Mine said, "You are blessed with the gift of discernment." I guess that gift was what allowed me to discern that the church was false.

@lacamila666

Жыл бұрын

This! All the things that mormons liked about me are the same things that got me to get tf out hah

@DragonDrummer2

Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah, keep on discerning!

@savantianprince

Жыл бұрын

Smart blessing

@mellissamohammed8083

11 ай бұрын

Mine said the exact same thing

My grandma in her patriarchal blessing was told she would see the 2nd coming of Jesus before she died. She died almost 15yrs ago. And spoiler alert no second coming yet.

@icecreamladydriver1606

3 жыл бұрын

Not in full but He has come to different temples. Just sayin'.

@floydfreaktc1

3 жыл бұрын

@@icecreamladydriver1606 ?

@chazzabooom

3 жыл бұрын

Hmm interesting, well whatever anyones beliefs we need to live to the light we do have!

@soloroads325

3 жыл бұрын

@@icecreamladydriver1606 hahahahaha

@linzraz9834

3 жыл бұрын

My grandma was told this too. She passed away 17 years ago.

My PB was the most uninspiring form letter piece of drivel Ive ever read. I've received letters from the IRS that were more informative and exciting. I was a convert who joined in my early 20's. And it basically just instructed me over and over to convert as many of my family members as possible and have as many kids as possible

@kadenstimpson3167

Жыл бұрын

Same. Mine basically just said "go on a mission, get some girl pregnant and then die" and it really wasn't helpful. I swear there are buzzfeed quizzes that gave me better prophesies

Before my blessing i talked to the man giving it to me for a bit, and i told him i was an artist. In my blessing it said if i make art that prompts the spirit in people that i will be a successful artist, which was my dream at the time. I was really depressed and suicidal and all my art was really dark. I felt so guilty about it. I stopped drawing because i couldn’t get myself to draw something that “brought the spirit”. After i left i got into art again and was able to produce a lot of stuff. i found my inner artist again and fell back in love with creating. Now i make erotic paintings of women cause I’m gay lmaooo

@Papoompala

2 жыл бұрын

That’s cool as hell!! Holy cow I’m so happy for you!!!

@evansmind244

2 жыл бұрын

I mean its entirely possible for dark art to inspire the spirit in people. Some of my most powerful aspects of my testimony are how well I can see the adversary working against me. Maybe the erotic part is a bit more of an obsession/ addiction that is developed as we knock our heads against all the things we think will bring us happiness in our lives. Embrace that spiritual connection with your dark side, and make some art, that allows the Gift God Gave you to speak truth to the hearts of people who only you can understand!!

@Lucifersfursona

2 жыл бұрын

Bringing the joyous spirit of erotica for the gaydies 😊

@arowace498

2 жыл бұрын

​@@evansmind244 i think it is bizarre that you embrace dark themes in art, yet devalue sexual themes as addiction and obsession born of fake happiness. Art is an expression of human emotion and experience. why should sexuality be separate from that, yet dark themes are totally fine?

@prettyred8554

2 жыл бұрын

I love how this story ended, I'm so happy you're in a better place and yay queer people! 💗

When I got my blessing at 14, my parents told the patriarch that I was super into theatre and did lots of genealogy work, so anything unique or specific in it was related to that. It said that my “talents” would be used to bring the gospel to many people. Ironically, before I began doubting the church, I had a traumatic experience in theatre that made me unable to perform without having panic attacks. Reading my patriarchal blessing and knowing that I would never live up to it made an already hard thing so much more painful, because I thought I must’ve done something terribly wrong for God not to fulfill his promise. Those “blessings” do real harm 😕

@thekinziechronicles5218

Жыл бұрын

When I was in the ICU in the hospital, my TMB mother thought that reading my blessing would help "buoy me up" during that trial. I had a panic attack listening to that and the nurse even took my phone away because I was spasming so hard it was messing with the machines I was hooked up to. Needless to say, that contributed to breaking my shelf. I agree, the blessings can do some harm.

@edithramos9786

Жыл бұрын

Aw, I’m sad to hear that. But I get it. I was married to a Special Forces Army man and things were not happy. And for a long time, I couldn’t read it. I’ve since mostly memorized the blessing. What I’ve realized is that all had to happen so I could become a stronger person. Mine is pretty l.o.n.g. So at the end of it, things really get wrapped in a nicer “bow’ so-to-speak. And as long as I do the “Primary Answers”-scriptures, prayers, etc., Church, I am able to feel the Savior’s love for me. But I’m thankful for the bad and crazy times, now. Haven’t always been. Best wishes.

It seems really scummy that a patriarchal blessing that's portrayed as revelation could tell a woman who may end up facing infertility that if she's just faithful enough, God will bless her with children.

@williammueller6639

3 жыл бұрын

Yet they often hedge their bets and say it in a way that could be childbirth, adoption, or even fostering, like this blessing in the video.

@beebaritter4952

3 жыл бұрын

It is.

@laurao8099

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. It seems absolutely heartbreaking

@leroyjase4013

2 жыл бұрын

instaBlaster.

@Alyssa-ro2lq

2 жыл бұрын

Your patriarchal blessing isn’t only about things that will happen in your life if you stay faithful to God. It is about the things that will happen to you in heaven. Since our bodies will be perfect in heaven, we will be able to have spirit children. So even if you’re in fertile in this life, you can still have kids in the next life

Mine says that I’d learn extensively about Joseph Smith.... how ironic.

@bryanpoulsen8969

4 жыл бұрын

Emily Winkel that’s too good 🤭

@hunterraven250

4 жыл бұрын

Well, did it come true? Because if so, I wonder why... must be revelation.

@kkheflin3

3 жыл бұрын

Wow! How could they possibly have known that! What a stretch for any Mormon! Truly insightful patriarch!

@daveyjones9930

3 жыл бұрын

Emily My LDS fortune cookie didn't include that "promise"...but, it happened anyway. The more I learned about Joseph Smith the further out the chapel door I found myself. THANKS, Joseph!! This is George Carlin Comedy on Religion you might enjoy. Not just Mormonism.... kzread.info/dash/bejne/aqZhx5SHdLa6pag.html

@dalipgupta8275

3 жыл бұрын

Soon I will be going to receive my PB I wish I would have the same. You are so lucky feeling jealous 💜 "Billions shall know brother Joseph again "

The best part is that if your blessing doesn't manifest it is your fault that you weren't worthy. Great scam.

@heidihansen2188

3 жыл бұрын

gotta have someway to have keep paying for the fortune telling even when they don't come true.

@raymond1868

3 жыл бұрын

The funny thing is why your blessing has not manifest is because YOU got in the way of YOUR own blessing

@yourtanktopfriend777

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like an MLM

@daveyjones9930

3 жыл бұрын

@@yourtanktopfriend777 LOL!! It's worse than an MLM. In an MLM you get PAID for the work you do (theoretically). In Mormonism, not only do you not get paid for you're work, you get nothing but empty promises. On top of that, YOU have to PAY TEN PERCENT to the LDS Corporate MLM! After 50 years as a Mormon, not once did I ever even get a "thank you" for my service. Looking back, it's kinda like Stockholm Syndrome.

@daveyjones9930

3 жыл бұрын

@@raymond1868 I didn't "get in the way of *MY blessing* ". I got in the way of god's blessing for me. That was GOD'S Blessing, not mine. MY blessing for me would have been a hell-of-a-lot better than the PB I got! Where was my free choice?? I was only 12. I DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE. I was TOLD what my blessings would be. No choice there...

