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- Sat Apr 27, 2019 7:02 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Is everyone going to be white and delightsome in the celestial kingdom?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3268
Re: Is everyone going to be white and delightsome in the celestial kingdom?
I don't know about skin color, but I always liked this tangential story. A WILY PROPHET. In the days when Brigham Young was directing the theocratic government of Utah, the Mormon missionaries in England converted a one-legged man near Dulwich. This man, now strong in faith, con- ceived the idea tha...
- Wed Apr 10, 2019 4:15 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: New and Confused (so long its not true, one little woman...)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 24308
Re: New and Confused (so long its not true, one little woman...)
Welcome to the site. I am having doubts about pretty much everything I've ever believed in which is hard to just breathe and stay calm about it but I think I'm doing an ok job for now. A funny thing about this, in my experience, is that every time you think that surely you've reached the bottom of t...
- Sun Apr 07, 2019 9:24 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: The Facebook Post About the POX I Wish I Could Make
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2929
Re: The Facebook Post About the POX I Wish I Could Make
This is a very good summary. Thanks for sharing it.
- Wed Mar 27, 2019 8:54 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: What's left in your transition?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8880
Re: What's left in your transition?
This is an interesting way to look at things. I've never consciously developed a checklist of behaviors I'd like to change. It's been more the opposite for me, resisting change but experiencing it all the same. Like Richard Dutcher's analogy in his old Mormon Stories interview of drifting slowly but...
- Sun Mar 24, 2019 9:53 am
- Forum: The Coffee Shop
- Topic: BOM Play in SLC this Summer
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11215
Re: BOM Play in SLC this Summer
I saw this a few years ago during a quick trip to Seattle. That also happened to be the one and only time that I've had a chance to meet up with some NOM posters in person--a few of us went out to dinner. The show is very clever but pretty vulgar in places. The music is catchy (and surprisingly clea...
- Sun Feb 24, 2019 4:32 pm
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Book making the book club circuit in my area
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5330
Re: Book making the book club circuit in my area
I read this recently, and it's quite engaging even if you don't really relate to her situation.
Her Mormon Stories interview is also worth a listen:
https://www.mormonstories.org/podcast/tara-westover/
Her Mormon Stories interview is also worth a listen:
https://www.mormonstories.org/podcast/tara-westover/
- Mon Feb 18, 2019 7:16 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Faith Crisis Contagion
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5001
Re: Faith Crisis Contagion
It's hard for me to imagine some of my family members going through a faith transition. The idea of my having a part in kicking such a transition off has always made me nervous. But I also wonder whether one or more of them have already reached that point but, like me, don't ever bring it up due to ...
- Wed Feb 13, 2019 5:16 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Why are you mormon?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3508
Re: Why are you mormon?
At this point, it may be mostly because I am resistant to change and I can't imagine not identifying as Mormon (at least in an abstract/tribal sense). Also, not wanting to deal with the potential consequences of drifting any further than I have outwardly (damage to relationships that I value). That ...
- Sat Feb 09, 2019 5:31 pm
- Forum: The Coffee Shop
- Topic: Book Club? The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5521
Re: Book Club? The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt
My favorite of Haidt's books is The Righteous Mind, though I also enjoyed this one and The Coddling of the American Mind. The latter primarily for its discussion of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which I was not really familiar with.
In short, I would recommend all three books.
In short, I would recommend all three books.
- Sat Feb 09, 2019 8:48 am
- Forum: The Coffee Shop
- Topic: Sci-Fi of Choice
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11072
Re: Sci-Fi of Choice
Those books culminating with Urth of the New Sun would make for nice twenty episode HBO series, eh? I've thought about what a potential film adaptation might look like, and it's hard for me to imagine anyone taking a chance on it without seriously compromising the story to make it more accessible t...
- Thu Feb 07, 2019 9:49 am
- Forum: The Coffee Shop
- Topic: Sci-Fi of Choice
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11072
- Sat Feb 02, 2019 8:40 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Apocalypto
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2635
Re: Apocalypto
I don't suppose the jaguars are "useful" enough to be cumoms.
- Thu Jan 31, 2019 8:24 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Just not believing is enough
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5861
Re: Just not believing is enough
I've been under the radar for so long that I don't even know how I'd handle a confrontation anymore, though I still suspect I will find myself in that situation one day. Since it wasn't the laundry list of LDS issues that really got to me, I don't think I'd even bother bringing those up. It's possib...
- Tue Jan 29, 2019 6:53 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Does truth really matter?
- Replies: 63
- Views: 25140
Re: Does truth really matter?
Good discussion. I suppose truth matters if you can manage to convince yourself that it's a valid concept, that it's something you can identify when you find it, and that you care. One of my favorite LDS talks before I started going astray was President Kimball's Absolute Truth . That type of certai...
- Sat Jan 19, 2019 4:19 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Mission Recordings
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3852
Re: Mission Recordings
I've never gone back and read my mission journals, but I still have them. That's the only time I've really ever kept a record like that, unless you count NOM posts. I remember one conversation with another missionary in which we (mostly) jokingly concluded that we'd "proved the Church false." But I ...
- Sun Jan 13, 2019 11:35 am
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: RFM: missing scrolls & catalyst theories
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5917
Re: RFM: missing scrolls & catalyst theories
I think I have seen this before, but I enjoyed reading it (again?) just now. Thanks for sharing.Hagoth wrote: ↑Fri Jan 11, 2019 10:53 amIt's getting pretty long (sorry). But it's action-packed!
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Logow ... qOhleGrdc
- Tue Jan 08, 2019 6:59 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Moving on?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5058
Re: Moving on?
It's nice to see your update, LaMachina. I can sympathize with your feeling of not fitting any anywhere, and also with your experience of losing family members. Good luck if you return to read this thread, or even if you decide to post again one day.
- Mon Nov 12, 2018 6:35 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: John Larsen to return to Mormon podcasting
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3221
Re: John Larsen to return to Mormon podcasting
Oh, this is good news. I'd hoped that he'd return to the scene one day.
- Tue Nov 06, 2018 6:27 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Wheat & Tares Series on Middle Way Mormonism
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2900
Re: Wheat & Tares Series on Middle Way Mormonism
Another post responding to those posts: https://bycommonconsent.com/2018/11/06/on-my-middle-way-mormonism/ Author: We're all middle-way Mormons. Commenters: No, we aren't. If you equate "middle-way" with "cafeteria" then I'd agree with that statement. And, of course, you argue that everything is on ...
- Sun Nov 04, 2018 2:23 pm
- Forum: Doctrinal Discussion
- Topic: Saints: The Standard of Truth Reviewed
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6821
Re: Saints: The Standard of Truth Reviewed
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the book. I always enjoy your Web log posts. I'm about halfway through the book, myself.