional church has long been taking an insidious turn away from community and toward covenants as its highest value. ... Leaders are treating temple covenants as the sole thing we need to access faith and happiness."

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7 months

Rep. Brian King: “Sean open your books show us your schedules show us what money you've raised and where it came from.” Reyes has refused to show his schedule to the public even after Utah State Records Committee ruled that his schedule is a public record.

Utah Republican, Democrat weigh in after legislative audit ordered on Utah AG Sean Reyes

The state's top prosecutor is now under the microscope---Attorney General Sean Reyes and the Office of the Attorney General is facing an audit by the Office of

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8 months

"Hypocrisy at its finest." April v. Oct. How the turn tables. The Ongoing Oscillation is Social Psychology 101. Assuring followers they're justified in feeling both good and superior…a side plate of rectitude (we’re better than that) served with heaping portions of vilification.

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7 months

Tim Ballard turned a search for a Haitian boy—Gardy Mardy—into a fundraising ploy. Haitian police tortured a suspect fingered by Tim. The falsely accused man was a member of the Mardy’s Mormon congregation and did not confess even after being tortured

OUR Op Ed X—Tim Ballard's Secret Plan

Revealed: Tim Ballard’s secret plan to monetize his child sex slave rescue nonprofit, Operation Underground Railroad. And to use his plan to proselytize pros...

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3 months

Weird how those who shout loudest about religious freedom are the same ones who respect it the least.

BYU Expels Students that Leave the Church

BYU currently maintains a policy to expel all post-Mormon students. This video looks at 3 common defenses of this policy and 1 reason to remove the policy.Po...

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6 months

Snitch! Recently BYU instituted a 1-800 hotline for students to anonymously report “any corrupt, suspicious, dangerous or illegal happenings at BYU”.

Snitch!

We have a love/hate relationships with “snitches”. Even the word snitch has connotations of doing something bad. Snitches get stiches. But is it wrong to report a meth lab in your neighborhood? The…

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7 months

No sense of decency just a surfeit of rectitude and pointless heartless triumphalism. Every time.

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7 months

“The [LDS] church should use its lobbying power to push for making clergy mandated reporters in every state. First, it protects children. Second, it protects bishops. Third, it protects the church.” —Sam Brunson, Loyola University Chicago School of Law

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7 months

Welp, BYU Idaho once again deep-sixed M. Russell Ballard’s 2019 commencement speech transcript. It was recently moved to a new URL but now that new page is also 404 Not Found. Just posting the archived link for posterity Good luck scrubbing, scrubbers.

The Lord’s Hand

"The Lord's Hand"

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8 months

"I found a brain specialist. One of the people that helps us heal the brains of the children who've been traumatized. His name is Thom Harrison." –Tim Ballard extolling the expertise of "Spencer" aka Lori Vallow & Chad Daybell's muse aka formerly anonymous Visions of Glory seer

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7 months

Visions of Glory making an appearance in the least surprising of places.

Glenn Beck

@glennbeck

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Finished my work. Goals ready, desk clear and ready to get back to work Monday. Leave ranch tomorrow. http://t.co/GJ40aHpg1B

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8 months

These two slides are related. As rank-and-file LDS support for marriage equality increases, applications to BYU will continue to drop. Fewer people, including fewer Mormons, want their degrees associated with a homophobic university.

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4 months

LDS Church Finances '23 update: $265B total wealth (up $29B y/y). Total income $31B, of which 17% used for Church operations • 3% used for charity (note: ~2x humanitarian aid y/y) • 80% used for investments. New data and analysis, plus a few predictions.

2023 Update

The Widow’s Mite Report 2023 Year-end Update

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9 months

Exmo billionaire Jeff Green has committed to give the majority of his fortune away. Leaving the LDS church was an act that in keeping with his values and desire to give back. Also, Prop 8. “My money will not support this, my voice will stand against it.”

