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So they are incubators and serve no other purpose?

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Pretty much. Their job is to be “eternally pregnant”.

An amusing thing to watch is a bunch of LDS women together discussing how “wonderful it will be to always be pregnant, and having spirit babies knowing they will come to their own earth to progress just like we did”.

Equally amusing is a bunch of Ex-Mormon women together discussing it and saying “Dear God! HOW could I ever think I wanted THAT?!”

I got no use for woman like that.

Don’t they want to have some fun? I do.

Let me chase her around forever, through meadows and woods.

Eat chocolate dipped strawberries and sipping champagne while walking along the River Sein, with the Eiffel all alight, on one side and the Acadamie of Arts with their fountains flowing.

Every once in a while we could even go to dinner and have some great conversation while I admire her charm, wit and intelligence.

But that’s just me.

There is a middle ground for mormon women who have neither a faith in their doctrine nor any relationship with Christ, yet they are bound by the tethers of their inherited religion. I have watched a relative struggle with the conversion from mormonism over the past sixteen years. Familial pressure and a Catholic community that could be a bit more inclusive have at times made the way hard for her. Mormon converts are ostracized unlike anything most will ever experience in a modern western society and without a safe place to land they can struggle. Mormons focus on family life in a support system that seems ideal and fulfilling until one discovers the surreal cult like nature that it presents to women who are caught without a sure means of escape. I have seen one of the billboards and wondered about it. I think that it speaks to a specific struggle that many of us can not relate to fully. I do not agree with mormonism in any manner and, while I think Protestants are well intentioned, I like my faith, but most importantly only the salvific blood of Christ really saves us or ameliorates our suffering. Many people struggle throughout life with faith while some have an easy time of it (as long as I get to see take part in the Mass I am fullfilled-even without a full church), but this billboard discussion makes me re-examine what I need to do in my personal ministry to help this community. Prayer for all who are brothers and sisters in Christ is always needed.

Don’t forget the part about not being able to go to Mormon heaven unless your husband calls your secret name (that only he know)when you die. I just can’t get over this - I learned about this recently. Poor Mormon women, they must be so afraid!

I also understand that even investigating other beliefs puts your salvation at severe risk. That’s why you can’t get your MO friends to even visit one of your services or bible studies.