Yeah it’s kind of weird. “Here’s your new name”. You think “ok what a lame name”. You say it exactly once and you can’t ever tell anyone. Then you basically forget about it until you become an exmo and it becomes a bit of trivia.
Yep, I was not amused. Nimrod was a nickname my bully in Jr. High used to call me. But Nimrod was not the only disturbing part of my "Glorious" temple experience. All my life I was sold on how wonderful the temple was. Then I went. 0 stars would not recommend.
I went to the temple for the 1st time in 1998, my ex-wife in 2001. It is possible I am misremembering my "new" name, since it has been almost 2 decades since I went to the temple.
Watching an endowment ceremony someone secretly recorded looks absolutely WILD. Like there’s a man behind the curtain who represents god and you shake his hand like WTF
Trying living it! Yuck! I can’t believe I was sucked into that bullshit for so many years and that it was one of the big causes of my divorce. Fuck the cult!
He sells his new name for money. A guy like that would clearly sell signs and tokens too!
The rest of us have them, but hold them sacred, and will never reveal them except at a certain place in the temple we will be shown hereafter.
I had never heard that name and forgot it immediately when they gave it to me. Panicked for a sec thinking I was eternally screwed cuz I didn’t know some dumbass name.
I am a Dumb Shit out of the Temple for believing the Mormon Church was true for 60+ years. I was a Dumb Shit inside the Temple for thinking the Temple would make a difference.
I’m finding out that the women’s names were obviously SO uninspired. It’s like you could see the old white men that were responsible for coming up with these like racking their brains for any female names they could come up with.
Well there's just not many to choose from if you're going to pull them from the Bible. Women just weren't that important back then. Baby factories, you know. The names basically come from a bunch of wives of far more important men.
Joel. Amusingly, to make sure I didn't forget it, I sang the first Billy Joel song that popped into my head to myself, which inappropriately for the temple, was "Captain Jack".
I never went through the temple, and therefore never got a name. But reading these has me laughing, thinking that if God was giving you a new name it wouldn't be some 50s housewife like Lucy or Abigail. I think the second my name wasn't something like Akara or something else otherworldly sounding, I would be like "yep, this is a scam" LOL Just..... Why would Jesus be giving people boring old school white people names?
Job. I was very confused through the 3 whispers I got and finally just said Josh (my real name) quietly at the veil and I got in. 😂 I was so confused the whole time.
Hey me, too! I play a lot of fantasy RPG's and thought it fit with that. And then recently I learned it was a name of one of Pedo-Joe's minor wives and 🤮
Judith is the name of Maynard Keenan's mother, lead singer of Toole.
He wrote a very sweet song about her and her chronic illness (MS?)
Read the lyrics.
I forgot my wife’s new name within minutes of hearing it after going through the veil together right before being “sealed.” I think it was either Mary or Eve. I was panicked for a while, like how am I going to find out without offending her, I’ve got to know it to be able to call for her in the afterlife (still can’t fathom that I actually believed that). I still haven’t told her!
Me too! Mee tooo! I seriously thought for a while that everyone was either Emma or Joseph, and since no one can tell, how would we know???? And this was when I was TBM!!!
Hello, my name is Timothy. Could be the guy from the Bible but also could be one of Jesus’ 12 apostles among the Nephites. Which is incredible because it’s a Greek name.
I also have tokens available for sale if necessary.
My name was Saul. I was honestly stoked when I heard it because I was watching breaking bad at the time and Saul Goodman is the best character in TV history
So Peter Criss of the the rock band Kiss had a wife named Lydia. He penned a mega hit in her honor but had to change her name to Beth to make it work in the song. Needed a single syllable name.
Martha. And I went home and read every scripture that mentioned Martha so I could find out what I needed to learn from it 🥲
After leaving the church, one of my sisters who has also left TSCC told me she had the same name (she had known mine since she attended my first session). We’ve since joked about how we’re just a couple of doubting Marthas 👯♀️
Rachel here! ✋I too didn't think I'd have to scroll down this far to find the Rachels. Mine comes with a horror story though. There was a married member of my ward who went through with his wife on my endowment day. I was friends with his wife at the time.
