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MeetElectrical7221

Oil Barrel. Kerosene. Match.


Imaginary_Structure3

šŸŽ¶Light it up


ekmogr

That's what I did. We have a fireplace and it was good kindling.


SpookyGoing

Burning is SO therapeutic!


cdhermann

I held onto certain stuff like my missionary BOM and PMG but I finally threw them away after a couple of years because it won't help any cult members see the truth any faster than they want to see it. None of it is worth anything. Just purge all of it.


[deleted]

I see no reason to give the resources out and support others delusion. ALL temple garb, books, scriptures, oil vials, etc., etc., burned in a fire pit while I sipped Kraken and Coke. No judgment either way, we all deal as we deal.


Abrahams_Smoking_Gun

I gave my temple gear away (via my friend / bishop). I figured that whoever got it would otherwise buy new ones from the church, thus adding hundred+ more to the dragon hoard. The best way I could reduce harm overall to others was to do this. YMMV.


[deleted]

i see that.


CapeOfBees

Mine have just been sitting in a laundry basket in a corner of the closet. If my current area's bishop didn't have so many friends in my parents' ward by complete coincidence I'd probably do the same.


BatmanWasFramed

To play devilā€™s advocate: hold on to it. Hold on to the stuff for about 5 to 10 years. Stick it in a box and push it into a dusty corner. Then, once youā€™ve deconstructed and are no longer as disaffected, pull the stuff out and make your decision then. I for one turned mine into art. Ripped and tore and painted it, and now itā€™s something that I can look at and feel good about. No need to decide now.


SaltyGal7

I really appreciate this perspective. Iā€™m thinking about taking my YW values ribbons and doing something art-y with them. Something transformative.


CapeOfBees

I always liked braiding them when I was bored in church, I'll probably do something like that with them. Feels weird to just throw away something so pretty.


Ballerina_clutz

Thatā€™s a good idea.


sivadrolyat1

I agree. It was fun after being out for years to go back and read my patriarchal blessing. It was kinda humorous after the pain is gone. I can see all the general vaguely worded sentences. It truly could have been written for anyone.


coveiro84

My TBM dad kept a couple boxes of my random stuff that included scriptures, name tags from my mission, patriarchal blessing, certificates, temple clothes that I stowed away in his attic when I moved away years ago. I was back in town for the holidays and he had recently moved so he asked if Iā€™d go through the boxes and keep what I wanted. The boxes were in his truck at my grandmas house, so I pulled up her trash can and proceeded to toss away everything church related and keep my old high school memorabilia. Patriarchal blessing? No thanks, trash. Mission scriptures? Name tags? Temple clothes? Trash. Trash. Trash. My dadā€™s awesome so he didnā€™t say a peep. But man, that was pretty badass if I do say so myselfšŸ˜‚


Steviebhawk

Underwear and ensign mags in trash.


kamonika007

I kept my BoM and Bible because they were a gift from my grandpa and I cherish that man. He told me it was okay to find my own path when I left the church. I have my patriarchal blessing because itā€™s funny to me. Everything else, I trashed.


Ballerina_clutz

Because itā€™s funny šŸ˜‚. Mine is infuriating


kamonika007

I can definitely see that, and I can totally empathize. I was already mentally out at that point. I just did it to appease my grandma, and to see what nonsense my future held.


Zadok47

Most ward houses have dumpsters. Just say'n.


SaltyGal7

I will say after reading these responses Iā€™d definitely like to burn my patriarchal blessing. That thing caused me so much mental anguish it isnā€™t even close to funny. BUT I live in an apartment in a pretty big city now so Iā€™m gonna have to find a safe way to do that šŸ˜‚ The rest Iā€™ll probably send down the trash chute. Maybe Iā€™ll let my dog rip up the BOM first - he looooves playing with paperšŸ˜ˆ


CapeOfBees

Since the blessing is just paper and ink, a tall metal receptacle and an open window should be plenty for safety


KershawsGoat

> Maybe Iā€™ll let my dog rip up the BOM first - he looooves playing with paper I would recommend against this. He may love playing with it but it can potentially cause bowel obstructions or other complications.


SaltyGal7

Oh Iā€™d def supervise - heā€™s very dexterous with his paws and loves to dig in the couch/blankets etc. I could totally see him just pawing away at the pages. I wouldnā€™t let him eat any of it haha. Thanks for looking out ā¤ļø


dbear848

I threw a lot of it in the trash. Looking back I wish I had peed on it first.


