Author: Aaron Case

Yeah, lecture us about your preferred name, because *that* is what's important. If nomenclature is what your church cares about the most, what kind of god are you worshiping? Here…
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6 Things I Learned in 2017

This year was turbulent and trying, tumultuous and terrifying, transitional and transformative. Here are my top 6 takeaways from 2017: 1. Complacency Is Dangerous If the ridiculous and criminal acts…
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The Mormon “Church” Is Disgusting

You spew naked hate, wrapped in the indignant flag of your false moral high ground. Your "church" is a sloppy stack of open lies, compounded by damaging invasive domination and…
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CH. 10 – Anachronisms of Objects and Language

Discovering the truth about Native Americans definitively not being related to the ancient Jews was like yanking out one of the bottom cards in a giant house of cards. It…
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CH. 9 – Native American DNA Is Not Jewish

Thousands and thousands of Native Americans have had their DNA tested and not a single solitary one has come up with pre-Columbian Jewish markers. Not one. In fact, the DNA…
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CH. 8 – Book of Mormon Translation & Historicity Issues

My belief in Joseph Smith as divinely inspired had taken a huge and irreparable hit. So much of the church is based on -- and frankly focused on -- Joseph…
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CH. 7 – The Church Hides Damaging Truth

I was certainly bothered by finding out about Joseph Smith’s highly questionable behavior. I was satisfied by my own research into the primary sources that what I had found out…
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CH. 6 – Apologetic Spin

Frequently, there are two sides when there is controversy over beliefs: The Critics, who have the complaint or objection over the belief system, and The Apologists who defend the beliefs…
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Ch. 5 – Busting Polygamy Wide Open

What I read in the article about polygamy was shocking. I had been taught for four decades that polygamy was something that began with Brigham Young, and was only implemented…
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Ch. 4 – Starting to See the Truth

I clicked link within link within link to dozens of sites about the temple ceremony. I was hungry for information about what had been removed and what was hidden. At…
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Ch. 3 – Starting on a Path

I thought to myself that most members of the church would frown on me looking up the secret temple ceremony online. “It is sacred!” they would say. And at that…
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Ch. 2 – Discovering Mormon Temple Ceremony Changes

In 2009, I went to a movie with a friend and we were discussing an episode of HBO’s “Big Love” where portions of the super-secret Mormon temple endowment ceremony were…
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Ch. 1 – Scorched Earth

  He was dead. I could see that he was dead. I could smell the blend of copper, ozone, and blood in the air as I looked down at the…
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Ch. 0 – Introduction

ExMo: How I Killed the Mormon God A Journey Out of the Mormon Cult and into Atheism By Aaron B. Case   Summary of History This is a description of…
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Trump Is Nothing But Malice

It is deeply saddening and painful to watch Trump and his Gangster Squad literally dismantle everything that truly is good in this country with such disdain. I am knocked back…
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Republicans: Party BEFORE Country

Republicans, you never again get to claim the moral high-ground regarding "fiscal responsibility". EIGHT years of your congress bitching non-stop about Obama's vacations and housing! Now you are silent while…
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Want to Stop Trump’s Lying Game?

Stop Playing Along. Let's implement a ZERO TOLERANCE policy on Trump's lies. - Next time Trump lies in an interview, the interviewer ends it. - Next time Trump lies to…
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Now Is NOT the Time for Unity

There is a time to come together, to be all "Hands Across America", to celebrate the tossed salad of American political ideals. There is a time to set aside differences…
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The National Anthem: Sit, Stand, Or Easy Plow?

I have knelt on the sidelines for this one. But there is enough free-speech-shaming going on of Colin Kaepernick, that am going to say a few words. There is nothing…
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Does Scrum Suck?

The Short Answer? Yes. And no. Scrum is an Agile methodology that takes the story-based method and puts it on steroids. It is intended to be the silver bullet that…
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This Is What Your Religion Looks Like to Me

I recently had a conversation with a friend about my atheism. In the spirit of helping her understand where I am coming from, I had asked if she believed in…
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Surviving Christmas as an Atheist in 6 EASY STEPS

As a semi-militant atheist ex-mormon, I sometimes find myself having a two-sided internal dialog in response to the fire-hose-level of religious pictures and messages that saturate and eventually drown my…
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