NOM

TLDR: My question is, what will the next guy do? Perhaps a miracle and the next guy will announce "temple" is no longer a physical building, but " spiritual " building. 1 Peter 2:5 You yourselves like living stones are being built up as a "spiritual" house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer "spirit...

I have staunch young-earth creationists in the family.

The Bible does fall apart without it.
Adam and Eve story? First death? Redeemed from that first death? What created means, made by god? Or not made, just oversee natural process?

If everyone is honest, Darwin debunked all of Christianity.

I emailed leadership resignation letter, which explicitly requested immediate removal (no 30 day waiting period). I waited, waited some more - crickets. Requested again. Informal note saying received. Emailed again requesting written verification of removal and FINALLY recieved letter. Don't make th...

This weekend I hung up little inspirational quotes inside cabinets and behind doors, to see in the morning, when coming and going. Covenant bond? Naaa, try everyone bond - “Namasté,” I honor the place in you where the entire universe resides; I honor the place in you of love, of light, of truth, of ...

I was sooo tempted to post that to my social media, but realized only a small % now would get it (most of my current connections are now nevermo- don't know my history). I've never known any x's who have returned. If that happened - if one of my kids wanted to return or something - ugh, would be a r...

I would change soooo many things if I could start life over again knowing what I know now. I've never quite understood those who say they wouldn't change a thing... really? You wouldn't avoid that car crash? You wouldn't change which job you accepted? You wouldn't reach out and help that kid who was...

I sometimes feel lucky to have grown up in the era I did. Aside from the obvious (not living in a war zone or subject to starvation, etc.), it seems like kids had a lot more unsupervised play in the recent past than they do now. And how would my life have been different had I carried a mobile phone...

After a reflective Easter holiday experience, I've come to realize the profound significance of my Mormon faith in my life. The themes of renewal, rebirth, and spiritual growth echoed throughout the chocolate coated celebrations resonated deeply with me, prompting a reevaluation of my beliefs and va...

It's been awhile since I've posted. The last little while the site seemed to be down. I'm in the dark as to what happened here. Site seemed to be down for me too (or was I banned?) - haha, I am permanently banned from some other not to be named discussion site. Testing, testing, 123 testing I seem ...

Getting here late, but if anyone wants a teachers $.02 about mass shootings... Yes, I've had troubled people in my class. Have been through several situations... Here's one - I'm just about to start class, and we hear commotion down hallway, a dozen cops are marching down the hall - I wonder whose c...

To me, the multiverse scenerio is the only scenerio where God exists. Let everyone have existed everywhere experiencing everything - reincarnation, we all experience being poor, being rich, living in each life - equal opportunities, equal existence and experience - it is the only fair and just scene...

It wasn't a gradual fungus for me. It was pretty much just that one phone call informing us about his arrest.... followed by a few more meetings where it was crystal clear the good-old-boys club protects priests - not kids. They would not testify in court against him. They already knew, had known fo...

The other day a couple students were chatting about religion after class, they turned to me and said - I hear a lot of educated people aren't religious, is that true? I try avoiding religious/political discussions at work (though I have a lgbtq safe zone sticker on my lab, so everyone kind of knows ...

My GC wish is to have special guests - Pope Francis - The Dalai Lama - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - (Shia Islam) Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I - (Eastern Orthodox Church) ... ... all of them - standing together with choir singing Imagine by J.Lennon Imagine a short service, just one song, followed ...

I'm reminded of the movie Cool Hand Luke (1967) - The Captain's speech " What we've got here is failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach. So you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants it. . . well, he gets it. I don't like it any more than you men." Let me try to com...

I have been thinking about what to tell Angel about not trusting feelings. This is really quite common in the mental health world. The cure for it depends on the reason for it. Some people take it so far they stop having feelings and become kind of like Mr. Spock. They operate as much as possible f...

Boundaries - in NYC everyone learns to live in a crowd, limited personal space, rushed life, limited resources. NY'ers don't use fuzzy words like "please respect my boundaries". They say "No" haha. Direct, clear, you make deals with people, its businesses - this for that - consequences for actions. ...

Back to the idea of feelings telling us stuff. First point is that like logic, emotions are only as accurate as the information they are based on. So, garbage in, garbage out. The trigger may not be accurately interpreted. Or, you may have some faulty beliefs that lead to faulty feelings. Now, some...

I just had someone from old ward reach out to me for help - I connected them with support services in area. (my school serves low income/ immigrants etc so I'm in the loop of where to go for what).

There are amazing groups out there.

The church isn't one of them.

there is a great story on not ruminating on past pain - knowing to drop the feelings - when the fight is over, let it be over, reliving it, emotional pain does nothing to help. "This pain isn't real", nothing is currently wrong, I don't need to be triggered right now etc. I've learned to pull mysel...