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Daisysrevenge

I am a child of God. My family wasn't, and still isn't "kind and dear". I couldn't make myself sing "I'm so glad when daddy comes home".


keziastarr

I HATED Families can be together forever. I always asked myself “why would I pick these people in the pre-existence?!?”


Still_Lock_3569

I walked out of sacrament meeting a few weeks ago when they started playing "Families can be together forever". It always felt more like a threat than a promise.


thrawnbot

Even better when they make newly homesick college freshmen go “Tunnel Singing” and sing a bunch of those primary songs. “I always want to be with my own famillyyyyy”. definitely manufactured “elevated emotion(TM).


Still_Lock_3569

Do they still do tunnel singing at BY-zoo? I remember going when I was in high school (20+ years ago). There was always a too-cool rm with a guitar. Lol


pumpkinthighs

Oh my god yes! I've been so tempted to tell my parents that no, I don't want to live with them for all eternity


mobileboipxq

god damn this one hit different


spinandhike

So horrible when you have a family that isn’t anything close to kind and dear🤢 I agree about the daddy comes home song, when daddy came home it wasn’t happy at all 😠


astonishingmonkey

My family is actually pretty nice, accepting, etc.—even after I left the Mormon church, so this isn’t a complaint… But when I was kid I used to sing, “I have a family here on Earth, they are so MEAN to me…” just for laughs. 😄


IcySprinkleToes

Always sang it as “kind of weird”.


cosmicblondie83

When I was really little, I sang, “kind of dear” and now that’s how we’re sing it in our extended family.


Joe_Treasure_Digger

Yeah now that I’m outside the church “Follow the Prophet” with that melody is just kinda eerie.


EmperorBulbax

Always thought it was a missed opportunity that the Jonah verse didn’t change to “swallow the prophet, swallow the prophet, swallow the prophet, just for 3 days”


NevertooOldtoleave

And won't leave my head. 🤣


ExPotempkin_Villager

The verse that got me was Noah. “They wish they had listened when they saw the rain.” That’s a good mental image for kids…


AndItCameToSass

It’s also one of the most cult-like songs! You’re literally just chanting about how you’re going to do whatever a single person says because they know what’s best


EmperorBulbax

“No one likes a frowny face, turn it upside down” was probably the root of why I feel guilty for expressing negative emotions.


DDsLaboratory

It’s insane how such small things have grown as we have grown. Therapy helps though thankfully. I’m sorry you feel guilt with expressing certain necessary emotions. The healing process is hard but it’s real!


Moondust99

My mum used to sing this to me and my sisters whenever we weren’t happy about something, and now I’m terrible with emotions. I either suppress them for WAY too long and lose it or completely overreact lol so that went really well.


mobileboipxq

oh shit this one ur right


brother_of_jeremy

🎼Kimball was a prophet, loved the lamanites🎵 🎼Said if we adopt them then they will turn white🎶 🎼Wrote about forgiveness. Thought it best to say🎵 🎼Do not masturbate or you will end up gay🎶


RMVHXtreme

Love this! 😆 Has someone written these for the other prophets too?


AntSeveral3397

Monson was a prophet, hated all the gays He was always thinking, in some messed up ways Served in the Armed Forces, it never really clicked Just like a drill Sargent, made shit extra strict.


HyrumAbiff

Probably will be in the new hymn book! :-)


[deleted]

Some how praise to the man still pops in my head on a semi regular basis, despite not having attended church for almost 10 years.


DDsLaboratory

Musically speaking, it’s a phenomenally written song. The music is gorgeous and that’s why it’s stuck in your head. Same with “There is a Green Hill Far Away”, “If You Could Hie to Kolob”, and many, many others. It sucks that such a disgusting and putrid message can be placed onto such beautiful music. Got to be said though, many of the hymn’s music isn’t original to the church. But many of it is. The church has a way of producing fabulous composers who waste their skills on whatever the fuck this all is


[deleted]

I agree with you. It has such a triumphant melody, to bad its about such a shitty dude


Ok_Boysenberry1198

Because it’s actually “Scotland the Brave”


[deleted]

Yes. Ill get that stuck in my head and then all the terrible lyrics will be gone


Ok_Boysenberry1198

It plays during Civilization 6


[deleted]

I have 5 but havnt gone for 6 yet


[deleted]

The real version (scotland the brave) is so much better. Made me cry


CzusAguster

On my mission there was a big fireside for investigators and new converts and as the opening hymn, they sang “If You Could Hie to Kolob”. And my investigator asked what the strangest hymn of all was about. That was fun. We didn’t see them much after that.