My wife’s PB has about 3 paragraphs with exactly the same words of an LDS book published here in Brazil. Inspiration? Miracle? Plagiarism? My bishop said to us “Don’t tell this to anyone “ 🤨

My patriarchal blessing is one of the things that pushed me out of the church. During our short meeting I answered the questions the way he wanted, not what I wanted and that is what was in my blessing. It also said I would marry who I wanted to. I thought this was the dumbest thing because of course I'm not going to marry someone that I don't want to.

The patriarch called me the wrong name during my blessing.... And than the person who transcribed it left it in the paper copy.

@ExmoLex

3 жыл бұрын

Oh geez, that’s so bad 😬😅😅

@kkheflin3

3 жыл бұрын

I had the same happen at my wedding sealing! He called me the wrong name the entire time we were being sealed. At least three times! My husband used to tell me jokingly, "We are not legally married anyway because I married someone named Kayla." lol

@giabarrone7422

3 жыл бұрын

Your mom must have picked the wrong name.

@42apostate

2 жыл бұрын

@@giabarrone7422 ROTFLMAO!! So true! They've been making up excuses for so long, it has become 2nd nature!

@severina8699

2 жыл бұрын

@@ExmoLex Lexi fuck off and leave the church alone . Get a Job.

LOL - Isn't telling a young LDS girl that she's going to be a mother kind of their version of a self-fulfilled prophecy? I mean, I just get that they weren't really predicting anything more than what is expected of a vast majority of LDS females. If I am stereo-typing, I apologize. But these blessings seem to be as reliable as a daily horoscope.

@alfsleftnut9224

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, "you will get married" really isn't a prediction when everyone gets married. Its like saying the ground is going to get wet when it rains

One of my young women leaders told me (when I was in the church) that her patriarchal blessing told her she would have “an abundance of daughters”. And she had 7 sons. No daughters. And she told me she felt like I was one of her “spiritual daughters” because she was my young women’s leader and I was the beehive president at the time.

@makeupmoney5150

Жыл бұрын

When her sons get married their wives become her daughters. God bless

@monabiehl6213

Жыл бұрын

How about granddaughters and great granddaughters and daughters-in-law.

@sj3529

Жыл бұрын

@@makeupmoney5150 lmfaoooo 🤣 whatever floats your boat I guess ☠️😂

@sj3529

Жыл бұрын

@@monabiehl6213 this comment was literally 2 years ago 😂 the TBM’s really that mad? 🤣☠️

@the-salamander4truth

Жыл бұрын

@@makeupmoney5150 mental hopscotch at its finest.

My friends patriarchal blessing said she would go on a mission And she was all excited. A few months later she was pregnant and all the plans were canceled lol

@hunterraven250

4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes revelation takes time. She may go on a mission when she's older, or she could preach in the Spirit World after death. Blessings are special and they aren't fulfilled at once.

@scottb4509

4 жыл бұрын

Just as with almost all blessings they are contingent upon our faithfulness and actions. blessings can be just as prescriptive as they are descriptive. It's an encouragement to focus on certain aspects or details so that your path isn't dictated by others or by your circumstances, but rather are under your control. No one would argue that getting pregnant as an unmarried teen was a huge life altering circumstance from living in such a way that would be worthy of serving a mission. maybe the blessing was telling her to stay focused on a mission so that she wouldn't fall pregnant as a single teen mom, and she obviously didn't stay focused enough to keep her path in that direction, but was tempted by boys and her life is now altered forever. we may never know what she could have accomplished or done down that alternative path or who she would now be. There is a reason as to why they call patriarchal blessings personal scripture. it's meant to be guidance for you to listen to and follow, not unalterable prophecy.

@bodalix18

4 жыл бұрын

Hopefully your friend escaped that cult.

@starsn7974

4 жыл бұрын

@@@scottb4509 I had no clue that there are actual current members watching and even commenting on these videos. But I hope you know by doing this you are open to the discussion now as this is a public platform. I want to point out your reasoning as its circular and leads to no truth being found, as from what I understand from what you said is that this thing can be true but only if you make it true. Its like saying, "you will be the CEO of a major company someday but only if you do the right things to become that CEO." Your premise is your conclusion and is a logical fallacy. You should check this out and tell me if you can answer any of these and get back to me. read.cesletter.org/

@bobaarness1227

3 жыл бұрын

@@scottb4509 , Just go away, scott, go learn about how the Book of Abraham has been universally condemned as a FAKE, a FRAUD, a cheesy punky total of crap. Even well-established Mormon apologists have had to RELUCTANTLY admit that it is a total fabrication of Joseph Smith's delusional brain...

They underrated you! Your mind and heart is genuinely open. You seem like a strong, intelligent, AND kind WORTHY woman. Thanks for being brave enough to share 😎

Mine was 5 pages long, and one line was if you pay your tithing you will gain wisdom. Lol!

@dalipgupta8275

3 жыл бұрын

Thats true brother if you pay your tithing god will bless you with wisdom to earn money . It happened to me I only did schooling never been in any university still undergraduate but I worked in several MNC where I worked with MBA and Law holders almost same work and same salary eventually I was able to crack interviews .. it's true brother absolutely true God bless you with wisdom

@SarutaValentine

2 жыл бұрын

You gained the wisdom that it wasn’t worth it, so it was true after all lol

@SuSpence60

2 жыл бұрын

@@SarutaValentine It's like this crazy paradox!

Mine said if I lived worthy I'd be protected when I travel. I felt the spirit and this brings me back to the opinion I've had since I left, that the God will find you where you are. I think some patriarchs may be in tune enough to relate things they feel spiritually. Some not and a lot of it is repetition across the board. I stayed in the church so long because I felt the spirit. What I realized is my testimony was not of Joseph Smith. It was of Jesus Christ. Once I realized it was not a package deal my life has gotten so much better!

@sketyro

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@anthonydiaz2185

2 жыл бұрын

Same here.

When mormons say sacred that means secret.... Great video again. God bless everyone...

@chazzabooom

3 жыл бұрын

Hardly, it's all online,everyone is entitled to an opinion but so much has been slightly twisted. Yes to members their faith is sacred, garments is online temples is online the critiqued history is online. No member when I joined was blind to all the rough stuff which is switstsd out slightly online, I just want to be someone who lives right with my conscience. That's all we an do whatever our faith

@jon...6825

3 жыл бұрын

@@chazzabooom Your faith is in a man. You wear special clothes with symbols on them for protection. Yes us is on the Internet but it was all hidden from everyone for year's. Your cult lied about everything and now they'll change to fit in. God doesn't change his mind. What he says is forever. How many time's has Joe got it wrong? You can worship anyone you want but don't call yourself Christian because you're not.

My Patriarch wouldn't return mine or my bishop's calls for a blessing. I think he got an actual premonition from God that I would leave the church lol

@ExmoLex

4 жыл бұрын

That’s super weird!

@angelenapulis9083

3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow!!

My parents took me and my older sister on the same day for our patriarchal blessings. I wasn't particularly paying attention, because at twelve, I was already drifting away. This was in the 50's and I was just getting into Civil Rights, and repelled by the racism in the church. On the way home, my sister cried and said my blessing was better than hers, so I told her, "No problem, you can have mine. I don't want it anyway, cause it's a bunch of hooey." Needless to say, I fully left soon thereafter, although my mother, who was a cultist obscessive, beat me over the head with church doctrine for the rest of my life until she died at age 97. My sister stayed faithful until the day she died six years ago.

