NOM

That's so cool.

lostinmiddlemormonism wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 17, 2017 3:12 pm

For me the answer is quite simple. The church is not what it claims to be.

The problem with the church is that it is not what it claims to be. Everything else is just window dressing.

-lost

Excellent summation. I'm saving this post.

Oh, Thoughtful, I have been thinking about you since I read your post earlier, and wondering what I could you say that would be helpful. You have helped so many NOMs and others with your well thought out words. Now it is time for you to be on the receiving end. Nothing I can say is something you don...

Liberal Mormon wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 30, 2017 3:09 pm

I can hardly wait to hear Oaks's talk.

Liberal Mormon! Are you back? How have you been?
Unless you are a new member with a familiar sounding user name, then welcome!

TBM friends- mostly active, no real NOM tendencies. Wife is primary chorister, husband is in Sunday school presidency. Youngest son just turned 8- and they have his baptism planned for this upcoming weekend. Family flying in from Utah, invitations sent. But at the Bishops interview last week the Bi...

Pure gold, Corsair.

Hey. Good to see the lost returning. Are you still blogging? I always enjoyed your writing and words of wisdom.

Excellent! Outstanding! Exceptional!

If you don't agree talk to your SP.

Oh, and TSM is still alive, contrary to what you may have heard.

In the same boat here. My daughter resigned not long ago and I am unsure whether she has told her dad. I asked her if she wanted me to tell him, and she said she didn't care. She is not planning to make a big announcement about it, and since she is an adult, it is her choice. I don't feel like it is...

That is an excellent letter. Your sincerity and friendship apparent. You have been traveling down this road for six years and have been a valued member of the community. I sometimes wonder why once members know the truth about your beliefs, suddenly it changes the relationship. You haven't changed, ...

But then....if the church is still true regardless of which way the disaster goes....why broadcast the apparently miraculous events in the first place? That wouldn't be using the tool of sensationalism to manipulate members would it? :? Crazy, huh? This strategy works in numerous scenarios. Heads I...

Love chai!

I don't know if I want to bump this thread up again, but I do want to acknowledge all the responses here. Some great points. FiveFingerMneumonic: I read Bagley's article and it reflects the way I look at the trek now. Red Ryder and others: What I would like to accomplish is to be able to just state ...

Fun thread. Only new sins that we started this summer? I mean, I have lots of old sins. But new this summer? I will have to confess to sloth. See, we have this lovely deck overlooking Bear Lake and it is so nice to just sit and watch the lake shift color as clouds drift by, watch the hummingbirds f...

Thanks to you all for you supportive comments. It takes a long time for me to get the strength to bring up sensitive subjects. But I am getting better at it with practice. I hardly think anything on my end will change at all, since this is how I have been living internally for a really long time. Wr...

I'm feeling strongly that it is time to tell dh that I will never be returning to belief in the LDS church. I thought I'd run my ideas past more objective eyes here before I take that plunge. "I don't see myself ever coming back to a belief in the church. After 18 years of studying and thinking abou...

Great list.

I recently listened to Apostle Coup d'etat podcast by Radio Free Mormon / Mormon Discussion. Some fascinating new myths and deceptions discovered there.

There is also a wicking fabric that is meant for those living in humid climates. I can't verify the effectiveness however. Either the website or the lady at the counter can give you the details. If there's a distribution center near the temple (often in back of the nearest Deseret Book) he is going ...

LostMormon wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 02, 2017 12:43 pm

I think God is going to be pretty busy in the millennium fixing everyones screw ups.

Ain't that the truth!
The whole idea of doing ordinances for someone who is dead is ridiculous. As if God requIres, or is obliged to honor, rote ceremonies performed with earthly water and secret handshakes.

LostMormon wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 03, 2017 11:48 am

Makes you wonder what other miraculous stories in the church may have been embellished to the point of complete fiction, hmm the first vision perhaps?

Probably all of them. That is the nature of stories told and re-told. They morph to fit the storyteller's agenda.