All I Possess

Leaving behind false traditions in search of the true Jesus

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  • Gaslighting Through Sweet Voices

    I can recognize this because it’s bringing up things from my past I’ve already experienced, due to my personality. Let me explain. I’m a fan of Carol Tuttle’s four “energy types.” (New Age Mormon culture is another interesting topic I need to address at some point.) I’m a type 3. I’m known for being highly Continue reading

  • Polygamy: Justifications

    This is the third in a series. You can read the first here and the second here. When I posted on Facebook about polygamy, here’s a shocking comment I received, in justification for it. “This was about far more than Joseph. He needed to start it. I would not be here today without polygamy. Neither Continue reading

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  • How Did Jesus Create?

    A few days ago, I posed the question “What did Jesus create?” and today I’d like to discuss how. In LDS theology, God cannot create out of nothing. He reorganized the elements to bring forth new “creations.” He only creates the way a sculptor or painter would create: by taking existing materials and then using Continue reading

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  • What Did Jesus Create?

    Mormons believe that Jesus was an “apprentice” God, acting as the Father’s assistant (as two separate individuals) to create this globe specifically. Well, there could be some differences in thought as far as if He created other planets under the direction of the Father…. But He definitely didn’t create Heaven itself! Because, you know, He Continue reading

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  • The Great Before & After

    This post is the third in the series of posts that all go together. The first was about salvation for the underprivileged, and how the condition of the heart is more important than a show of righteousness. The second was about salvation outside the Law of Moses; how all men are invited to be Children Continue reading

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  • Circumcision is Done Away

    This post is second in a series that all go together. The first was about salvation for the underprivileged, and how the condition of the heart is more important than a show of righteousness. Now let’s talk about salvation for two groups of people — those who came from The Law and those who didn’t. Continue reading

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  • Praying Together

    Mormons begin and end every meeting with a prayer. They’re generally routine and uninspiring, but sometimes you hear something beautiful and heartfelt. But they rarely ever pray with each other in an unstructured setting. You usually have to be told to pray. Otherwise it really wouldn’t occur to you. The used to tell us to Continue reading

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  • Working Backwards: Apostasy & Keys

    In LDS theology, we say that there is a cycle that has been repeated several times in the history of the world, each time being called a “dispensation.” A dispensation is when God manifests himself to a prophet, reveals doctrine, and establishes a church or group of followers. But inevitably, that church will into apostasy, Continue reading

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  • Relationship with Jesus

    What’s your relationship with Jesus like? How do you develop that? In Relief Society (the women’s class at LDS church) about 10 years ago, this question was raised. I loved Jesus. I knew a lot about him. I tried to please Him and do what he would do. But an interactive relationship? I pondered this Continue reading

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  • Plain & Precious Things

    All my life I’ve been told the Bible is pretty good, but it’s incorrect. In some places. Don’t know where. I mean, Joseph Smith literally found and corrected these places right? But somehow we still don’t trust the Bible. I grew up with this quote on my refrigerator: I grew up basically being told my Continue reading

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