So when I went on a mission... I was in an area with sister missionaries and we had dinner together with a family. We began talking about how she loved brown kids but couldn’t have any ( she is white) so obviously I asked why? And her companion was like go ahead and tell them, she said her patriarch told her she wouldn’t be happy if she married outside her race... I was like ok... that is weird. This girls patriarch was her grandfather!!!! Like wtf! Like how is that even allowed? So dumb

@ExmoLex

4 жыл бұрын

That's so messed up, but also not that surprising...

@annedavies8992

3 жыл бұрын

Just coincidental. Bound to be when there are so many family members in the church!

@dianethulin1700

3 жыл бұрын

@@yeboscrebo4451 This a very disappointing thing to read. I have had many experiences in being in relationships with people of different economic and racial backgrounds. We are all the same!!! For real! Oh, and I have a son who is mixed race. I did not have problems with his father (who is deceased) because of our diverse backgrounds. How much his family had in common with mine was the reality, even though we came from different backgrounds.

@dianethulin1700

3 жыл бұрын

@@yeboscrebo4451 Not only has it worked for me but it has worked again and again. And it has worked for several members of my family including the members of my family who live successfully in different countries with their spouses of differing backgrounds. I read it the same way; be that racial or cultural differences. I simply do not concur with your opinion

@karyndewit193

3 жыл бұрын

That’s so sad! I have 3 black children, a biracial granddaughter, two black granddaughters, and a DIL who was born in Bangladesh. I think they are all beautiful and wonderful.

I remember a huge scandal from maybe 30 years ago. A patriarch got in SOOOO much trouble for giving the same blessing to maybe 200 people 🤣🤣🤣 I get it now lol. It is alot like a horoscope! I never thought of it that way.

@ExmoLex

4 жыл бұрын

That is too funny! Any possibility of a news story or firsthand account of that scandal? I'd love to look into it more if there was anything written down.

@stephanielala1947

4 жыл бұрын

@@ExmoLex I honestly feel like I'm going crazy. I cant find anything right now. I'm starting to think it's just a myth that was spread around. Kind of like when missionaries are asked if mormons have horns. Haha

@devinup3981

3 жыл бұрын

It must be hard to come up with that many different things to say.

@katyakotkat

3 жыл бұрын

@@devinup3981 I'm sure they get some kind of training to do it. Or they call certain people who are good at making up stuff ha

i think a lot of the stuff that happens in these is also confirmation bias. my moms patriarchal blessing said that she would have kids with disabilities, so when she was dating to get remarried she found someone with disabled kids and married him two weeks after they met. they almost got divorced four years ago, but she decided to stay in the marriage because of that “prophecy.” ive never seen her so constantly stressed and unhappy.

@zg5672

2 жыл бұрын

wtf. this one.. takes the cake & im so sorry for her

@atlas2164

Жыл бұрын

That's fucking horrible. I'm sorry. The Church causes so much unhappiness and stress!

The old fellow divined that I am "Descended from the tribe of Ephraim, and people of the North." I wonder how he did that! I'm blond, blue-eyed and so white that I get a sunburn when I open the fridge.

@andreawilson233

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like something from Frozen II. 😂😂

@koltoncrane3099

4 жыл бұрын

There are some blue eyed blonde girls living as nomads in the north. I watched a documentary as researchers were investigating why there were blue eyed blonde girls because genetically that shouldn’t be so in those areas they were at. It was quite fascinating.

@elainebeard2922

3 жыл бұрын

rationalguy 7

@floydfreaktc1

3 жыл бұрын

@@koltoncrane3099 You missed his point

@zkoibito709

3 жыл бұрын

up until around 8000 years ago, all of Europe was dark skinned. The Blue eyes goes back to a single person that had a mutation. So everyone with light colored eyes is related to that person.

I never felt worthy to get mine or worthy to pass or bless the sacrament. So much shame and guilt. No more.

@ExmoLex

4 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you’re out, the shame is one of the worst things about the church.

@jaredmitchell1302

4 жыл бұрын

I always made sure I was not wearing a tie or white shirt because I never felt worthy to pass or bless the sacrament. Turns out I was just a normal teenager. I am so glad I left the church.

@scottb4509

4 жыл бұрын

@@jaredmitchell1302 in my ward they always gave out assignments at the beginning of class so I always showed up to class late on purpose so I wouldn't have to do it. Looking back I realize that I likely wasn't worthy anyway, but I did it because I was terrified to speak in front of people. But that doesn't mean that the shame is necessarily external. I was judging myself far more than anyone else was. I get that the judgy culture is very prevalent in Mormonism but I also know that we often times project our judgment of ourselves onto others, as if it was actually them judging us. This happens more than we think it does. which in and of itself is actually us judging them more than it is them judging us.

@koltoncrane3099

4 жыл бұрын

I totally agree. Sometimes we believe others are judging us when they aren’t. I’ve definitely seen judgement though by Mormons especially when an inactive member came to church back when I was in high school. I was the only person at church to speak to him. In a little town everyone knows everything about everyone. It does seem that Mormons are less judgy outside of Utah. There really is a culture thing in Utah. But then again there’s a culture specific in the Philippines where 80% of people are catholic. There’s judgement everywhere but less I find in large cities with a huge mix of diversity.

@ASMRyouVEGANyet

3 жыл бұрын

I felt so much shame for not devoting MORE of my time. I was 1st counselor in relief society, went to the temple several times a week, read my scriptures an hour a day, taught 4 Sunday lessons, etc. But still it wasn't enough. Cult.

Mine said, "honor your mother because she was brought to death's door bringing you into the world". I'm adopted. I've never met my birth mother. :-( Evil B.S.

@BlueJayBirdSaint

4 жыл бұрын

Daniel Devereaux finding your biological mother would be something interesting to know then.

@recordbreaker8074

3 жыл бұрын

Who is your birth mother?

@rosenadsady3560

3 жыл бұрын

Heavenly Father is telling you directly to get in touch with this noble ,brave ,soul who brought you forth into mortality, and honor , love and respect her. Learn her story ! She deserves that !

@michaellines2063

3 жыл бұрын

It's a common phrase used in blessings - at least it was when I got mine.

@carlduffin

3 жыл бұрын

@@rosenadsady3560 "Heavenly Father is telling you directly to get in touch with this noble ,brave ,soul who brought you forth into mortality, and honor , love and respect her. Learn her story ! She deserves that !" - again - gaslighting. Church members and authorities do it all the time.

A member was given her blessing and didn’t “feel” it was for her, she asked for a new one and well, she got a new and totally different blessing. 🤯

@indigoblue4791

4 жыл бұрын

????? Wow!!! 🙄

@floydfreaktc1

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaah!!! Then the church has to be true. Lol

@luvmorrisey20

2 жыл бұрын

@@floydfreaktc1 exactly!

@luvmorrisey20

2 жыл бұрын

@@AB-ok8lu 😳

@luvmorrisey20

2 жыл бұрын

@@AB-ok8lu oh wow!

My patriarchal blessing was an emotional roller coaster for me. I think I got it when I was 19 and living in a densely populated Mormon area I was asked constantly why I didn’t have it. I was worried about what it would contain and when I got it, and whether I was ready to receive it. When I got it I was shocked. I got less than a page of blessing a total of 3 paragraphs one of which was a introduction similar to lex’s and another was the conclusion that was basically the same as lex’s with the morning of the resurrection and what not. It also included both personal, nothing about my spouse or children, callings anything. It had a short section about being part of the tribe of ephraim, them almost verbatim the per about talents and missionary work. That was it the whole thing. So I started asking around to all my friends the shortest other blessing I heard of was a page and a half, but basically everyone had 2.5 to 3 pages. Everyone else had a section about callings and marriage, it made me feel like god didn’t care about me or expected/prepared anything for me. But now I now it’s flack and it’s comforting to know that so many people have the same rehashed stuff. Thank you for coming to my TEDex-mormon talk

@amyneu8078

3 жыл бұрын

I’m guessing your patriarch assumed that you didn’t get it sooner bc you didn’t care. That might be why he didn’t give you a more detailed”blessing”.