Billionaire Jeff Green Relies on Data to Give Back—and Sometimes Emotion, Too

20 Minutes With: The philanthropist and businessman talks about his charitable work and his decision to leave the Mormon Church

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8 months

Ken Krogue spoke about Tim Ballard at the recent FIRM Foundation conference. He told the audience that Tim had monthly meetings with Elder Ballard. Ken attended many of these meetings. He said Elder Ballard was very involved. #JodiHildebrandt #EternalCore

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7 months

With nearly 300K subscribers, r/exmormon is one of the largest and most active public online forums in the Mormon cultural region. It’s great to see the VICE News account posting there. I’ve long wondered why local news outlets don’t follow their example.

From the exmormon community on Reddit: A Private Island, Downloads From God, and the 'Couples...

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9 months

r/exmormon things: Tithing Flow Chart

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2 months

The harsh reality: $150B buys worse than nothing when the funds are controlled by geriatrics who slobber over pablum like this. The Brethren are incompetent and Brad R. Wilcox is worse than nothing. Forget your 3 questions, Brad. WTF were you and Jodi Hildebrandt talking about?

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8 months

“…the church didn’t make a mistake. It’s not that it was unaware that EPA had a filing requirement… the church took deliberate action to do wrong… the top church leaders chose dishonesty. They chose not only to bend the law, but to break it.” —Loyola U.C. law prof Sam Brunson

Enough!

@StopTrumpTerror

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@BrotherMike17 This didn't age well either 👇

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8 months

Already sketchy "The Sons of Eli Among Us" Tim Ballard YouTube fan club gets even more sus with their third installment: "Our Videos Are Being Removed". And bring to mind a favorite Eric D. Snider quip: "Everything looks suspicious when you don't know how anything works."

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5 months

Her talk was originally delivered in Sacrament Meeting on Christmas Eve in December 2023 at her home ward. Her uplifting message was met with a baffling response: a cruel letter in her mailbox from an anonymous ward member.

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5 months

David Archuleta Memoir to Address ‘American Idol,’ Mormon Faith & Sexuality. "I've decided it's important to share my story."

David Archuleta Memoir to Address ‘American Idol,’ Mormon Faith & Sexuality

The American Idol alum signed a new book deal to tell his story about growing up Mormon and coming out.

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8 months

From the June 2017 Ardis Parshall archives: “I don’t blame Tim Ballard. I blame Deseret Book. He is not a historian either by training or by natural gift. No, the entity that is responsible for this irresponsible history is, I believe, his publisher.”

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2 months

Jodi Hildebrandt • Ruby Franke • Brad Wilcox • Jeremy Jaggi – We know what you did last summer. Was your meeting about this? "LDS clergy referred clients to Hildebrandt's therapy practice even after the state put her on probation."

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6 months

My faith died by 1,000 cuts by way of the footnotes honest historians added to official LDS narratives. No apologies for schadenfreude that even a living Prophet has no immunity to footnoted corrections. Russell M. Nelson has earned every cautious asterisk.

Those Darn Footnotes!

Last week Janey did an excellent post on the prosperity gospel called Should God be a Vending Machine. In the comments a reader named Robert made reference to Pres Nelson’s latest conference …

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6 months

The content is only going to get more remedial every cycle. In an LDS church that ostensibly believes in ongoing revelation and building up doctrine "line upon line" one might expect its lessons to become more fleshed-out and detailed over time. The reality is the exact opposite.

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7 months

Mitt Romney reminiscing about his regret that he kept quiet in the face of Bruce R. McConkie’s bigotry.

From the exmormon community on Reddit: Mitt Romney reminiscing about his regret that he kept quiet...

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7 months

Journalism. Props for reminding us what it looks like @RobertGehrke @sltrib

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5 months

The annual Exmo Recap, the most dreaded of assignments, “surpassing even that of ward building cleaning supervisor.” Thankfully, TSCC ended the prohibition on loud laughter this year, so all can enjoy a hearty laugh and still remain on the Covenant Path.

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7 months

“…the three of them combined have donated about $350,000 to the church... Their lawsuit seeks class-action certification, potentially involving millions of church members, and an independent entity to oversee collection and use of church donations.”

