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r/exmormon•

I just got out of the hospital for low cerebral spinal fluid (CSF). And guess what the neurologist prescribed? Caffeine, lots of caffeine - that evil substance with zero medicinal benefit according to the Word of Wisdom. It not only treats my massive headaches but literally generates CSF. Obviously, caffeine can be abused as can any substance but an across-the-board ban is asinine.

What are some of your examples that the WoW is horseshit?

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r/Wordpress•

My manager wants me to research WordPress Newsletter, and I cannot wrap my head around its usefulness. I've built quite a few websites using WordPress in the past and am very familiar with it. I am also well-versed in email platforms, including MailChimp, Constant Contact, and SendGrid. As far as I garner, it creates a webpage(s) for individual campaigns, and you send that to your list. Here are a few questions I have:

  1. Why does it build a webpage if it's an email platform? (MailChimp automatically builds a website for each campaign via a "view on internet" model.)
  2. Does it connect in any way to existing WordPress sites?
  3. **Would it work for an event site with RSVP functional
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r/exmormon•

I was wondering if the Corporation™ had extended itself into AI technology as it did with Google's search engine, reducing its appearance as a cult. Using Google's Bard AI, I entered the question, "What do you know about the Mormon temple ceremony before 1990"? It fairly accurately responded:

The Mormon temple ceremony before 1990 was a much more elaborate and secretive affair than it is today. It included a number of elements that have since been removed, including:

The penalty oaths: At three different points in the ceremony, participants were asked to swear that they would never reveal the secrets of the ceremony, even under pain of death. To do s

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r/exmormon•

Prayer is Manipulative

General Discussion

I was pondering on the concept of blessings and I came to the conclusion that it is a manipulative tool of Mormonism.

My barely adult kids just left for a few days, for a second, I remembered I didn't say a prayer of safety with them before they left. For a microsecond, I thought they might have an accident on their trip. Incidentally, I have been exmo for six years and PIMO for twenty.

Through many family, youth, and scout troop, I was conditioned to think that long trips required devout prayers to guarantee mom didn't drive headlong into an oncoming semi at 78 mph. Your fervent prayer that God wouldn't fuck up your vacation to Disneyland with a roll-over rested on the shoulders of the o

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