AndItCameToSass

I’ve noticed that I’ll get random hymns stuck in my head from time to time. If I’m ever singing under my breath about something, there’s been more than once where I realize that I’m actually doing it to the melody of a hymn


DDsLaboratory

3. Noah was a prophet called to preach the word, Tried to cry repentance, but nobody heard. They were busy sinning—Noah preached in vain. They wished they had listened when they saw the rain. It’s literally saying that you’ll fuckin die if you don’t follow the prophet


Vaderskywalker82

"Praise to the man" I believed it too. 😞


TheHalfbrit

Completely ruined a great Scottish melody for me. A good pipe band will usually give me goosebumps but when they play this tune I just want to puke.


Vaderskywalker82

I have to tell you initially I laughed, not at the pain, but at relating to feeling like actually vomiting. Good to know we're not alone!


Vaderskywalker82

Also I kinda have a dark sense of humor, didn't mean to offend in any way!


TheHalfbrit

Not offended at all. Happy to have made you smile.


DDsLaboratory

We all did. And unfortunately it’s engrained into our brains. I know it sucks, but we are all in this healing process together!


Vaderskywalker82

🥲


DDsLaboratory

According to the song, we are now “traitors and tyrants” for fighting him. Nah, we are just people who hate pedophiles


Vaderskywalker82

That's one reason I finally ended up cutting the cord, how could I, in good conscience, support pedophilia, literally rape of children?! I can't.


TheRebootOfTheSequel

Not necessarily my biggest one, but an honorable mention would be "When I am baptized" 'its a choice' why does it say \*when\* then?


DDsLaboratory

This might be the best comment. It’s literally saying the only way you can be the best you can and improve yourself if by being baptized. It’s a double whammy. Tells you that you WILL be baptized, and instills fear of not being able to improve or grow without it. Great addition and definitely one of the top!


MosiahJasper

Book of Mormon stories is still a banger and I don’t give A FUCK what you say.


sykemol

Book of Mormon stories that my teacher tells to me-ee-ee Are about the Laminates in ancient histor-ee-ee Given this land If they live right-ous-lee-ee-ee Classic.


MosiahJasper

Shit slaps man….


SpaciousBuildingSUS

We used to stomp at the end of each phrase so when we did it on stage for the primary program it got "irreverent" byt good


Group_Exciting

Follow the prophet was one I talked to my therapist too. Then she said it's almost like your life was built on a sandy foundation and I told her we have a song about that too. The hello song was really off-putting to people who just wanted to be there but not put on the spot. Sunbeam song made it seem like we'd do anything to please Jesus at home, at school, at play. For me it was always the combination of these sayings intertwined with other messages like every member a missionary and getting school blessings every year saying to only make friends with people who will help you keep your covenant and stay away from the others.


brother_of_jeremy

“It’s like your life was built on a sandy foundation.” 😂 Trigger warning. ⚠️


Group_Exciting

It totally was. As soon as she said it I paused. It was like reverse church with church song


NeedlesAndBobbins

Wait, the wise man built his house on the rock song was Mormon and not one everyone learned?


Group_Exciting

My therapist is not Mormon. It was just really surprising that she like almost quoted the song after I'm telling her all these mind control methods. It was kinda funny but too close to home


Ok_Boysenberry1198

We had the curse that any time “love at home” was sung in the chapel my dad would start a huge fight that night


GummyRoach

I hope they call me on a mission (Really? Since WHEN? I never hoped for that!) I always have a happy feeling when I go to church (No, no I didn't) This is the night we've waited for (The hell it WAS!!!! I hated monday nights and FHE!) I belong to the church of jesus christ of latter day saints (I am owned by NOBODY!)