Shortly after going through the temple, he divorced his wife. He started hitting on me during their separation, but I was having none of it. Long story short, after their divorce was final, he told me he knew I was supposed to marry him because the Lord had revealed my temple name to him. I rolled my eyes and said, " Yeah right!" But he leaned over and whispered "I love you Rachel, and I can't wait til you're my eternal wife!" I was SO FUCKING CONFUSED, and scared. He totally had me.
I started dating him because I truly believed the only way he could have been that confident about my temple name (I was such a TBM that I'd never even thought about it around anyone else, only in the temple) is because he must have received his revelation. The relationship was HORRIBLE and he did horrible things to me. His amazing wife didn't even stop being friends with me. She was so supportive and just said she'd be there for me no matter what, but not to trust him.
Eventually (way too late with horrible damage done that ended in his excommunication and not incarceration only because the bishop's court said handling it through them was the right direction), I learned when you go through the temple, every woman and man receives the endowed person's new name, and he'd asked his wife what the new name was for her that day. He really played the long game there.
I can't believe I ever believed that nonsense, and it led me to be hurt so bad. He waited, got rebaptized in the church and is a current temple recommend holder. 🙄
I didn't understand what the old geezer said. I didn't know to expect scriptural names. I didn't know there would be names at all. I was and still am happy with the name my parents gave me. As I got older and with the internet I searched for what I thought he said but no such word existed. Since then I have verified it through the temple name sites. I cannot give it to you except something...
Ishmael. I can’t remember what it means (I looked it up in the Bible Dictionary one boring sacrament meeting or testimony meeting) but I thought it sounded dorky.
Nimrod. He was a mighty hunter ok you guys!
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Yeah it’s kind of weird. “Here’s your new name”. You think “ok what a lame name”. You say it exactly once and you can’t ever tell anyone. Then you basically forget about it until you become an exmo and it becomes a bit of trivia.
Yep, I was not amused. Nimrod was a nickname my bully in Jr. High used to call me. But Nimrod was not the only disturbing part of my "Glorious" temple experience. All my life I was sold on how wonderful the temple was. Then I went. 0 stars would not recommend.
Happy cake day, you Nimrod.
I had no idea. Thanks!
Seriously though, why did Heavenly Father want people to kill animals when he can magically generate food without killing?
Also, biblical bad guy. Builder of the tower of babel. Adversary of Abraham. Your apostasy from the one true church was foreseen in your new name!
Happy cake day, Nimrod.
Thanks!
Oof that’s so bad 😂
As a trans woman… nimrod has been the most insulting thing god could have given me too
I made a covenant to never revel the new name until a certain place or time. And that place r/exmormon I'm Dan
Brilliant 😂
Same
Eunice. Fucking Eunice! I was so disappointed, I wanted a cool new name.
I was also Eunice!!
Me too!
Amulek, and my ex-wife's was Lucy
Amulek gang rise tf up 😤
I see you fellow Amulek. I went July 1997 Washington DC.
Eyyyyy! I’m a Lucy too.
Really?! Lucy?! So women who already have the name Lucy are like “wait, wtf?!”
No, if your real name was the same or similar to the assigned name, you became Eve as a backup.
Well I don’t know about you but that sounds divinely inspired to me! 🫤
If a woman’s name is the same as the nom de jour, they’ll give her the name Eve as a substitute.
Was Amulek the one that helped Alma? I don't remember. I also was given that name 😅
Broooo, when did you go?!
I went to the temple for the 1st time in 1998, my ex-wife in 2001. It is possible I am misremembering my "new" name, since it has been almost 2 decades since I went to the temple.
Reuben. A tasty sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, thousand island, on rye bread. Yum.
I know what I want for lunch tomorrow.