LDS Church sued again over how it uses tithing contributions from members

A federal lawsuit alleges the investment arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints misused hundreds of thousands of dollars donated by three men by investing the money instead of using...

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8 months

Of the 335 existing or planned LDS temples, Russell M. Nelson has announced 153—nearly 46% of them. A few % points shy of 50. Within 14-15 years, all Masonic garb and rituals will be gone, chapels sold off, and Mormons will meet in temples as part of their regular Sunday worship.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints now has 335 existing or planned temples. Russell M. Nelson has announced 153, or nearly 46%, of them.

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8 months

Elisha Lee (faith.unraveled) with her pick for most disturbing excerpt from Visions of Glory. source:

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6 months

Today marks 20 years since South Park’s “All About Mormons” first aired.

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6 months

Wealthy exmo Paul Hutchinson describes meeting at his house with @glennbeck and @TimBallard . Tim claimed top Mormon leaders advised him to create a byzantine web of revenue-generating entities and use child rescue "sizzle" as an LDS church recruitment tool

From the mormon community on Reddit: Wealthy exmo Paul Hutchinson describes the whiteboard meeting...

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28 days

Take my money, u/weirdmormonshit So let it be written, so let it be done. GoFundMe in 3,2,1…

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7 months

Tim Ballard blessed by Thom Harrison - August 5, 2023 (Exhibit O of the amended 11/2 complaint). Not an in-person blessing, but a message delivered by Ken Krogue to Tim from Christ, channeled through Thom Harrison.

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2 months

Jodi Hildebrandt met with Brad Wilcox and LDS General Authority Jeremy R. Jaggi while the Franke Children were being abused. Time to add Brad and Jeremy's names to the chart of grifters feeding at the Mormon tithing trough.

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2 months

r/exmormon Jeremy Runnells receive a written apology from a former cast member of this infamous slanderous crew... TITS:

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6 months

Before becoming a full-time church employee, M. Russell Ballard was a serial, wannabe entrepreneur. He engaged in one failed business venture after another, almost all get-rich-quick schemes and some involving suspected stock fraud. Lynn Packer’s latest.

Packer OUR Report No 33 on M. Russell Ballard

This 33rd episode in a series about Tim Ballard and Operation Underground Railroad centers on M. Russell Ballard Jr., the former acting president of the Morm...

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6 months

Underrated r/exmormon comment: “They should have called it 'BISH' and then it would have sounded like 'WISH'. And it even has a gold star.” Also, in real life, forget “being careful” and remember this one simple rule: Never confess.

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25 days

Camille Johnson and the Missing Parts of her Working Mother Story "As with many other topics pertaining to the church, it just doesn’t help to ignore past reality. Let’s acknowledge the... negative rhetoric from church leaders about working mothers."

Camille Johnson and the Missing Parts of her Working Mother Story ^ Exponent II Blog

"I don’t think we should forget the distance we’ve traveled to get to this moment. As with many other topics pertaining to the church, it just doesn’t help to ignore past reality. Let’s acknowledge...

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8 months

source:

LDS Leadership is corrupt says member

We are faithful members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and we are calling out the current Prophet and Apostles for their corruption.SCRIP...

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7 months

Updated chart mapping connections between @TimBallard , Thom Harrison, @TheSpearFund , @BallardMRussell , @GlennBeck , @MaxwellNealA , @MeldrumRod , @jodihildebrand1 , @thenazarenefund , @OURrescue , @LoriVallowCase , @JanetRusson , @prepareapeople , @WardRadioShow , @SeanReyesUT and others.

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2 months

"I’m no prophetess, but I predict this new line of [garment] interrogation is not going to sit well with many of our sisters, and it’s only a matter of time before rage turns to an emotion far more detrimental to the LDS church: Indifference."

Guest Post: Yoga Pants and Patriarchy ^ Exponent II Blog

"But when this article [about garments] dropped in the Trib a few days ago, something primal emerged in my chest, and this time, my emotions were not so complex. I was filled with one sentiment and...