My PB blessing was 2 paragraphs and so generic that, even as a “faithful” member, I considered finding out if I could get a new one. I was 26 and divorcing when I got mine and I felt, probably accurately, that the old man patriarch really didn’t like me.

my mom's patriarchal blessing said i would be famous someday. still not famous yet lmao

@zaboomafia

4 жыл бұрын

I can help you become famous. - Satan

@grandpaje4734

4 жыл бұрын

Psychedelic Unicorn Based on your faith It doesn’t mean anything if you don’t keep the promise. 10 I, the Lord, am bound when ye do what I say; but when ye do not what I say, ye have no promise. (D & C 82)

@meggiele5603

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao, mine said that too. I'm an ex-mormon

@okthennone

4 жыл бұрын

It's because you were unworthy...it's all your fault! lol :)

@recordbreaker8074

3 жыл бұрын

Meggie Le prove it

Thank you for sharing your story! I am binge watching you. I was a convert, at 18. My mother was a born again Christian and would not even speak to me on Sundays when I went to church. When I met with the patriarch, he spoke with me and asked about my journey to the LDS faith. The bulk of my blessing dealt with my mother and how my spirit will lead her to the true church, by my example. Well. I no longer speak to my mother, and I am no longer a member of the church. Like you, the contradictions and smoke in mirrors was too much. Thanks for making others feel normal and okay about their exit.

@scrapbookaholic

3 жыл бұрын

Joanna, we have a lot in common. I too was a convert at 18. My mother was so upset about it, she demanded I leave college in Utah and come home immediately. She couldn’t stand Brigham Young and the church.

Mine told me I'd have the comforts of life if I always payed my tithing. Now that's what I call a scam.

@carlroberts7563

3 жыл бұрын

No come on it told you to pay tithing to get comforts of life. NO way no way let me see this document. That would be fraud that can be used in court.

@elizabethharris8172

3 жыл бұрын

Mine told me to be a faithful tithe payer so I would not "burn"

@travelertrash1153

3 жыл бұрын

@@elizabethharris8172 wow, fuck that

@floydfreaktc1

3 жыл бұрын

@@carlroberts7563 That's a fairly standard clause in lots of patriarchal blessings

@floydfreaktc1

3 жыл бұрын

@@elizabethharris8172 Hahahah! Jeez, religion is so whack. And people in modern times still believe....why? Cause they want something to believe in. It can't be enough that we are here and get one life we are responsible for, and there may not be an afterlife so treat people how you'd like to be treated. Whether people believe in something or not, that's a fundamental rule, and the rest we won't know till we go. Like Donnie Darko says "it's absurd" we won't know till we die, so debating it is absurd.

Built in gaslighting feature at the tail end of these blessings. Kinda like mormon airbags. LOL

Also I pretty sure all Patriarchs do is Cold Read. There's a term for it and it's used by conartists, like psychics and salesmen.

@ASMRyouVEGANyet

3 жыл бұрын

That's why they call it a "reading". I worked at a metaphysical shop and was astounded by how no one caught onto that.

@michaellines2063

3 жыл бұрын

They also talk to the parents to find out all they can, so it's not just cold reading.

@IraLuxuria

Жыл бұрын

It doesn't sound directive enough to even be a cold reading. Just: boy= go on a mission, be a leader. Girl = get married, have babies, maybe 'use your talents to spread the gospel'. They don't really need a lot from the person getting the blessing at all.

Mine was done so poorly, that I googled of I could get a redo. I thought maybe it was me 😞. I litterally just left the church and so all of this has helped me. I kept thinking I wasn't "worthy". So happy now that I know the truth!!

When you said the rumors part, it reminded me of when I was LDS and we were talking about Patriarchal Blessings in Young Women’s. There was a story of a young man who was going on his mission and wanted to get his blessing before he went out. His family wanted to read it or learn what it said and he said no and wouldn’t let them read it or tell them anything it said. He later died two weeks out on his mission and when his family got his stuff, they read that it said he would die on his mission but he would have all the blessings of exhalation. At the time I though “wow. How amazing to have that faith. I’d be terrified.” Now I both giggle at my naïveté and want to yell at that. Like, dude. Wtf.

@JoshuaMathias31

Жыл бұрын

Could be a coincidence, but based on research about near death experiences, etc. I think everyone has some capacity for spiritual inspiration whether they're in the Church or not, through connecting with other spirits. My point is the patriarch may have been inspired to say that he would die on his mission, but that doesn't mean that the Church has the priesthood! It means maybe he should have heeded the warning.

@makeupmoney5150

Жыл бұрын

He went to the other side to preach the gospel to the ones in spirit prison.

Mine was fairly similar to yours. I remember my patriarch sitting down to get to know me better before. I mentioned my favorite class was English and I enjoyed writing. Wouldn't you know those two things showed up in the blessing. Mine talked about my future partner, too, and it said some vague thing about "it'll take a bit before you get married... and then you will." Like you, my blessing made it sound like my only real purpose in life was to have kids. Having read my sister's blessings, a similar sentiment was in theirs, too.

Nothing the Church does is based on Divine Inspiration. Mt PB was generic, my mission call was "It's your turn, do you want to go or not because I have someone else waiting". Your Temple name is just Name of the Day from a list, like what to call a hurricane. I never encountered any incidence of Inspiration - not once.

@williammueller6639

3 жыл бұрын

That's why I left. I finally realized that the lesson I hadn't yet learned from all my experiences, the one that explained them all and tied them all together was one simple one: "The church leaders aren't inspired. Not even a little bit. Not at all." I even tested it out by having weekly visits with a bishop (and sometimes his counselors) where I spoke to him plainly, openly, and honestly only to be told that he wasn't convinced. So one final time, in a meeting with him and both his counselors, I stared at my shoes most the time instead of looking him in the eyes, blinked a lot, lied my ass off, and acted choked up. The 3 of them then told me how much they were overwhelmed with "The Spirit" and impressed with the breakthrough. And that was just the last of many examples in my life of their lack of inspiration or divine guidance.

Mine had really only one sentence that can be construed as “unique” for a PB. “Because of your integrity, you will find favor in the eyes of your employer, and that will be more valuable to you than gold.” I’m a medical student, so this definitely hasn’t happened yet. 😂

Love your channel Lex! Your upbeat tone is a breath of fresh air

@ExmoLex

4 жыл бұрын

Noah Lee aww thank you!

As an non Mormon, so as someone looking in from the outside, I suspect that you are 100% correct. In my experience most denominations of Christianity that have these "don't tell anyone else, its just between God and the leadership and you" they do that because they don't want people comparing notes.

@annr3800

3 жыл бұрын

Mormonism isn't Christian

@lolawilson1027

3 жыл бұрын

It’s very disturbing how these Christian denominations teach secrecy 😒 I love God, I love Jesus. Ugh Christian followers annoy me! None of them should be talking.

@lolawilson1027

3 жыл бұрын

@@annr3800 exactly 💯 true Christians know better.

It’s funny cause mine was altered after it was given to me. When the guy was giving it to me, he never said anything about me being a wife (I’m a trans man) But when I got sent the paper form of my blessing it was added in and then expounded upon.

