NOM

One of the founding peeves of our relationship (in a good way) was that we would never commit the other without prior approval. My mom used to farm me out to all sorts of tasks without asking me. That would not be my adult life. And it is not. I've told her to tell them to talk to me directly but t...

Was I the only one that was bothered by the fact that I was consecrating everything I possessed or would posses to the church and not to God ? Because then later they tell me that the church isn't perfect because its run by imperfect men, so they are going to screw up and really badly. Wait, you ju...

Utah politics are unbalanced. There's an interesting history as to how the state evolved into a republican majority. It's no surprise the church as always been a big part of the government in this state, but I think most would be surprised as to just how much the church controls it, especially wher...

I saw this this morning, it wasn't surprising. https://www.standard.net/news/government/lds-members-account-for-nearly-percent-of-utah-state-legislature/article_9011463b-512e-5220-a5a3-24d68a2a7acb.html I am actually thinking it isn't such a bad thing. My experience from living in Arizona has taugh...

I think there is objective truth “out there” but that all we humans can access, even with science, is subjective truth. I know that not everybody feels as I do, but I want my subjective truth as closely aligned with objective truth as I possibly can get. So, I constantly question my cultural percept...

Hey, quote some of the good parts for those of us who are not twits, er, I mean don’t twit, oh you know what I mean.

The 6,000 year timeline for Adam and Eve has all but disappeared and replaced with a "You're free to believe however you want in a 6,000 year Adam/Eve, global flood, etc." This is one of those smoking guns that is really obvious but trying to get a believer to understand is like trying to nail jell...

Did humans evolve from monkeys? I’m not there yet, but I do believe in some species evolution. To be fair, evolution doesn't say that humans evolved from monkeys, it says we evolved from a common ancestor. The evidence is overwhelming and there's no other competing evidence. I wish I understood bet...

Unfortunately for us liberalMormons, progressives, NOMs and apostates, I don’t think there will be changes to WoW or sacred undies. I think it will be another of uncle Rusty’s weird pet peeves that he has held for 40+ years, sort of like not calling Mormons “Mormons”. It is going to be something tha...

While I agree with those who suggest you should know what the appointment is about for YOURSELF, this appointment is for your wife and she should be allowed to either go without any idea what it is about, or choose to demand to know what it is about. Allow your wife to be the kind of Mormon she want...

It sent a good idea to move just to get away from your parents, unless of course you get tired of them pressuring you to do everything their way. Sometimes cutting the apron strings has to be done with sharper scissors and is more painful to all involved, because the apron strings are binding you to...

Yes, but talk is cheap. It needs to be reflected in policy. As a high school teacher, I've known several LGBT young people who were shunned very badly by their own parents, pushed out of their homes, and their extended relatives ( siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.), were forbidden from associa...

Approached her how during the last two meetings? I mean, I have actual conversations with men who are not my husband regularly, but I'm not cheating on him or flirting with them. Also, not cheating on him with any of the women that I have regular conversations with. I think Mormons have a really un...

What about a revelation that be called the Nelsonites. Actually, we are all forgetting that among Mormon studies, or rather, among those who study the group of churches that broke off of the church that Joseph Smith started, we are known as Brighamites. We followed Brigham Young, as opposed to thos...

Oh, and with the generarational difference, young people today are growing up with a lot more media and the media is a lot more sexually open. So, whatever religion teaches is completely overwhelmed by what is available on TV and movies, and I don’t even know what internet and social media provide b...

Yes, there s more sexual repression of women in patriarchal religions. I think in patriarchy there s a deep distrust of women and it is manifest in control of women and women as property. Rather than a willingness to EARN the woman’s love and loyalty, they take these as their due. Because having a p...

The idea of anyone participating in the sacrament without a white shirt was shot down specifically because the bishopric wanted a way for young men to disqualify themselves if they did not feel worthy. Plus a colored shirt is so much easier to pull off than getting more than one pair of earrings. T...

One of the sad parts of what you have mentioned is the negating of women as sexual people. I will second Rob here, I never got the impression that women in the church were anything but asexual. Most of them performed their "wifely duties" as a burden to bear. In the cultural environment I was raise...

I really don’t want to contemplate either of your questions. I can understand that. My question is serious though, not the normal wiseass cracks I make. I would guess there's no way to know on question number one unless you had access to some old family secrets. SOMEONE probably knew way back when ...

And speaking of Shari’a law, two members of our new Congress were sworn in on a Koran. I believe that is a first and second.