Yep...7 years ago High Priest Group leader...So boom...way righteous and whatnot...

Yes former TBM here, to my everlasting shame. Joined at 14,attended sporadically, married two Mormon women (not at the same time, was not THAT kind of Mormon) went totally TBM at 25, left at 30.
Hate and loath the LDS with a passion, evil cult of business men running a multinational company funded off the back of gullible fools, unfortunates and desperate people.
Homophobic, misogynist, bigoted prick Liars, who would not accept the truth about their stupid religion if it came out on national LDS truth day, wearing a Mormon Truths R Us t shirt and kicked them up the arse while singing Mormon truths are here again!

When I became somewhat acquainted with the English language I confused morons with Mormons. Then someone enlighted me and said the morons with ties are Mormons. So each time I saw a pimpled face sitting atop a white, immaculately white, shirt and the black name tag I remembered this. So I thought Mormons only had a male model called "elder" despite their lack of maturity. In 2002 I saw, for the first time a female Mormon. Honestly when I saw her I immediately forgot all my years as an atheist and believed in God. She was strictly stunning. Her face was truly angelic. So I told her that during the night her god had called me and told me about the magic encounter with Sister Hackman and gave me a message for her. She looked stunned and was absolutely silent.
I realised how their mob's indoctrination had given me the edge. But fortunately/unfortunately my father conscience kicked in and I just told her that her God had told me that Sister Hackman ought to travel to France, to Orleans and to Rouen and that she would understand the message once she found the cross in the pavement of the market place in Rouen.
When I left she just stood motionless staring into the distance. I thought about returning and inviting her to have coffee. I still remember her face and her smooth hands.

I’m not Mormon but several of my close friends are. And I lived in SLC, Utah for eight years, 1982-1990. I totally understand.

I’m an ex Mormon and I don’t have any regrets about leaving the worldview I grew up with!

I’ve never studied a lot on mormons but I’m a former Jehovah’s Witness, a lot of exjws say that exmormons are like cousins to us. I used to hear stories about Joseph Smith and wonder how anyone could ever believe that shit, and now I look at some of the things I believed and it’s just as stupid. Good on you for getting away from that world.

I converted about 20 years ago and that lasted about a year. About the time I found out about the very strange things like planets for men and secret names known only to your husband and God. They don't really tell you this stuff until after you're baptized and confirmed so when that happened I realized I had made a huge boo boo. Just last year I sent a letter to Temple Square demanding my name removed from the records. They sent me back a letter confirming this and told me if I wanted to come back I would have to talk to my Bishop. But of course as an atheist now that idea is ludicrous

I've heard the Mormon church employs some pretty heavy psychological tactics to members who try and leave. Encouraging the family to cut ties and such. Did you have any odd experiences while leaving, or since leaving?

I'm an ex Christian, and I'm proud to say an EX!

I am not mormon but dated a guy for years that issome pretty strange stuffhe was divorced so if we had gotten married like he wanted to i would have been the second wife for eternity> he also believed in gathering as many guns as possible because the mormon men are going to rise up and save earth from this messwomen were second class citizens at best< mostly there to bring souls into the world

Happy to hear you founded you way out. Congrats