Ultimately it is our family members that we lose to the cult

[_Polygamy-Porter]

I watched John Dehlin's recent presentation on youtube: http://mormonstories.org/top-5-myths-and-truths-about-why-committed-mormons-leave-the-church/.

At the bottom of the page, you will find many great comments, but one in particular by our old friend down under, Simon(a.k.a. Simon in Oz):

John, that was an excellent presentation about a very complex problem.

There is a better place where the Mormon Church inevitably must move to, but it will be a long, hard and painful journey getting there. Your work is a very important phase of that journey.

I wish there was a way that I could get my LDS family to watch your presentation, but sadly, almost everyone of them will stop watching the moment they feel uncomfortable. In most instances that will be with the title slide and if they aren’t uncomfortable with that they will when they see the slide on the slow down in church growth (most Mormons know the church is the fastest growing church in the world). Many Latter-day Saints are conditioned to block out anything that makes them feel uncomfortable or causes them to doubt.

I’d be really interested in suggestions from others about what may be the most effective ways to get other family members to view your presentation. Its tough at family gatherings where there is an unwritten law that discussion of difficult church issues is forbidden. Is there a way it can be linked to from an LDS wesite? Is there a sympathetic general authority with the courage and integrity to endorse it?

First off, whatever you are smoking Simon, I'd like a hit! Are you f'ing kidding me??

A link to John's promotion of its ok to not only be former tithe payer, but its also ok to make former LDS coffer fillers feel comfortable with their choice to stop filling the coffers of LDS Inc??????

SRLY?? AYFKM?

Annddd, finding a GA with courage?? DOES NOT EXIST. We will see a T-rex at the kids petting zoo before that happens.

OK, so it made me first think of the family members who are still stuck in the damn cult and their perspective that we ex Mormons who have left, they view us as being "lost".

No. In reality it is us free thinking humans who have lost family in the bowels of that corporation.

Like escaping North Korea. We got out, but sadly we still have family members trapped there with Thomas Jong Monson-il.

[_The Mighty Builder]

There is no end to what a Cult will do to maintain its hold over those under its spell. Whether its the Moonies, Krishnas, Scientologist, North Koreans, NAZI, Mormons or Followers of the Most Powerful Oprah, they're are all the same