I'm Grace.
I was in an LDS splinter group from birth until middle age.
About me
I was born into a church that uses the Book of Mormon, the King James Bible and part of the Doctrine and Covenants plus various revelations for their scripture. From a very early age, I was taught that "we are the only ones who have the true gospel" and that only those who were members in good standing of our corporate church would be considered to be let into Zion in Independence, Missouri after the temple is built. There was an emphasis on our remnant being the perfect group of the "restoration" while all the others were in error. A commonly expressed theme was that those "of the world" (outside our church group) were all wicked and would be cast into outer darkness. After being out for 30 years, I would classify that church as patriarchal, fundamentalist and a borderline cult.
# Why I left More stories of 'Why I left' the Mormon church
As a teenager, I began to have doubts that all the good people I knew from school and work would be "cast down to hell". I couldn't ask any questions within the family or the priesthood because a question means you are a doubter and "you KNOW where doubters go!" (to outer darkness). I just kept my head down and tried do my callings without getting into trouble.
My dad wore a classy suit and tie to church and acted like the perfect family man but at home he was mean and violent. One of the statements he made to me was that "women are inherently evil and out to get me so I'm going to beat it out of you". He tried to keep me under his control with 6-day-a-week punishment and never-ending chores.
My large extended family also practices a version of the stay-at-home daughter rule. One daughter of every nuclear family is expected to live with the parents until they die. Then the daughter (who will probably be in her 60's) will be farmed out to a nephew or niece's family to take care of them until she dies. I'm the only daughter (I have three brothers), so I was told I would never leave the family farm. Though this practice isn't preached from the pulpit, it's encouraged by church members. I'm including this information because it's an important part of why I eventually left that church and have little contact with family.