@ExmoLex

3 жыл бұрын

That’s so crazy!

@carlduffin

3 жыл бұрын

@@123asdhjkcvnm - but whether you record it or not, surely you know it is baloney?

I’d love to see Lori Vallow’s and Chad Daybell’s.

@kkheflin3

3 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't that be interesting? Perhaps he would have said something such as "you will find that you will spend most of your life in a small room with a toilet and a sink."

@dsmusicbird

3 жыл бұрын

@@kkheflin3 🤣😂

@icecreamladydriver1606

3 жыл бұрын

The blessing is a road map not a crystal ball. You make your choices in life and will end up where you end up because of those choices.

@codename495

3 жыл бұрын

@@icecreamladydriver1606 The “blessing” is a crock of shit used to control young minds. Every female given the “blessing” of being a wife and mother and supporting ( indoctrinating) her children.

@linzraz9834

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!!

The church is good about making you feel like you are never doing enough.

@utah133

4 жыл бұрын

That's the plan. A good helping of induced guilt and a dollop of fear are great culty control techniques!

@julberry100

4 жыл бұрын

That’s why 80% of Utah are on antidepressants, and lds mothers look soooo exhausted.

@leahbaker1724

3 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry you feel that way, but that’s not at all true.

“You could do this or this. It’s between you and god tho so pray about it 😌” -all patriarchs

Mine was the same as all the other girls my age (15-17) in my ward. We all had our blessings within a few weeks of each other. One Sunday the other girls were standing outside the Sunday school door waiting, and they were all talking about what was in theirs. I was so so upset… I cried A LOT because “God” didn’t care enough to say something different to me! My mom said “Well if you’re righteous we’re all worthy of the same blessings” - her explanation of why this happened. I didn’t ever buy that. When I lost my first child at age 26 (she was 6, from a rare brain tumor), I went through that dang blessing at least 100 times with a fine tooth comb trying to find ANYTHING that would help me through that. Guess what? Not one thing. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Yep it’s fake. (I left the church at age 32.)

@Jac-Jay

3 жыл бұрын

So sorry for your loss,I hope you're taking care of yourself and doing what's best for you ♥️

@the-salamander4truth

Жыл бұрын

So sorry for your loss. I can’t even imagine how rough that would be.

@edithramos9786

Жыл бұрын

I know to think of losing a child at any age makes me think, “I think I’ll just die myself, now.” My sis lost a 12-year-old to rare form of cancer. They were so friggin’ strong and my nephew was too. Exemplary, actually. May the Lord continue to comfort you. My sis and husband say, “People tell me, ‘Good thing you have other children.’” But as u know, it leaves a cannon-size hole inside your soul. May He comfort you and come hold you tight on the days/nights it seems too difficult to get through.

I know that you probably won't see this because of how old the video is, but I really appreciate your content!

I only remember other than there was nothing in mine about being a mom (which kinda worked out cuz I don't want kids) one line: "You are going to be a very important leader in the world." I legit thought that meant I was gonna be president someday. Haha. I have zero leadership skills, have never even been in management or anything like that whatsoever.

@floydfreaktc1

3 жыл бұрын

HAHA HAHA HAHA! I love that line you said " I legit thought I was going to be president"

@seppyq3672

3 жыл бұрын

@@floydfreaktc1 I was such a dork

Great video Lex! Interestingly, I've talked to quite a few people who left the church when they were in the second half of their life (who had received patriarchal blessings as young people) and realized how totally inaccurate many were simply due to the specificity of them. For example, one acquaintance was told she would be a missionary and sent to Haiti. She was sent to France by the "inspired" leaders in the church (who obviously hadn't checked out her PB in advance). Another was told that she and her husband ("eternal companion") would be married in a temple "in the lands of Nephi within a decade." They were married in a temple in Hawaii as that is where her husband was from. (As you know, the church doesn't claim that Hawaii had ANYTHING to do with the coming forth of the Book of Mormon though they have shifted back and forth over the years as to whether the events took place in North or South America). All of these events in their lives occurred way BEFORE they left the church so the church can't claim their usual fallback position which of course is "the PB only is accurate if you stay worthy, blah blah, blah ." I can't help but believe the leaders have now given some sort of directive to patriarchs to make blessings VERY general now for these reasons. When I listened to yours I can see how generic it is.

@anthonydiaz2185

2 жыл бұрын

But Haitians speak French! /sarc

I almost had a PB. When I got there I asked the guy where the crystal ball and tarot cards were. I got promptly escorted to the door. Thanks for that memory... Made my day!

@ExmoLex

4 жыл бұрын

dc45acp I’d pay to see that happen 😂

@kkheflin3

4 жыл бұрын

@@ExmoLex Me too! Priceless.

I had my blessing done when I was 20 or 21. It blessed me with health if I followed the word of wisdom. By the time I was 25 I was hospitalized with a life threatening medical problem and was diagnosed with arguably one of the worst auto immune diseases around, unrelated to my time in the life threatening time in the hospital. Thanks to medical science I didn't die in the hospital. Most people are shocked to hear of my medical problems because I'm still active, young, and eat healthy food. I'll never be considered healthy again because there is no cure for multiple sclerosis.

Oh my gosh I just remembered when I was *14* years old, a 17 year old creep who i was not dating because "it wasnt allowed to date before you were 16" told me that he got a prompting that the woman he would marry that was mentioned in his patriarchal blessing was me, good glory that whole thing was messed up. He also tried to kiss me once and when i said no he was like "yeah you're right, the spirit told me i shouldnt have done that but i didnt listen. anyway why didnt you kiss me? give me a reason"

I’m Hispanic and got Manasseh. Then found out all Hispanics I knew got the same tribe and all the whites got Ephraim. Racism?? 🙄🤔 on another note, I had a lot of the same things as yours, then “gift of discernment”. I certainly had that one cause I discerned the church wasn’t true lol.

@bevman77

4 жыл бұрын

cindybelle25 haha is that what my gift of discernment is lol .. I’m still pimo physically in mentally out.

@IsabellaDiBenedetto

4 жыл бұрын

cindybelle25 I’m Hispanic and was a convert at one time. I ended up getting Ephriam, so I’m not sure how that works :\.

@cindyirene2001

4 жыл бұрын

Isabella DiBenedetto frankly, maybe the patriarchs in this area were more racist, and just put them all in one “box”. My family members got different tribes and had theirs done elsewhere.

@shannonshaw5865

4 жыл бұрын

Lol I got that "gift of discernment," too. Like you I used it to see the church is bullshit:P

@atrain84

4 жыл бұрын

My girlfriend is from one tribe and her TWIN SISTER is from another tribe. And they are 50% Hispanic. The whole “blessing” is just one long ass prayer of garbage. Church quotes, church jargon, etc etc.

I’m also an ex Mormon. I’m pretty sure the guy who did mine had some sort of stroke during it. It contained a lot of incoherent stuff in it and even my very Mormon parents both got a WTF look on their faces when they read it

@kkheflin3

3 жыл бұрын

@ Blink173! Sounds very much like the old guy who performed my wedding sealing in the temple! The guy couldn't remember either of our names and kept calling us names that were not ours. Not our real names. Not our temple names. But completely different names. So when my husband and I had arguments over the years when we were members of the church he would always say to me "Well.... you know we're really not even married because the names weren't right so we won't even have to get a divorce. We can just walk away!" It was a standing joke for years. Plus the guy was at least 500 years old and was swaying back and forth. My husband was afraid he was going to pitch over the altar. He didn't talk above a whisper and quite a few of my relatives came up to us afterwards and said that they could not hear anything he said. But as we all know who were married in the temple it only takes about two and a half minutes to get married anyway . Very meaningful. I think he would have been better suited to be a worker at the veil. At least if he had pitched over there there would have been plenty of people to catch him instead of just me and my husband!

