It is official… as of this morning we got the letter saying that we are no longer members of church of Jesus Christ of later-day saints.
We actually have not been members for over 5 years now. I just took that long to get our names off the records. I was in the bishopric when we left. Turned my keys to the building and left them with there mouth open wide.
The letter states:
Dear Brother Lukas
This letter is to notify you that in accordance with your request, you are no longer a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Should you desire to become a member of the Church in the future, the local bishop or branch president in your area will be happy to help you.
Sincerely
Gregory W. Dodge.
Manager, Member, and Statistical Records.
Some history for the non-experienced. The Mormon Church does not remove you ever from the records unless you are ex-communicated or request it. Requesting it was known to be a challenge. They usually want you to come to a hearing so that you can hear all the bad things you are doing blah blah. Members that are on the membership list that are not active are known as inactive and are usually sent home teachers and missionaries until they become active again.
Now I feel like this is a milestone in my life. Why I am not sure. When we left because I was a member of the bishopric we were never harassed, never sent missionary’s, our home teachers visited like once. The only time we were ever called was if a new member didn’t know our scandalous history and they were running down the ward list calling for some church reason (feed the missionary’s, or something). When our home teachers came for the first time about a year ago... I though oh I should do something about this and promptly mailed in a removal request. Took a year but its done BABY!!!
So raise your glasses tonight to me being FREE from the hypocrisy of mans religion.
**disclaimer: Please do not take offense if you’re a Mormon or Christian of any sort I know and love all people no-mater what they believe or how they maybe misguided. If you are offended then it is only a matter of time before you see the light!!! Or is that the light given off from the fires of hades?
We actually have not been members for over 5 years now. I just took that long to get our names off the records. I was in the bishopric when we left. Turned my keys to the building and left them with there mouth open wide.
The letter states:
Dear Brother Lukas
This letter is to notify you that in accordance with your request, you are no longer a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Should you desire to become a member of the Church in the future, the local bishop or branch president in your area will be happy to help you.
Sincerely
Gregory W. Dodge.
Manager, Member, and Statistical Records.
Some history for the non-experienced. The Mormon Church does not remove you ever from the records unless you are ex-communicated or request it. Requesting it was known to be a challenge. They usually want you to come to a hearing so that you can hear all the bad things you are doing blah blah. Members that are on the membership list that are not active are known as inactive and are usually sent home teachers and missionaries until they become active again.
Now I feel like this is a milestone in my life. Why I am not sure. When we left because I was a member of the bishopric we were never harassed, never sent missionary’s, our home teachers visited like once. The only time we were ever called was if a new member didn’t know our scandalous history and they were running down the ward list calling for some church reason (feed the missionary’s, or something). When our home teachers came for the first time about a year ago... I though oh I should do something about this and promptly mailed in a removal request. Took a year but its done BABY!!!
So raise your glasses tonight to me being FREE from the hypocrisy of mans religion.
**disclaimer: Please do not take offense if you’re a Mormon or Christian of any sort I know and love all people no-mater what they believe or how they maybe misguided. If you are offended then it is only a matter of time before you see the light!!! Or is that the light given off from the fires of hades?
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