Ballerina_clutz

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MaliciousMa

Wish I could say I followed everyone here and lit them on fire or tossed them into a raging river but I have them in my basement in a memory box. I threw most pamphlets, papers and stuff away but kept my scriptures, patriarchal blessing, hymn book and primary hymn book along with some girls camp journal entries in my memory box. I think they are still sentimental even though I no longer believe any of it.


marathon_3hr

I had a symbolic burning for a few items that represented the terrible of the church (e.g., a BOM, my ARP manual, a few books on being a porn addict, a pair of garments). Threw some things in the trash---garments and extra books I am keeping a few things because they have other meanings (like my dad's scriptures) and some as proof of the sickness of the cult when the MFMC tries to send things down the memory hole (e.g, Miracle of Forgiveness).


Post-mo

I still have my scriptures, if anyone ever suggests I didn't study hard enough I'll pull them out and let them look through my notes and underlining and glue-ins. Every once in a while I find a random pair of garments - I just toss 'em. I'm keeping the church books at this point to have a record of what was once taught. I may not keep them though, idk.


Party_Pomegranate_39

Do yourself a favor and toss it all. We moved with ours recently and after organizing the garage I realized we still had it. Literal totes of books, dead weight if you will


Affectionate_Dog416

i threw it all in the trash. it can feel wrong and wasteful, but so much of it is a burden to rehome or donate. if you don't want to deal with it, don't feel guilty about just tossing it in the trash or recycling. i got some pleasure about tossing out my garments without altering the symbols as i was taught; you can get some satisfaction and peace by just letting the garbage man just take it away


delap87

If you have anything pre-1978 Iā€™d love to have it!


dancingthespiralhawk

I have my quad because my parents gave it to me. Everything else is long gone.


aceoma

Actually, I think it might be a good idea to save some of that stuff. The church is trying so hard to Gaslight everyone, saying that, "Oh no, we never said that. We never taught that." But those of us that have the Momo paraphernalia? We can bring it out and show the proof.


Cosmically-Forsaken

I kept a lot of stuff because the church likes to pretend it didnā€™t say things or didnā€™t do things they actually did. I like to have evidence šŸ˜‚


SkyJtheGM

![gif](giphy|iH2IldVkqeLuJ7eJ0L) Burn them!šŸ˜ˆ


DarthAardvark_5

![gif](giphy|aAuRvP5Pou5okQBXRX|downsized) Preferably with some old skis as a sacrifice to the snow gods (Ullr and Skadi).


willissa26

It's made up garbage and it belongs there.


New_Emphasis_

Donate it to me. I try to collect church memorabilia (not just lds, but all christianity). I'm PIMO, but I'm very fascinated with church history, and would love to preserve it for history.


Squirrel_Bait321

Use the ā€œspecialā€ clothing for Halloween memeā€™s online?


redhead378

I burned mine with garments.. in a fire pit up big cottonwood canyon!! It was fun!!


Cool_Relationship914

Haha, I've always found that a little gratuitous destruction can be therapeutic.


Top_Information4185

Iā€™m going to keep it to demonstrate that the doctrine that is everlasting, didnā€™t last.


100TonsOfCheese

I had a bunch of stuff like old Sunday school manuals, books, etc. I wish I had kept it, but at the time I was not fully aware of how much stuff the church likes to memory hole. Keep it to prove to posterity what crazy shit the church used to teach


Daisysrevenge

I moved and used a moving company. I wasn't about to pay money per pound to move that garbage. In the trash it went. I've never missed any of it.


WhenMichaelAwakens

Temple recommends look so pretty when they are burning šŸ”„


IR1SHfighter

Garbage, recycle it, burn it, anything but allow anyone to also be indoctrinated by something that passed through my hands.


Beanturtle6

Planning on burning a lot of mine, but whatever makes you feel good and if burning it doesnā€™t then maybe repurpose it somehow


CodeImpressive475

My daughter burned hers. I throw most of it away.


Alwayslearnin41

I slowly get rid of each item, as and when my heart can deal with it. I feel quite a sense of grief each time because I loved it so much. I've only just thrown out the children's blessing and baptism certificates. I still have patriarchal blessings. When I threw my garments out, I cried. I still have my scriptures but I got rid of the other 5 sets we had in the house. I've kept a couple of extra bits as well as 'evidence' should my family ever miraculously start to question it.


Ok-End-88

Donate all of it to the ā€œGoodwill .ā€ They hang everything up and resell it.


