In the Shadow of the Temple Pt. 1

Premier of the documentary, "In the Shadow of the Temple" at the 2009 Foundation Conference. Karen Di Milia and Dennis Lavery are documentary filmmakers in Portland, Oregon. Their collaboration began two years ago with the creation of Pepita Productions. In the Shadow of the Temple, their first full-length documentary film, explores and delineates the emotional journeys and day-to-day challenges of ex-Mormons and Shadow Mormons.

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• In the Shadow of the Temple
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[soulfuljourney]

i think sometimes it is like a country club. nice if you are part of those accepted and idealized. not so nice if you are not. also much like a caste system that idealized married people with kids and if you get divorced or are undesirable for marriage, the plan of happiness doesn't work so well. 

[gurreras]

How materialistic I was to confine God and Jesus in a temple, in a church, in a book, in a tithing envelope...Thanks to the ExmormonFoundation sincerely from france...

[gurreras]

It was a drama, especially after figuring out that all my life I was manipulated by those rich corporations "apostles". Shame on me and my intelligence, how credulous and innocent I was..I finally put this on my inexperience on skillfully charlatan/cult propaganda, I think that during my mormonism experience I wanted to believe in the plan of salvation and think that I was special in the eye of the Lord by giving everything for him. Indeed a man-center religion was perfect for the "trap".

[gurreras]

Leaving the church was a big challenge because the Church means everything for me and my family. I am from France (sorry for my english by the way). Today I feel relieved from all this "imaginary" burden created by the lds dogma, the concept of work for the celestial kingdom, pay your tithing etc.. I finally see through all the true christian doctrines corrupted by the church, I can analyze better all the collosal business made out of brain-washed peoples donations

[vcomp1960]

@orlovna2 The woman with the cup is actually Moroni trying to stop the exmormons from talking!

[orlovna2]

The camera angle makes it somewhat distracting, to see the man, behind her, moving back and forth around some display table, off to the side.

Also, you can see a woman with a cup in her hand, as a reflection off of the reflective plaque, at the front of the podium.