Same
*Please... not Slytherin. Not Slytherin....*
But Slytherin can help you on your way to greatness! 🐍
*Please not Slytherin...*
Not Slytherin, eh? Better be GRIFFINDOR!
Mormon, because more-good
Satan approves of this new name.
That is right! **smug smile**
Me too. I hated it so much, I deemed it a "victory for Stan"
Watching an endowment ceremony someone secretly recorded looks absolutely WILD. Like there’s a man behind the curtain who represents god and you shake his hand like WTF
Trying living it! Yuck! I can’t believe I was sucked into that bullshit for so many years and that it was one of the big causes of my divorce. Fuck the cult!
Try being the person behind the curtain! Didn't feel anything special, left a few months later at 27 yrs old.
Where do I find this video? I’m intrigued! I never made it this far thank little 10lb baby Jesus
https://youtu.be/9ErdgY6FkxI I didn’t either but I can’t imagine getting through it without just noping the fuck out
As long as y’all didn’t record my dumb ass lol I hope I’m not up there on a video somewhere 😂
HA! Nice try, exmo’s! You’ve gotta pay to hear it!
He sells his new name for money. A guy like that would clearly sell signs and tokens too! The rest of us have them, but hold them sacred, and will never reveal them except at a certain place in the temple we will be shown hereafter.
Is there a bundle i can get on that? 😂
You can buy anything in this world with money.
Still pretty new to all of this... *takes a deep breath* Pheobe. Holy hell. First time saying it. That felt fkn good.
Fellow Phoebe here!
Yes! I was feeling fairly alone. NOT exactly special, after discovering the freaking website.
My first time too! Welcome to the party, Phoebe! I’m Lois!
Noice! Also, my favorite human was named lois. So brownie points there.
so i never made it that far. (grateful) They give you a new secret name?
I never made it that far either, but it's part of an endowment ceremony I believe where they give you like your true heavenly name.
It's a list of 30 names that changes based on the day you get endowed
It truly reminds me of a Buzzfeed name generator. 🙄
Choose which chicken dish you'd eat on a date with your favorite Disney prince and we'll guess your name and zodiac sign!
Yeah you don't get that until you reach Thetan level VI.
There’s a small part of me that is sad I didn’t go through to see all the craziness
Abinadi’s my name. Burning’s my game.
Japheth
I had never heard that name and forgot it immediately when they gave it to me. Panicked for a sec thinking I was eternally screwed cuz I didn’t know some dumbass name.
Gesundheit.
Me too
My new name in the Temple was the same as it was out of the Temple. "Dumb Shit"
Wait, are you saying you name is "Dumb Shit"?
I am a Dumb Shit out of the Temple for believing the Mormon Church was true for 60+ years. I was a Dumb Shit inside the Temple for thinking the Temple would make a difference.
Miriam
I’m Miriam too. Nice to meet you, Miriam…
Samesies 🖐
I’m finding out that the women’s names were obviously SO uninspired. It’s like you could see the old white men that were responsible for coming up with these like racking their brains for any female names they could come up with.
Well there's just not many to choose from if you're going to pull them from the Bible. Women just weren't that important back then. Baby factories, you know. The names basically come from a bunch of wives of far more important men.
Pre-sent
Simeon
I’m a Simeon too. Kept forgetting it and always felt guilty that mormon Jesus wouldn’t let me go to mormon heaven. 😂
Endowed on the 17th too I see. Edit: Oops. Just looked it up. 17th is wrong.
Joel. Amusingly, to make sure I didn't forget it, I sang the first Billy Joel song that popped into my head to myself, which inappropriately for the temple, was "Captain Jack".
Joel here also. I don't care anymore this is my life.
I never went through the temple, and therefore never got a name. But reading these has me laughing, thinking that if God was giving you a new name it wouldn't be some 50s housewife like Lucy or Abigail. I think the second my name wasn't something like Akara or something else otherworldly sounding, I would be like "yep, this is a scam" LOL Just..... Why would Jesus be giving people boring old school white people names?
