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submitted 3 years ago by to c/exmormon@lemmy.world
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[–] 9 points 3 years ago (2 children)

“Our church elders want us to create a confrontational situation so we’ll view the outside world as hostile and see the church as the only safe community. Would you like to learn more?”

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    You know... now that you mention it... This does sound like a tactic of theirs.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    pretty sure several exmormons on the internet have either proposed or confirmed that this is something they're going for

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Yeah, either the culture and people are really receptive and they convert a lot of new tithe payers, or it’s more heated and confrontational and the missionaries are further entrenched into the church. Source: was Mormon missionary for a year before I almost killed myself because of all that bullshit… so I guess it doesn’t always work out that way. Lol

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