How I Left the "Cult" of Mormonism

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My story 🤍 How I escaped the mental indoctrination & "cult" of the Mormon church. Resources for victims of religious trauma: https://takingbackourselves.org/resources-for-religious-abuse Resources for LGBT+ Mormons: https://www.mormonspectrum.org/lgbt-resources ✨ VIDEOS MENTIONED ✨ Growing Up Gay & Mormon w/ @alyssadgrenfell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LW4dLNbeEU Exposing Toxic Beauty Standards in the Mormon Church w/ @alyssadgrenfell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoERFJ8fMVU @alyssadgrenfell Joseph Smith Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWDt3-Rovlw Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to my channel to learn how to perfect your skin care routine every week! :) _______________________________________________________________ FOLLOW ME Instagram (@Hyram): https://www.instagram.com/hyram/ TikTok: (@Hyram): https://www.tiktok.com/@hyram BUSINESS/PR INQUIRIES: [email protected] 00:00 Intro 02:34 Disclaimer 03:20 Childhood 08:53 Baptism 13:00 Discovering I Was Gay 14:35 The Book Of Mormon 16:37 Mormon Teachings 19:52 My "Testimony" 21:59 Bishops 24:20 The Temple 27:48 Missionary Work 30:31 Grappling With My Spirituality 35:19 BYU 39:41 Leaving the Church 41:44 How is the Church a Cult? 43:43 Authoritarian Structure 46:02 Isolation 47:31 Control 48:25 Charismatic Leader 49:24 Beliefs 50:23 Shunning of Leavers 52:34 My Stance on Mormonism 53:04 My Beliefs Now 55:28 Outro