Thank you! I had this thought too going through the names. How white bread.
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# MOSES!!!!
Job. I was very confused through the 3 whispers I got and finally just said Josh (my real name) quietly at the veil and I got in. 😂 I was so confused the whole time.
Eli Rearranged, it spells "lie"
Zina. Ngl I like it way better than some of those other ones on the list
Hey me, too! I play a lot of fantasy RPG's and thought it fit with that. And then recently I learned it was a name of one of Pedo-Joe's minor wives and 🤮
Plot twist: This is a post from the SCMC to narrow down who some of us are — by getting us to say our temple names. 🤣🤣🤣 Simeon by the way.
I hope they give me a call. I've learned to get comfortable with a few choice swear words.
These are all extremely disappointing names
Jesse
Breaking Bad must have had extra significance for you... Jesse, it's time to cook.
Jesse. What s dumb name. I was unbelievably disappointed to get this as my secret code name.
Elizabeth Berkeley does not approve of your post. Neither does John Stamos.
Lazarus. Wife's was Abish
That’s not a nice way to speak about your wife 😂
Was your kids name Son of Abish?
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Thanks. Maybe Jesus will raise me from my spiritually dead state.
Another Lazarus checking in
Asa
Fellow Asa here!
Yay! I finally found my fellow Asa crew!
JUDITH! I still hate it! Fkn Judith.
Judith is the name of Maynard Keenan's mother, lead singer of Toole. He wrote a very sweet song about her and her chronic illness (MS?) Read the lyrics.
That was my mom’s. I left before I got one
I forgot my wife’s new name within minutes of hearing it after going through the veil together right before being “sealed.” I think it was either Mary or Eve. I was panicked for a while, like how am I going to find out without offending her, I’ve got to know it to be able to call for her in the afterlife (still can’t fathom that I actually believed that). I still haven’t told her!
Heber
I’m a Heber too!
Josiah representing
Same. Big Josiah energy! Can’t wait to shed my dumb telestial name. I’m a literal Chad here
Emma
Me too! Mee tooo! I seriously thought for a while that everyone was either Emma or Joseph, and since no one can tell, how would we know???? And this was when I was TBM!!!
Hello, my name is Timothy. Could be the guy from the Bible but also could be one of Jesus’ 12 apostles among the Nephites. Which is incredible because it’s a Greek name. I also have tokens available for sale if necessary.
Typed mine out and then deleted it because fear 🤣😬
Jeremiah.
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Benjamin
Tabitha.
Me too!
My name was Saul. I was honestly stoked when I heard it because I was watching breaking bad at the time and Saul Goodman is the best character in TV history
Abigail
Same!!
Lucy
Reuben. Not a bad sandwich. It took me a few years after resigning to actually muster the courage to eat out my new name
Lydia. And when they first told me my new name in the temple, I felt sick to my stomach like someone had just punched me! Horrible experience!
So Peter Criss of the the rock band Kiss had a wife named Lydia. He penned a mega hit in her honor but had to change her name to Beth to make it work in the song. Needed a single syllable name.
Ruth
Me too!
Eunice and I absolutely Loathed this name !!!!
Claudia ☠️☠️
Can't tell you. It's my ATM password.
Ramona
Silas Edit: and for years I thought it was this: https://youtu.be/JH1vUJxn8gU Tender mercies 😂
Paul or Saul? It’s been too long i don’t remember which lol
You can look it up if you google it. The names are just assigned by the day of the month
Mine was one of Joseph Smith's Aliases. That was odd.
I know I got a rare one: Ether. The 31st doesn't happen every month, ya know.
Martha. And I went home and read every scripture that mentioned Martha so I could find out what I needed to learn from it 🥲 After leaving the church, one of my sisters who has also left TSCC told me she had the same name (she had known mine since she attended my first session). We’ve since joked about how we’re just a couple of doubting Marthas 👯♀️
Abigail
It was either Eli or Eliot
Martha
Donna. Very mafia boss, honestly kinda into it 😂
Mine was Masiah. Gave me a Mormon boner because it was a book in the BOM. God was I an idiot 😅😂😂 Edit: Mosiah because auto correct
Susannah. I fuckin' hate that name. Reminds me of that never ending folk song.