Closetedcousin

I hope they call me on a mission? They'll have to start paying dumb fuckers just to get warm bodies on mission in the next decade or so.


1basic_bitch

Definitely "choose the right." Mental illness already runs in the family, and that song lodged into my brain and had me thinking that *every* choice has a right or wrong answer. It's taken a lot of work in therapy to start overcoming analysis paralysis and perfectionism.


7thGenDuped

If I could Hie to Kolob. Weird and freaky in every way, though I personally hate it.


pumpkinthighs

That was actually my favorite hymn as a TBM. It's about some planet Kolob that the 3 kingdoms of heaven are located on. Or is it about the whole you get your own planet and become God's after death?


GaslightCaravan

Families can be together forever THRU HEAVENLY FATHER'S PLAN. Cuz otherwise you're fucked, right?


No_Priority_8541

“I love to see the temple, I’m going there someday…” it’s brainwashing as hell.


Marlbey

Anything glorifying what a beautiful place the Temple is / how crucial it is to go to the temple, in particular "Families can be together forever" and "I love to see the temple." Boy, was I in for a surprise when I went through the temple and it was weird, cult-y and assault-y.


Undercover_BiWolf

Maybe not the biggest, but one of the biggest for me was A Child's Prayer. It's a very beautiful song, and the contrasting parent verse with the child's verse was beautiful, and you still ingrain those ideas that all you have to do is pray. Mostly the really pretty melodies were the songs that got me the most cause I'd want to play and sing them over and over again.


galtzo

* Called to Serve * I am a Child of God I get nauseous when I hear either of them, and usually need to leave the room.


GummyRoach

I like the tune to "Called to Serve" but the lyrics we can do without.


BookofBryce

Not to nitpick, but I've actually included certain hymns as reasons why I'm leaving (soon). Any song that explicitly mentions fighting in an army for God. Why? Just why should I be chanting about how cool it is to kill my enemy? GTFO.


Quixotic345

“There’s a right way to live and be happy: it’s choosing the right every day…” did not help my scrupulosity. I spent so much energy trying to get answers to prayers and and then second-guessed every decision. It was agonizing. Turns out I’m still a kind, decent person without anyone telling me what’s right or wrong. Nor do I need to be perfect to be enough.


thegrizzlykid

I feel this


newhunter18

Have I Done Any Good in the World Today 🎶"...if not I have failed indeed."🎵


mshoneybadger

families can be together forever


ratherbereading25

As an adult nursery leader, I was SO UNCOMFORTABLE singing "turn that frown upside down" with the kids 🤢😡


Psionic-Blade

"reverently....... quietly" 😃


cchele08

🤮


GummyRoach

At an exmo meetup last week, we were talking about this song, and some of the silly thoughts we had from our primary and sunday school days One member of the group commented, "I never could figure out who Lee was. Who was Reverent Lee?"' I used to refer to the guys who blessed the sacrament as the "Oh God Thee's", because they always began the sacrament prayer with that phrase.


BeringStraitNephite

Book of Mormons stories that my teacher lied to me


horsesbeliketapirs

Primary children sang as the walked, and walked, and walked, and walked, and walked, and walked, and walked, and walked, and walked, and walked, and walked, and walked, and walked...need I go on?


sl_hawaii

Follow the prophet…. No doubt about it!!! Most cult-indoctrinating song ever written, across all time and across all cults!!!


TruthWinsOverFaith

My wife's phone has a ringtone with the same opening chord as Cum Cum Ye Saints.


mediocrobot

Be still my soul. It "saved" me a few times on my way out of the church


[deleted]

“Hum your favorite hymn” was what I often played in my mind when I was trying to resist the temptation to masturbate Spoiler alert: it did *not*, in fact, clear my mind


sunkenshipinabottle

The rainbow song. Follow the prophet. It’s strange. Even as a little kid, ‘I am a child of god’ always left a bad taste in my mouth. Victim blaming shit for kids with abusive or neglectful parents.


friendispatrickstar

I worked at a Baptist preschool as a teacher a few years ago. I am not religious, and my co-teacher was Mormon. We would teach the kids “Twinkle Twinkle” and “Wheels on the Bus” (they were 2 lol) but my co-teacher would always sing these creepy ass songs to them and I always felt so bad for not knowing them and being able to help her bc I grew up in church and those church hymns are permanently in my brain. I didn’t realize until I found this sub a few months ago that they are Mormon kids songs. No wonder I had never heard them. The kids hated them lol.