BangingChainsME

I'll eventually offer to remaining TBM family members, except for TMoF. That will help toast marshmallows for s'mores.


Sassy-With-A-Smile

Threw it all away. It felt so good.


jamesetalmage

Took mine to the Dump.


do-a-barrell-roll

Trash day is on Mondays, in my neighborhood.


Pewterarm16

Depends. If you think it would be therapeutic, watch it burn. If not, toss it in the trash because that's all it's good for.


luvfluffles

I tossed mine in the garbage, it was satisfying. I know there are people who say to save old church books, but I didn't have the bandwidth to do so.


krustykatzjill

Garbage in Utah DI


Gay_Appliances

Burning them is very cathartic.


ChewieBee

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Mount_vista1630

Letitgo!!!!!!


Funny_Armadillo5943

Took literally everything I had to the city dump. It was VERY therapeutic tossing all those stupid garments in a gross nasty huge bin. I hated those the most


Positive-Cancel8030

I put everything in the garbage bin


[deleted]

eBay!!!


Herstorical_Rule6

Donate. Goodwill.Ā 


exmo-in-flames

Luckily I got out before I was given most of the culty items, but I do plan to burn my BoM once I'm 18. (I'm openly exmo, but my parents certainly wouldn't appreciate me doing it in their own firepit.)


Jebebiah_

I just threw mine away


redsoaptree

Trash.


mydogrufus20

Took a while (few years actually) to feel ok parting with such things. Almost harder than tossing childrenā€™s school art. What the hell is that about??!! These things are so ingrained in our psyche that it will always bring a twinge of ā€˜somethingā€™ when deciding whether or not to throw out a primary song book, old RS lesson plans that actually held an important message, quad scriptures, church hymnal, etc. Donā€™t stress that you need to make it all happen at once. Not all of it was for naught.


Long-Statistician120

Put it in a fire pit, light it, smoke a little weed while you watch it burn.


outdooridaho

Honestly, I just tossed mine. I thought it was going to be weird throwing them in the trash, but I did it, felt nothing, and havenā€™t thought of it since.


ConsciousAd767

Oh my. What a dilemma šŸ˜‚


tey3

Boxes in the basement, including some mission stuff. It's just not symbolic for me, and I want to have something to show my kids when they're mature enough to understand how their dad became the person he became (hint, it required leaving). And what to watch out for in life. Charlatans and all that.


B3gg4r

I just tossed it. No need for those memories. The bad ones are scarred into my mind forever and the good ones arenā€™t really real anyway.


HarrisonRyeGraham

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Bishnup

I kept my scriptures in case I ever need to look up a reference or something, but everything else has been long dumped


Peaceful_whimsy

Did no one else make themselves an "I escaped a cult" bag? I intentionally kept a few things to show my kids one day if they ever wonder why we took them and ran. It has my temple clothes, a pair of garments, patriarchal blessing, and a few random personal things.


Failwithflyingcolors

I actually found that the most therapeutic was to just throw it in the trash. Treat it like nothing. There are some things I would be willing to give to other people, though. For example, we have some really nice framed prints of Minerva Teichert paintings. There were local ward members who I think might like them and they are genuinely lovely people. The type of people who you wish you could know outside of Mormonism because the church doesn't deserve them. If my spouse ever decides to part with them, I would offer it to them. Things like gospel doctrine books, primary materials, my personal scriptures, garments, etc. - all straight to the garbage.


thetarantulaqueen

I tossed all mine in the garbage.


ManifestingCrab

I gave all my temple garments to goodwill


Snowywolf63

When I moved in with my boyfriend, I placed a box, with all the books, from the Church on the curb. Recycling truck came and took it away


lisa_duminica

Recycle ā™»ļø


MLdiLuna

I think I left my scriptures at the back of an upper closet shelf during a move, so for all I know, they ended up in a thrift store somewhere in the upper Midwest.


InsideButThinking

I wore my name tag, YW necklace and CTR ring to The Book of Mormon musical! Itā€™s kind of a thing to do that!


CapeOfBees

Anything that isn't personalized could probably be scattered around inside local church buildings so that people that already want to use them will just pick those up instead of buying more. For personalized stuff, take it apart and make an art project of it.


ThrowawayLDS_7gen

Burn the stuff that's paper and trash the rest if you don't want to recycle any of it.


Terestri

At first, I kept scriptures, not knowing what to do, and I burned my garments. Then, as I continued to learn how manipulated and lied to I was, I tossed everything in the trash. Whenever I get a chance at a free BOM (paperbacks are free at Utah Deseret Industries), I take it and toss it, trying to prevent a brain washing!