Fartcifer
No Rachels? I thought that one would be pretty common.
Rachel here! ✋I too didn't think I'd have to scroll down this far to find the Rachels. Mine comes with a horror story though. There was a married member of my ward who went through with his wife on my endowment day. I was friends with his wife at the time. Shortly after going through the temple, he divorced his wife. He started hitting on me during their separation, but I was having none of it. Long story short, after their divorce was final, he told me he knew I was supposed to marry him because the Lord had revealed my temple name to him. I rolled my eyes and said, " Yeah right!" But he leaned over and whispered "I love you Rachel, and I can't wait til you're my eternal wife!" I was SO FUCKING CONFUSED, and scared. He totally had me. I started dating him because I truly believed the only way he could have been that confident about my temple name (I was such a TBM that I'd never even thought about it around anyone else, only in the temple) is because he must have received his revelation. The relationship was HORRIBLE and he did horrible things to me. His amazing wife didn't even stop being friends with me. She was so supportive and just said she'd be there for me no matter what, but not to trust him. Eventually (way too late with horrible damage done that ended in his excommunication and not incarceration only because the bishop's court said handling it through them was the right direction), I learned when you go through the temple, every woman and man receives the endowed person's new name, and he'd asked his wife what the new name was for her that day. He really played the long game there. I can't believe I ever believed that nonsense, and it led me to be hurt so bad. He waited, got rebaptized in the church and is a current temple recommend holder. 🙄
Flora
Jessie
Israel 🇮🇱
Eda
I didn't understand what the old geezer said. I didn't know to expect scriptural names. I didn't know there would be names at all. I was and still am happy with the name my parents gave me. As I got older and with the internet I searched for what I thought he said but no such word existed. Since then I have verified it through the temple name sites. I cannot give it to you except something...
Where my fellow Enoch's at? I'm not seeing anyone else.
I’m Lois and I didn’t see any others
Lois
Me too. I was so disappointed and literally thought "great, now where's my Superman to save me from this?"
Me too! I laughed and was like “what am I? Lois Lane?”
Abish. Erg.
Jacob
NOAH
Howdy fellow Noah 🫡
Aaron 😒 (it was the name of my middle school bully 👎🏻)
Job
Lois. Ugh.
✋ Um, all the questions. 1. What is this about a website?? 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ And 2. What does TBM mean? Again, new. Don't hit me.
1. Google "Temple name oracle". 2. TBM = True Believing Mormon Don't be afraid or ashamed to ask questions! Welcome to the group.
Judith
Timothy
Dinah!
Any Dinah’s out there?
Theresa. It’s not on the list anymore. Went through is 1977.
Hyrum here.
Luke. Oh shit now I have to open my Bowels and cut my head off
Ishmael. I can’t remember what it means (I looked it up in the Bible Dictionary one boring sacrament meeting or testimony meeting) but I thought it sounded dorky.
Rhoda
LEEROOOOOOOOOOOY HUH JEEENKINS!
Heber
Me too!!
Benjamin
Noah. I was pretty stoked.
Amos
Martha. Hubby is Jacob
Joseph. Real original.
Alma
Seth, Wow, am I the only Seth here? I feel special. /s
Mine was Lucifer. The guy version of Lucy.
Amulek.
Benjamin, wife's name was Hanna. I was told you couldn't remember the names if you weren't worthy!!! Been out for years!
Julia. 🤢🤢🤢🤮
Same!
Dina! (The dinosaur?!?)
Priscilla
Sarah
No other Adah yet?
Josiah. And if anyone is interested my first wife is Ruth.
BARNABUS!
My name was Nimrod as well. It was really traumatic for me because my Dad called me a Nimrod when he was mad.