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@ChinoBlanco

3 months

Mormon apologetics is a spent force. Yesterday’s news. LDS focus & money is now on projects like this “Come Back Podcast” touting stories of so-called ‘ex-exmos’ returning to church. Old school Paul H. Dunn fictions updated with new social media cool.

‘Make keeping covenants cool again’: Exploring the stories of ex-ex-Latter-day Saints

Digging deeper into the flowering of reconversion stories being shared online, and what it means for Latter-day Saint families today.

www.deseret.com

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@ChinoBlanco

6 months

“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson

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@ChinoBlanco

1 month

Garments never reminded me of Jesus: "When I realized that I liked my period underwear more than my garments I took a moment to really think about that. I let myself admit that I hated garments. That I had always hated garments."

Garments never reminded me of Jesus ^ Exponent II Blog

In the 15 years that I wore garments I never once thought of them as a symbol of Jesus.

exponentii.org

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@ChinoBlanco

2 months

AP: "[Nelson]... rescinded a pair of controversial rules banning baptisms for the children of gay parents and branding same-sex couples as heretics who could face excommunication." Didn't Nelson implement the PoX? If so, the correct word is "reversed".

Latter-day Saints leader addresses congregants without a word on racial or LGBTQ+ issues

The oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has so far created a mixed legacy.

apnews.com

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@ChinoBlanco

1 year

In 1963, the SEC revoked M. Russell Ballard’s broker-dealer registration due to his false and misleading statements. 30 years later, the same Ballard is president of the Mormon church’s Quorum of the 12 as the LDS come under SEC investigation. It's like déjà vu all over again.

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@ChinoBlanco

7 months

Utah A.G. Sean Reyes’ office to be investigated over concerns of relationship with Tim Ballard, oversight The move comes after more than two dozen bipartisan state lawmakers requested the sweeping audit

Utah A.G. Sean Reyes’ office to be investigated over concerns of relationship with Tim Ballard,...

Utah’s legislative auditor will investigate the attorney general’s office amid lingering questions about its leadership and new issues relating to Attorney General Sean Reyes’ long-standing friends...

www.sltrib.com

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@ChinoBlanco

6 months

The latest from VICE News: Tim Ballard's Most Powerful Friends Are All Denouncing Him: As allies abandon him, the anti-trafficking star’s disgrace appears to have prematurely ended the career of Utah’s attorney general, a close friend.

Tim Ballard’s Most Powerful Friends Are All Denouncing Him

As allies abandon him, the anti-trafficking star’s disgrace appears to have prematurely ended the career of Utah’s attorney general, a close friend.

www.vice.com

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Chino

@ChinoBlanco

4 months

Telling LDS history in our cultural context too often relegates researchers to the category of tattle-tales, casually assigns 'untouchable' status to knowledgeable reporters of the Mormon experience, and denigrates people like you and me for sport. Link to full convo in comments.

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@ChinoBlanco

6 months

The Tim Ballard Saga: A Thanksgiving Update (a summary of two months of headlines, courtesy of a talented blogger who earned my respect years ago with their in-depth reporting at the intersection of DezNat and BYU)

The Tim Ballard Saga: A Thanksgiving Update

It’s a special Thanksgiving update to the Tim Ballard saga!

wheatandtares.org

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@ChinoBlanco

1 year

Mormon Church: “We don't feel it's secret, we feel it's being confidential.” 60 Minutes: "What's the difference?" Mormon Church: "Ummmm......"

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@ChinoBlanco

8 months

LDS scholar Christopher Blythe describes “Visions of Glory” as “the best-selling Latter-day Saint apocalyptic text of the past hundred years.” That book is also the key to understanding the source material Tim Ballard and his fellow travelers have been channeling.

Sarah and Nippy

@alittlebitculty

1 year

The story of #LoriVallow and #ChadDaybell is more than a disturbing #truecrime story. It's a reminder of the dark effect fringe religious beliefs can have – and have had – throughout human history. #alittlebitculty #igotout #exmo #lds #mormon

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@ChinoBlanco

6 months

Noted in passing The Spear Fund has begun the process of dropping Tim Ballard from their website. A website that until recently was Tim’s last refuge on the planet outside his own goofy personal channels.