@floydfreaktc1

3 жыл бұрын

@@kkheflin3 I've been reading through a lot of comments and keep finding yours. You are REALLY funny. I love reading your stuff. Lol

@kkheflin3

3 жыл бұрын

@@floydfreaktc1 I have to be able to entertain people! I'm a teacher of high school students! Thanks. I try to add a bit of humor where I can. :)

@angelenapulis9083

3 жыл бұрын

@@kkheflin3 Yes!! I was so disappointed by how short the sealing ceremony was. I had a similar reaction when I was baptized as a kid: “That’s it? I’ve waited all this time FOR THIS?” For a while after the wedding, I was scared that I was actually breaking the law of chastity because CLEARLY a ceremony that short couldn’t possibly be legitimate.

@kkheflin3

3 жыл бұрын

@@angelenapulis9083 I know! Non members get so upset (which I can certainly understand now) about not being able to go to the temple to see their family members get "married." They don't understand it is NOT a "wedding." It is a ten minute thing where the couple can't even look at each other. I went to many over 38 years in the church. The sealer always tells the couple to look at HIM during the sealing. Dressed up in those bizarre clothes with your husband looking like a baker and your beautiful wedding dress covered with temple clothes and ugly veil. They see the bright eyed couple come out of the temple in "real" wedding clothes and assume they missed seeing them walk down the aisle etc. If only they knew......(Now they can. Go to Mike Norton's Newname Noah' channel. He taped one of them.) So disheartening.

Wow this is new info for me. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

I love the colour of your hair and thank you for another fantastic video

I had the talent thing too!! It said something like “you have other talents you haven’t discovered yet that you’ll develop” 🤣

@kkheflin3

3 жыл бұрын

What insight-

@spookyjupi

3 жыл бұрын

Same!! I think those exact words.

I got mine when I was 16/17. I remember being super excited to finally have something that was just mine (I'm the youngest of 8 kids). I was told basically the same thing. I left the church because I didn't feel that it was right. I'm Wiccan now. I want to find a copy of it in order to read it to my husband. He's Catholic raised. Lol Sometimes when I tell him things he's just like "Wow. That's bazaar!

@LizEsc

3 жыл бұрын

So you left a esoteric satanic church for a blatant satanic church

@JoshuaMathias31

Жыл бұрын

@@LizEsc I was doing some research on near death experiences and noticed that two people who used to be Mormon (and others) before their experience preferred Wicca afterward because they believe that everything is interconected (near death experiences very often describe a feeling of "oneness").

You are doing a good thing Lex, You are helping people to move a away from delusion,dependency, mental and emotional enslavement toward mental freedom and reality.

"It's not secret, it's sacred!" LOL that's such a meme

Mine said I would marry a stalwart young man, and that I made promises to some people in the premortal life that I would bring them into the church. Welp, I guess I'll figure out that broken promise when I get to it. Oh it also said I would choose a profession that would help bring Jesus to people. Everything else was the same. I read my dads, it was like half a paragraph that said, "You'll have trials, don't stray from god." He left my immigrant mother with no job and 4 kids to take care of so I guess PBs all around aren't worth much to anyone.

Mine said something a little similar about talents. 'Now you have talents within you that you exercised in your first estate, and are with you still. Some are in abeyance, pending the time of the Lord; some you already exercise; others will emerge that you were totally unaware of. And depending on the righteousness of your life, depending upon where you are, what you are doing, and the needs of your callings those talents shall be made manifest. However, one talent is more particular within you, even your artistic ability...' I had disclosed that I thought I was a good artist in our little chat before the blessing, when he asked me to name a talent that I had.

@andreapack5372

3 жыл бұрын

I talked about how I like to learn foreign languages in the little interview before. Guess who apparently has the gift of tongues 🙄

@toddmiller5656

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. I told the patriarch that I was interested in acting. Guess what? The Lord admonishes me to pursue acting very carefully as Satan has a firm grip in this field. The rest of my blessing was blah blah. Go on a mission, marry in the temple, have a numerous posterity. I also supposedly have the blood of Ephraim in my veins. And I'm white. To quote the late Jim Nabors 'Surprise, surprise, surprise!'.

@floydfreaktc1

3 жыл бұрын

@@andreapack5372 Hahahahah!! Shits ridiculous

So I grew up in a fairly small stake on the east coast. The stake patriarch was in my ward and his wife was my activity day leader when I was in primary. I knew him really well and he knew me and some of my challenges (medical) too. So I feel like my blessing was more specific than most and while I was a believing member I felt like it answered so many of my questions/fears and in my blessing it talked about how special I was and that god had really big plans for me and my future family. After that blessing I felt really chosen and blessed. I read books about women in the scriptures and about the mothers of prophets because I wanted to be prepared for whatever god had in store. Now I know that he just knew me really well and probably just saw a lot of potential in me (I was the only rule following person in the ward in my age group). The irony is that most of the people that didn't follow the mormon rules in HS are now very active and believing...and I am not haha

Came across your channel today and wanted to share some love. I was also born and raised in the church. It was a shock to my family when I left over a decade ago... my PB was very similar to yours- although it went into a lot of detail about my “future husband” and all the babies we would have (I’m now divorced from an abusive Asshole and am infertile.. oh but I stopped “being faithful” so I guess that makes sense LOL) When I left the church, my parents said “you always had such a strong testimony, what happened?” Well, kids are like sponges. They soak everything up and spit it back out! Of COURSE I had a “strong” testimony! My family did everything right... of course I would be everything I had ever known... and then I had some experience. I began to be faced with things like peer pressures, social situations, politics, forming my own opinions, asking questions that were hard for the church to answer- told I should pray about it- came back with answers the church didn’t like- began feeling like the church might not be as true as I thought? And if that part wasn’t true... is any of it? Obviously, we all know where that led... Anyway- I wanted to reach out and thank you for entertaining me today (: know that you are loved

I got, my Patriarchal Blessing in 1974 at the age 15, at the time I really thought was unique to me later on I compared my blessing to ones I saw on line and I could see that my blessing was pretty generic. 1 unique thing in my blessing emphasized twice was my linage, it blessed me that I born into house of Ephraim and told me that I was descended from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and then went on how I should be grateful to God for allowing to be born of such a favored linage. Now my skin is white and my eyes are blue and my features are Germanic, my mother’s family was all from Puerto and her families language was Spanish, At the time blacks were not allowed to hold the priesthood, last year my oldest son got me a DNA test for Christmas, my results from the test said that I was 3% black and I thought to myself how did the Patriarch spend so much time on my linage and miss my black DNA. Brigham Young was very specific that if you had so much as 1 drop of black blood that you should not have the priesthood and you had the curse of Cain I was a Deacon at time of the blessing. I remember hearing stories about members who while doing their genealogy before 1978 who found a black ancestor and ended up losing their priesthood and having their temple marriage devolved losing their blessing of temple marriage.

Non of these words are any different than any horoscope I've seen on Facebook.

You're such a sweet, beautiful and well spoken young wo.an. I'm not Mormon, but have been interested in for years. I was hard recruited as a young woman, in the late 80s. Thank you for letting us see inside the faith.