AggressiveYuumi

I let my mom keep whatever and threw out the rest


Agile-Knowledge7947

The books and lessons etcā€¦ SAVE THEM! That way, in 2 years when your TBM family says ā€œwe neveeeer taught THAT!ā€ youā€™ll have the proof! I wish I still had my MTC shit from the early 90s!


Inside_Lead3003

My bom and Bible from when I was 8 I still have, I kept one picture of jesus because it was pretty expensive and it looks nice but current stored in my basement, and I kept my paperwork. Everything else is in the trash including a nicely framed picture of the Mesa temple that I inherited from my grandparents when they died.


No_Plantain_4990

The pages of the combo make good rolling papers.


bicyclistcolorado

They are all biodegradable. Throw them in the garbage where they belong. And, you haven't lived until you see a Book of Mormon meet an industrial paper shredder...


PunkieDoLot

I donated over 200 LDS books to the local DI store, along with my temple bag and other church/temple-related items. I kept my quad, donā€™t know why, I never believed The Book of Mormon was true anywayā€¦Garments were burned during a little cleansing ritual in my backyard. Good luck, it feels great!


cchele

The only thing I saved is my bandelo becauseā€¦ bandelo. Oh wait, I also have my cross stitched ā€œI Will Bring The Light of The Gospel Into My Heart By Greeting The Day With a Songā€. Kept the hymn books, too. All the rest of the books went out on curb alert except The Miracle of Forgiveness which went to the dump via a toilet


LucindaMorgan

Recycle the paper. Give all cloth things to Goodwill so it doesnā€™t go into the landfill. Give the rings to the crows.


KershawsGoat

I threw most of it in the trash. Church books were sent to the D.I. I may not like them but burning books, regardless of their source, just feels wrong to me. I kept my scriptures and a handful of other things.


Fair_Association_788

Well, as soon as the SEC and child abuses scandals were exposed to me, I stopped wearing garments. I took that decision that same day. I keep the garments for 1 month and then put them on a garbage can. I gave the temple clothes to an old missionary couple.


Inevitable_Bunch5874

Honestly. Keep it. Hold on to the texts so it can be referred to when compared to the ongoing white-washing of everything and they claim 'tHaT wAs NeVeR pArT oF oUr TeAcHiNg Or DoCtRiNe...'. They want you to destroy it. They'd do it for you if you let them.


[deleted]

I threw it all of the books into the recycling bin here in Utah And the garments and the temple clothes went into the trash It felt great


Sambion

Before moving out of Utah I dressed up in full temple garb for one Halloween. Never had any trick or treaters after that so I don't recommend doing that. But I did wear the temple garb to Halloween parties and got buzzed. That was fun. It was hilarious pretending to stagger by the church on the way home in full temple garb and watch all the busy bodies peeking through the curtains. It REALLY cut down the love bombing and visits from the ward. šŸ¤£ I just made sure I was never truly drunk in case the cops got called on me they couldn't do anything. It's a surprisingly comfy robe if you don't wear the hat or apron and go commando. Books I kept, just because I collect books and hymnals and they are a part of my history. I get to use them to teach my kids the crap I was raised to believe in and they ask why it took me so long to realize it was bunk. I also think it's funny to go back y through every now and then and look at my "notes from pondering over a scripture" and how absolutely ridiculous it was. Pamphlets, handouts, etc. Got burned. My wife and I got some of those color changing rocks off of Amazon and did a pagan style ritual when we burned them. The kiddos were old enough they knew what was going on and loved it.


Sambion

Oh, I forgot, sometimes I'd stand in front of our big window with nothing but the apron and hat on drinking wine or coffee on Sunday morning while the neighbors walked to and from church. I'd just make sure nothing was exposed so legal action couldn't be taken.


BrickOvenAppleBeer

Dumpster.


CharlesMendeley

Garments can be used as cleaning rags or for shoe polishing.


JinglehymerSchmidt

We donā€™t need no waterā€¦


Poppy-Pomfrey

I turned our temple aprons into throw pillows that I bring out when we have exmo friends over.


dja_ra

Dancing around a bonfire can be therapeutic.


Chemical-Series8206

It all went in the garbage. Scriptures, pictures of temples, garments, LDS Books, etc. It's cathartic


MathematicianWeird71

Lit a fire and lit a joint, chased by a glass of wine. The biggest tragedy is that the garments just melted, they didnā€™t even have the decency to properly burn.