The SPEAR Fund | Spirituality Peace Education Action Redemption

Spirituality and faith begets Peace through Education spurring Action resulting in Redemption

thespearfund.org

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@ChinoBlanco

8 months

Some of these folks have “forgotten” more than the rest of us will ever know about OUR and Tim Ballard. Props to those whose memories are suddenly coming back. Thoughts and prayers for those still suffering from sudden onset memory loss.

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@ChinoBlanco

7 months

Ken Krogue, president of @TheSpearFund : “The fact that a purported criminal complaint has been leaked to the media is even further evidence of the true intent behind this charade." Ken is either duped (compounded by a cognitive impairment) or pure evil.

Tim Ballard is under criminal investigation after a woman reported her sexual assault allegation to...

Lindon police are investigating a woman’s allegation that Tim Ballard, the founder of Operation Underground Railroad, sexually assaulted her, the first known instance of an abuse accusation being...

www.sltrib.com

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@ChinoBlanco

3 months

A Utah Judge ruled that Utah Attorney General’s Office must release his schedule in response to an open records request... "Utahns may finally get to see a record of the day-to-day work life of the state’s top law enforcer."

Judge rules public can see Utah attorney general’s work calendar

KSL and the Utah Attorney General’s Office squared off in court over whether the A.G.’s calendar should be publicly available.

ksltv.com

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@ChinoBlanco

29 days

Lost in the Temple: "I’m done returning to a place where I’m supposed to learn things without being given a guide or instructor. I’m done with feeling like I’m somehow less than because I have questions about something that has never been explained to me."

Lost in the Temple ^ Exponent II Blog

I have a recurring dream/nightmare where I’m lost in the temple. These dreams started several years before I went through the temple for my endowment and then continued after.

exponentii.org

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@ChinoBlanco

7 months

How many Lori Vallows, Jodi Hildebrandts & Tim Ballards will it take before we get out in front of this insanity? EternalCore fellow traveler @JacobZHess is not well. A Wash.Rinse.Repeat exercise reporting on his contribution to the next disturbing Mormon headline is inevitable.

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@ChinoBlanco

3 months

How Mormon women found an audience online – and hid abuse in plain sight. They’re young stay-at-home LDS moms that churn out perfect social media fodder, but this industry has a dark side: it’s epicenter is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

How Mormon women found an audience online – and hid abuse in plain sight

They’re young, beautiful stay-at-home moms with seemingly flawless families that make perfect social media fodder... but there’s a dark side

web.archive.org

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Chino

@ChinoBlanco

9 months

BYU prof terminated, story of child abuse going global, but you’d never know that by reading r/byu … What’s the point of being on Reddit if your goal is to hermetically seal yourself off from relevant news and information? You’re a university forum, not kindergarten. Grow up.

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@ChinoBlanco

8 months

An example of IPC as rank-and-file Mormons lose the plot completely and publicly record their denunciations of the Brethren because of Tim Ballard. Watching a tenuous grasp on reality become total delusion in real time.

LDS Leadership is corrupt says member

We are faithful members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and we are calling out the current Prophet and Apostles for their corruption.SCRIP...

www.youtube.com

Troy Williams

@TroyWilliamsUT

8 months

"Identity Protection Cognition" was coined by Yale psychologist Dan Kahan. When belief determines your identity in a group, you have to reject evidence that would jeopardize your identity/belonging. We all do this. I sure have. But MAGA & OUR are HARDCORE suffering from IPC now.

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@ChinoBlanco

6 months

Holy crap, they actually did it. The Grand Poobahs running Jehovah’s Witnesses changed the beard rule. What’s next? Women wearing pants? Sending positive thoughts to our JW cousins during these scary times.

Larchwood

@Larchwood20

6 months

Stephen Lett reading out a letter from the Governing Body saying that beards are ok. It’s what Jesus would have wanted.

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