A Wild Preston Has Appeared! - insert 8-bit Pokémon music

[Preston Dinkle]

I really like this youtube channel. It's an interview show of people who have escaped from high demand religions/cults of all kinds. The host is ex-Mormon and very warm and smart.

Cults to Consciousness

Stories of claiming independence after leaving high-control groups & people. Hi! I’m Shelise Ann Sola— former devout Mormon. On C2C, my husband Jonathan and I dive deep into the nuance of cultic organizations and coercive manipulators. We are not anti-religious, but anti-abuse, and shed...

www.youtube.com

For purely (ex-) Mormon content, this person is super informative and insightful and takes no shit.

Alyssa Grenfell

I gave up eternal life for coffee

www.youtube.com

Excellent references! I am familiar with them all, though Mormon Stories and Nuancehoe are my personal favorite. Exmolex is also good.

 

[Preston Dinkle]

I don't feel much need to vent, but I don't mind conversing about issues with the church. Sometimes I feel wistful about losing the sense of belonging I had with the church, but then I remember I didn't really belong. Nowadays, I love having Sundays to myself, and indulging in a nice glass of port. It sucks not being able to look forward to an afterlife, but I would rather make peace with the truth.

I am in the same boat my man. Hopefully someday we develop the technology or evolution to stop the expansion of the universe and restore our own existences.

 

[Preston Dinkle]

We go to a Presbyterian church. The old church ladies might whisper about it, but nobody says anything to us.

My local Mormon congregation is similar, as are most local sects. There are plenty of nice folk in them.

 

[Preston Dinkle]

A warm hello from a fellow table rpg enthusiast and ex mormon too!
Great intro, man! Thanks for sharing so much, and helping me to get so much empathy!
I wish you can find people to connect and get the feeling you belong

My pleasure! Nice to meet you! I hope so as well, and the same luck to you if you haven't yet. Where in the world are you from?

 

[kdt26417]

I should be so lucky, as to have life extension emerge before I pass away. Oh well, I am alive now, that is one thing.