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Postmormon Postmortem

@postmormonpostmo.bsky.social
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Hannah and Jess, hosts of Postmormon Postmortem podcast where we sift through the ashes of our former faith. We hold space, spill tea, & call out culty stuff hiding in plain sight. Freshly out, years removed or never Mo—you’re welcome here.

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Postmormon Postmortem @postmormonpostmo.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Greg Olsen painted some of the most iconic images of Christ in Mormon culture. Boyd K. Packer gave him a specific brief: Jesus must be manly & ordinary. “Manly” because Packer loved his patriarchal masculinity, and “ordinary” because in the context of Mormonism, that means white.
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Postmormon Postmortem @postmormonpostmo.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Is Mormonism a cult or a high control religion? Looking at common characteristics of cults & how they compare to beliefs, practices, & culture of the LDS church. #exmormon #deconstruction #religioustrauma
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Postmormon Postmortem @postmormonpostmo.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The church just announced 385,000 convert baptisms. Here’s the number they’re not leading with. Children of record dropped to 91,835 — fewer babies than they added in 1982 with a third of the membership. That’s not growth. That’s a replacement strategy. #ExMormon #PostMormon #exmo
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Postmormon Postmortem @postmormonpostmo.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
You don't get to call yourself a peacemaker while the policies you built are still hurting people. Same man. Same words. Seven years apart. No apology. That's not revelation — that's rebranding. #ExMormon #PostMormon #ReligiousTrauma #MormonCulture
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Postmormon Postmortem @postmormonpostmo.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Constant surveillance, cosmic stakes, no moment of safety — Mormon theology handed a child’s developing nervous system a worst-case scenario it couldn’t escape. Here’s why that’s trauma. #MormonTrauma #ReligiousTrauma #NervousSystemHealing #ExMormon
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Postmormon Postmortem @postmormonpostmo.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Shunning with better PR. All the isolation, none of the accountability. If you know, you know. 🤍
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Postmormon Postmortem @postmormonpostmo.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Citing scripture at ex-Mormons is like quoting Dumbledore to prove Hogwarts is real. The source only has authority if we accept it AS a source. We don’t. 📖❌ #ExMormon #PostMormon #MormonTikTok #LDS #ExMo #ReligiousTrauma #Deconstruction
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Postmormon Postmortem @postmormonpostmo.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Your leaving isn’t happening to them. It’s happening for you.’ 🤍 #ExMormon #FaithTransition #Deconstruction #MormonTikTok #exmo
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Postmormon Postmortem @postmormonpostmo.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
If your family has ever made your apostasy, your boundaries, or your authenticity feel like something you’re doing to them—this one’s for you. #boundaries #exmormon
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Postmormon Postmortem @postmormonpostmo.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The loneliest kind of Mormon family exclusion isn’t the empty chair — it’s being physically present while emotionally erased. You’re at the table. The real you isn’t invited. This is conditional inclusion: tolerated presence, invisible reality. You learn to perform a smaller, safer version of yourse
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Postmormon Postmortem @postmormonpostmo.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
“The church hurt me.” Four words that break the math for a believing parent. This episode is about cognitive dissonance — what it actually does to your nervous system, and why family conversations during a faith transition almost never go the way you hope. #exmormon #familiydynamics
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Postmormon Postmortem @postmormonpostmo.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
If the structure was divinely mandated, one hour can’t just disappear. But it did. Which means the structure was never sacred — compliance was. #exmo #postmormon #exmormon #deconstruction
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Postmormon Postmortem @postmormonpostmo.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
You’re not asking them to agree with you. You’re just asking them to be honest about what they’re doing. That’s the part they can’t give. #FamilyEstrangement #ExMormon #ReligiousTrauma #familydynamics #exmo
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Postmormon Postmortem @postmormonpostmo.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Mormon families don’t usually cut people off dramatically—they just quietly let them disappear. Invitations stop coming. Group chats go quiet. Sunday dinners become “just immediate family.” You’re slowly erased from family life without anyone ever naming what’s happening. #exmormon #familydynamics
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Postmormon Postmortem @postmormonpostmo.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Why do Mormon Families Gaslight You About Your Own Absence? #exmo #exmormon #familysystems #deconstruction
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Postmormon Postmortem @postmormonpostmo.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Noah Kahan’s “The Great Divide” accidentally wrote the Mormon deconstruction anthem. When someone leaves, they’re not abandoning faith — they’re abandoning the fear that their soul is perpetually on trial. #exmormon #postmormon #exmo #deconstruction #religioustrauma
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Postmormon Postmortem @postmormonpostmo.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
The institution doesn’t fear your anger. It fears your quiet withdrawal. You weren’t rebellious. You were becoming autonomous. #exmo #exmormon #postmormon #deconstruction #cult
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Postmormon Postmortem @postmormonpostmo.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Nobody leaves out of nowhere. They leave secretly, after months or years of private processing, because the system made public doubt impossible. Send this to everyone who says you “left without warning.” #exmo #exmormon #postmormon #deconstruction #religioustrauma
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Postmormon Postmortem @postmormonpostmo.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
“They only shoot the birds who cannot sing.” High-control groups don’t fear doubt — they fear hesitation. Here’s what happens when you try to speak anyway. #exmo #exmormon #postmormon #deconstruction #religioustrauma
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Postmormon Postmortem @postmormonpostmo.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
When obedience equals morality, doubt sounds like a character flaw. Here’s why believing members literally cannot hear former members — and why it’s a feature of the system, not a failure of the relationship. #exmormon #exmo #postmormon #deconstruction
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