This is 🔥🔥! And not until reading your piece did I also realize that the church has distanced themselves from Tim publicly...but for all bad things that he's done, where's the excommunication? Weren't the people who were fighting for more appropriate boundaries between leaders and children during interviews "looking out for the children"? But that was too blatant of an attack on the leadership of the church...not just an overzealousness in accomplishing the churches goals, like Timmy-boy 🙄
This passage is it... I’ve thought of this so many times over the years of deconstruction. But wow you nailed it so poetically.
“It’d be disingenuous to pin this all on Joseph’s head. But, to completely ignore the influence of insulating mormon boys in a patriarchal hierarchy, devoid of women and global-majority voices, and telling them they will one day become gods is definitely short-sighted. While we as a community may not drink, we seem to have crafted an adequate concoction for a savior complex.”
I loved reading this! Your thoughts were so clear and I agree with what you said. I especially liked when you called out the awful behavior "wash their hands of him without any accountability or community care will never not feel gross" Obviously TB made terrible choices but he was supported for so long by a multi billionair organization and now they're just done and taking out the trash. I loved your connection to Victor Frankenstein, they created a monster and now theyre just done.
This is so very well put, well done researching Ballard and putting all the relevant pieces together! You have summarized many of my own thoughts as well as pointing out some new angles I hadn’t considered.
This is 🔥🔥! And not until reading your piece did I also realize that the church has distanced themselves from Tim publicly...but for all bad things that he's done, where's the excommunication? Weren't the people who were fighting for more appropriate boundaries between leaders and children during interviews "looking out for the children"? But that was too blatant of an attack on the leadership of the church...not just an overzealousness in accomplishing the churches goals, like Timmy-boy 🙄
This passage is it... I’ve thought of this so many times over the years of deconstruction. But wow you nailed it so poetically.
“It’d be disingenuous to pin this all on Joseph’s head. But, to completely ignore the influence of insulating mormon boys in a patriarchal hierarchy, devoid of women and global-majority voices, and telling them they will one day become gods is definitely short-sighted. While we as a community may not drink, we seem to have crafted an adequate concoction for a savior complex.”
I loved reading this! Your thoughts were so clear and I agree with what you said. I especially liked when you called out the awful behavior "wash their hands of him without any accountability or community care will never not feel gross" Obviously TB made terrible choices but he was supported for so long by a multi billionair organization and now they're just done and taking out the trash. I loved your connection to Victor Frankenstein, they created a monster and now theyre just done.
Yes yes yes yes yes. Brava Chelsea.
This is so very well put, well done researching Ballard and putting all the relevant pieces together! You have summarized many of my own thoughts as well as pointing out some new angles I hadn’t considered.
This is what I’ve been waiting for. You nailed it, and did so beautifully. Thank you for your words.
This was great. You nailed it.
Beautifully and brilliantly and truthfully written.
Thank you for reading, Erin.