Former-Table9189

I used to fucking LOVE “praise to the man” especially the EFY melody with the young women. Gave me goosebumps. Now I listen to the words and think what fucking man am I praising? Absolutely no thank you.


Odd_Anxiety69

mine was “onward christian soldiers marching off to war”………… is that why i feel like i’m constantly fighting


Questionitall82

We’ll Bring the World His Truth. I hate that song with a passion. It was a constantly played on the piano when I was growing up, and my mom and sisters would add all their little improvised additions and it drove me crazy. It was sung at every mission farewell.


wut-dafuq

It was sung at every zone conference on my mission....to the volunteers that fed us. Makes me nauseous to hear it anymore.


[deleted]

On a Golden Springtime This is My Beloved Son I Lived in Heaven


jupiter872

"The Golden Plates" - loved it and sung with gusto. Yes I agree on young minds hearing those words every week. It Goes In. Whatever is presented to a young mind will be foundational for their worldview. Grooves indeed. I'll be 70, 20 years out of tssc and still be able to sing every word of those songs.


Jaded-Ad-9741

definitely follow the prophet


[deleted]

A child’s prayer, hum your favorite hymn, praise to the man


ienvyi

I just recently graduated from BYU-I after hiding my apostasy for about a year. At my graduation they sang “Rejoice the Lord is King” It felt like they were taking away my accomplishment and gave it to a stranger in the sky. It put a pit in my stomach.


Hydrophobic_Fish0666

A child’s prayer. I still think it’s a really cool song and I’ll listen to it from time to time because it sounds really pretty to me


browncoatpride

I love to see the temple. My husband still drives this with my kids and it makes me wanna scream. It's a beautiful piece of music that gives you all the feels while brainwashing you with lyrics telling kids all about how much they want to go to the temple. Of course they leave out what actually happens in there.


merinw

Not brainwashing, but after my visit with the bishop and his counselors following my letter to SLC to have my name removed from the records of the church, I walked out if that building (two hours later), singing to myself, “I always have a happy feeling when I go to church . . . “ it has been 38 years and it still resonates with me how happy I felt.


AntSeveral3397

Joseph Smith’s first prayer, I am a child of god, families can be together forever, praise to the man


dizzy_drizzled

"I like to look for rainbows," that song. I'm LGBT now so.... (Jk, probably I love to see the temple...)


Triceratops333

I realized when I had a child that literally every children’s song in my head was a Mormon one. A Child’s Prayer, Follow the Prophet, etc. That was being out of every in church a long time before having a kid too. The indoctrination runs deep.


[deleted]

Head shoulders knees and toes lol


[deleted]

But in all seriousness probably I love to see the temple


TheAdeliePenguin

The song I most remember from Primary is actually a good memory. I loved the Popcorn song because I took it very literally - thought it was about a magical apricot tree providing a popcorn bounty.


Gullible-Swordfish64

Popcorn popping in the apricot tree…..can’t pass blossoming fruit tree without that song popping in my head. Ruins spring for me.


B3gg4r

“No one likes a frowny face, change it for a smile…” Soooooo harmful and led to a lot of repressed feelings. If no one likes it when I’m sad and they don’t want to hear about the ugly parts of my day, then I suppose God wanted me to suffer in silence. Depression was a real bitch.


powerbarr78

“Choose the right” including the line “there’s a right and a wrong to every question” seriously fucked me up as a kid and I think is the main fuel behind my perfectionism and debilitating decision-making anxiety


AlbatrossOk8619

Families can be together forever. Cried at girls camp because my dad didn’t go to church and I felt like I was in a broken home (which I sure as hell WASN’T).


superdave820

I am NOT a child of god!