Wow. Thanx for sharing. There is so much to this religion business I've never heard about before, like Patriachal Blessings. As a life-long atheist I usually just think of religion as, you go to church, do some ceremonies, maybe go to bible studies, do some special events, do some bake sales and volunteering.

Maybe the reason they don’t want people discussing them is because several people have read their ancestors P.B., which said that they would live to see Christ’s return......well.....clearly, that didn’t happen. So they said that Patriarchs were encouraged to refrain from saying that anymore. Oops! Too late, mine says that too!

@sariahyarber3662

4 жыл бұрын

Mine did too! Lol.

@michelamar-khodja8591

4 жыл бұрын

"which said that they would live to see Christ’s return."? ..... That means they will be resurrected when Jesus returns.

@sariahyarber3662

4 жыл бұрын

@@michelamar-khodja8591 bro, are you defending them? Because if your not then we cool. 😊

@Applest2oApples

4 жыл бұрын

@@sariahyarber3662 Well you're still alive 🤞🏽

@sariahyarber3662

4 жыл бұрын

@@Applest2oApples yeah, so where a lot of people who's p-blessing said the same thing.

Lol mine said I was awesome in the pre-existence too...and from Ephraim...also worthy companion and "unto this union, you will have children", also a teacher and a leader. and OMG even the be blessed with the spirit to help make decisions.

@kkheflin3

3 жыл бұрын

Ephraim had one hell of a lineage since every white person I've ever known is told they come from the tribe of Ephraim. Every Hispanic I know comes from the tribe of Manasseh.

My PB said that I needed to gain an education learn from the books of this land that I could be a breadwinner for my family. For one reason or another I was not able to go to school. I beat myself over the head about that all the time. I was so relieved when I found out the church wasn't true and it's ridiculous expectation for myself was no longer necessary. I have never been happier since I've left the church.

My PB was the thing that kept my testimony going for so long. I got it after I was already married and my husband, parents, and brother came with me when I got it. The blessing had a lot of content about my pre-earth life and claimed that I had a hand in creating the earth. How could you not hold on to that belief? There was a lot of fluffy language in it too, it really sounded like scripture. It had a few lines about reading scriptures and that there are special messages just for me in the Book of Mormon. I was blessed with the restoration of the “stalwart testimony” I had in the pre-existence and that I would bring others to Christ just as I had done before. Now I don’t believe in Mormonism anymore and I’m questioning if I believe in God at all.

My family always excused those who didn't fulfill their patriarchal blessing by saying they will do it in heaven. Me: "Didn't {insert dead family here}'s patriarchal blessing say they would serve a mission... because they didn't." Mom: "They are completing their patriarchal blessing by serving as a missionary to those in spirit prison." I just accepted that logic back then but now I see that this logic could extend to almost anything you could do. If you live forever then at one point you will probably do everything and certainly every vague thing guessed at by some old man.

@ExmoLex

4 жыл бұрын

I heard similar things as a kid!

@kkheflin3

3 жыл бұрын

@@ExmoLex Yes they do have a contingency plan! If you don't have children on this Earth don't worry about it because you'll be able to have children throughout all of eternity to populate the other planets and be eternally pregnant which to me (even though I enjoyed it when I had my three children) would be a real downer to have to do for eternity. If you don't go on a mission here don't worry about it you can be a missionary for all of eternity. Doesn't that sound like fun?

@yourtanktopfriend777

3 жыл бұрын

This kid who was dying of cancer I knew talked to the prophet on the phone about this he said it would happen in the next life

Mine talked about my gift of kindness that God gave me, that I was going to cloth children with mortal bodies (it was very wierd stated in that way), that I was going to be a leader and needed to be an influence for young women in my later years, and talked about I needed to read the scriptures to determine my vocation in life (also wierdly stated and extremely vague). Also that it was all conditional if I stayed worthy. Ours were quite similar hope this helps 🙂 thanks for your videos it really helps knowing there are people going through the same experience I am!

@angelenapulis9083

3 жыл бұрын

Ha, I had weird wording around having kids, too! It said they would “spring forth” from me. I assumed that meant I would have a quick labor or something?

@candyrobinana3670

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like mine wtf😂

my patriarcal blessing was one of the few thing keeping me and my testimony alive for a long time because it is EXTREMELY specific and actually targeted interests of mine that i didn’t even really talk about... it said things like be careful of the books and foods you eat and bring into your home- i developed and eating disorder, that i would be widely known in the church and in my work as well as will be intelligent and i’m graduating top 10% right now, that i’ll be a good speaker- i was for a while until my social anxiety became really prominent, it only mentioned i’d get married and would have kids nothing else really, and that i stood in the council of heaven when the plan of salvation was announced (i kid you not), so some crazy stuff... when i started questioning i was like no way some random guy in our stake would know that but then i watched this video and other similar ones and remembered a bit more about receiving the blessing. i forgot i talked to him before getting the blessing and that he was my childhood best friends grandparent so my name was mentioned before and i had eaten dinner at their house too! in conclusion it’s not really tying me down as much and the fact that i’ve developed my sexuality past just questioning when i received my blessing to bisexual to just Queer has made me almost out the door of the church minus the fact that i’ll be trapped at byu for a year 😅

@makeupmoney5150

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Someone said they saw theirs in a dream and it was GOLD WITH GOLD WRITING! Mine was dead on and I saw Jesus Christ in a dream that night. Changed my life! God bless

I'm kicking myself that I didn't get a patriarchal blessing. It would be interesting to see how it would've compared. Great video.

So many people called it a Patriarticle Blessing. Don't worry, I always corrected them.

Ah, the patriarchal blessing. The church's version of the fortune cookie. 😆

@floydfreaktc1

3 жыл бұрын

For real

Mine also said “I had talents not known yet to me. As I am faithful and serve others it will be made known to me” Also said I’d marry a worthy man and have children that would look up to me. Well... he was a porn addict and not “worthy” to have taken me to the temple. AND I have polycystic ovarian syndrome and couldn’t have kids. I would think HF would know that about me since he made me and knows me individually😉

@KarinShah

3 жыл бұрын

I also have PCOS. Of course your situation may be different than mine, but I was able to have children with fertility treatments. I hope if you choose to have children, you can. Best wishes!

@doenicechavez4756

3 жыл бұрын

@@KarinShah Thank you! I’m 49 now, plus had to have full radical hysterectomy 5 years ago. I do have a daughter I adopted and she is now 22. So it all worked out. Ty for your support tho!

@spookyjupi

3 жыл бұрын

Mine also talks about how righteous my husband will be. In the process of getting divorced right now because NNOOOOPE.

@doenicechavez4756

3 жыл бұрын

@@spookyjupi 😔

@tomoates8568

2 жыл бұрын

@@spookyjupi Lmao! Sorry about getting divorced, that sucks. In my blessing it said I'd have a happy and blessed marriage soon after my mission.... I've never even had a relationship that lasted longer than 6 months and I'm now turning 30 lol

Looking back, red flag was that he wanted to talk first to help me feel comfortable. The connections I can now make to what we discussed and what mine says . Mine commented I was blessed with the gifts of learning and understanding, the gifts of organizing and analyzing information. True fact that helped me eventually realize the church wasn’t true! I also got comment that would be blessed with even more gifts and to seek them out.

When deciding to date my boyfriend I tried to feel the spirit to see if it was okay (he isn’t a member of the church) and I felt happy cause I was in love with him and he is the one that helped me leave the church lol thanks the spirit.

I love your hair! :)

@ExmoLex

4 жыл бұрын

Rachel Workman aww thank you! Lol it is kinda faded but still fun

@rachelworkman9652

4 жыл бұрын

Exmo Lex super fun! I wish I had the courage to dye my hair a fun color:) it really suits you!:)

I remember my senior year of HS I tried really hard to get my patriarchal blessing. I went through a repentant process, worked on my tithing, talked to the bishop etc. I was super excited once I got the go to get it! But the weekend before I was supposed to get my blessing I tried shrooms for the first time (with some friends and a crush I had at the time). LOL I felt SO GUILTY when I met with the patriarch that next weekend. I felt like he'd be able to tell I wasn't worthy anymore or that something would happen and expose me during the blessing. Girl I was sweating bullets! it's really funny looking back.

My Patriarchal Blessing included "I do seal you up to the Resurrection of the Righteous and Just." I was astonished that the (very, very few) Mormons I shared my Blessing with swore that I was sealed up to the Celestial Kingdom. When I left the so-called church, I was told that I was still sealed up, so I simply COULDN'T leave because the revelation had been pronounced so I couldn't escape from it. WTF, I'm being "forced" into the Celestial Kingdom?!? So much for free agency.

Yours was SO different from mine! Mine told me I couldn’t have kids.. which absolutely devastated me. Sadly its been 11 years and that part is true. Idk why the patriarch said that.

@dalipgupta8275

2 жыл бұрын

Well i am a faithful active member and getting ready for my PB and I'm dating a woman (lds only ) who can't conceive I have a great desire to be a father great desire I feel your pain sister

Well that’s almost exactly the same as mine apart from being a mother because I’m a man mine was done in the 86 wow no new material. I’ve been following your videos very informative

Another great job! Thanks...

And mine is specific, that said I was always going to be healthy. I had a heart condition, and it was why I left. I was told that if you are sinning, you're life will not line up with your blessing. I wasn't sinning. So, yeah..

@pandabear7177

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, I'm so infertile, and it said I would get pregnant. I'm also gay... yeah... no...

@kkheflin3

3 жыл бұрын

Yes the contingency requirement is the kicker. It's very convenient to give out a bunch of truth-telling fortune-telling garbage and then say with a disclaimer if it doesn't come true it must be your fault. Pathetic. I hope you are healthy with your heart condition.

@kkheflin3

3 жыл бұрын

@@pandabear7177 The church has a contingency plan for that also! If you don't have any children in this life don't worry about it because you will be able to have thousands of spirit children when you get to the Celestial Kingdom for all of eternity!!! And I'm sure their contingency plan if you are gay is then don't worry about it because you will want to be straight in heaven! I mean after all it IS heaven and why would anyone get to love the people they want to love? Much more loving God to force you into a hetrosexual "Eternal Marriage" with someone you don't love in order to produce Spirit children to populate unknown planets. Plus the real downer is you don't even get to pick your own planet. There is no travel brochure. Which really sucks.

@floydfreaktc1

3 жыл бұрын

@@kkheflin3 Hahaha! Knocking these out of the park Lol

I never understood why mine said I was a direct descendant of Ephraim but everyone else in my family was adopted. It kinda makes sense now that I realize it's all made up. I can't believe we all just accept the total lies we're told

@julberry100

4 жыл бұрын

billiondollardan right! 🙄

@makeupmoney5150

Жыл бұрын

You have the responsibility to bring souls to Jesus Christ. I am living out my blessing right now! If you have it pray before you read it and ask God if it’s really from him.

I stumbled upon your channel. I've always been fascinated with the Mormon religion. My extended family has deep roots. Our line comes from a polygamist wife number 8. I've never understood how one could believe such things. The other planets being heavenly children ect... Listening to your channel I now understand if that's all you ever knew. My question is with the converts. How do they get people to believe that as truth? I grew up Lutheran and still am. I respect your journey and wish you the best! I subscribed to your channel look forward to hearing what else you have to say.

@sydneychristensen2058

4 жыл бұрын

It's amazing what people will begin to consider and believe when they are lost and in search of something to ground them in their lives. I was born and raised Mormon and many of the converts I knew had trauma linked to drugs, drinking etc. and were therefore drawn to a religion where not doing that is a rule you're supposed to follow, so they never had to think about it much anymore. Also missionaries invite people to be baptized before they ever find out about some of the bigger, more mystical parts of the LDS religion. I had convert friends who came to church and were really thrown off when they found out some of the weird details that the rest of us saw as normal, but they had never heard of in the lessons. In short, it's pretty much a trap.

I have a cousin whose patriarchal blessing said she would have a son. It was why she had nine girls until she finally had a boy. So she had ten children because of this. It really impacted the entire families lives as all the girls knew they were a disappointment

This "blessing" is a string of Barnum Statements.

Another very nicely done video Lexi. As for my own patriarchal blessing I will say that I had specific promises extended along with council regarding being able to provide well for my family. Considering the fact that I overpaid tithing I kept the Sabbath better than anyone I knew and I worked my ass off as well as following the council it was certainly demonstrative of how false these blessings were in my experience. another point that I would make here is that patriarchal blessings essentially teach the same racist theology that the church now disavows in its race and the priesthood gospel topic essay regarding how our premortal qualifying round places us in a certain lineage. Obviously being born into the tribe of Ephraim is because of how righteous you were they just no longer actively teach that if you weren't quite so worthy you could wind up Chinese and if you were really on the fence between the devil and the Lord you'd wind up in deepest darkest Africa. Although this may sound a bit outrageous to younger members of the church not so carefully indoctrinated you will find that elder Mark e Peterson of the quorum of The twelve was very specific in a particular general conference talk on exactly those items

You have a telent for teaching. And u see things for truth. My pariatical blessing basically sounds the same. I think they are told what to say.or go by a hand guide haha, my lineage is from the house of manassah, thats one of my big?'s. Maybe u should have a video about lineage. Another good learning video. Thank u

When the blessing said you’ll come forth the morning of the first reserection I audibly gasped and had to stop the video. And then you said that’s a very common one to get… I got that in mine and I thought I was so special.. i can’t believe it…

Wow, I never thought about there being more than one heavenly mother. Also, I 100% believed they were getting “revelation”. I felt betrayed when I realised it wasn’t true.

Looking back on it, having served in the bishopric, I just now realized that I never received a patriarchal blessing. Guess it's not a job requirement. Whew.....

@kkheflin3

3 жыл бұрын

I bet you could go get one now. LOL hate for you to miss out on that life opportunity!

@claytoncornia4156

3 жыл бұрын

So how did you serve in the bishopric? I saw one of your comments on another channel where you said that you slept with 400 women after seeing boobs in the sears catalog. So how did you go from that to serving in the bishopric. It sounds like it would be an interesting story, which is why I'm asking.

@floydfreaktc1

3 жыл бұрын

@@claytoncornia4156 Where was that channel? That sounds wild

@floydfreaktc1

3 жыл бұрын

400 women?! Those are great numbers.

@claytoncornia4156

3 жыл бұрын

@@floydfreaktc1 I think it was on one of the brother Jake videos. I don't remember which one now since that was over a month ago. I was on a binge watching lots of Mormon videos and he made that comment. He said he was in the military so it was easy to get laid.

Are you sure you weren’t reading mine???!!!😂😂

Mine says "As you go about your high school and young adult years there will be challenges that will come to you. As you are worthy, you will be able to overcome them." As a teenager, I was severely depressed and anxious. I did everything I could to be a good member but felt like since I was still struggling with mental health I wasn't worthy. It really did a number on me, honestly!

@floydfreaktc1

3 жыл бұрын

Church sucks. The mental hurdles we all put ourselves through to accept it was crazy