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What do you want to bet that it becomes a badge of honor for members to *NOT* invite another person?

AmIjaded?

Love your post, Goodboy. I have just sent in my resignation through quitmormon and am hoping to feel the relief you mention. It has been almost 10 years since I quit believing and I'm not angry or stressed about the church, but simply realized that I was keeping a membership I didn't want because of...

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Sat Mar 10, 2018 2:24 pm

Palerider wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 10, 2018 12:37 pm

"John 3:16 says that God loved the world so much that He gave His Son.
It does not say that He sold His Son."

16. For God so loved the world, that he sold his only begotten Son, that whosoever purchaseth him should not be castrated, but have eternal wives.

(sorry, couldn't help it)

This is profound. And it explains so much. I've been working for years to understand what healthy sex even is, and I have come to understand that taking back ownership of my own sexuality as a woman is most empowering.

My sister just shared some information about the New Madrid earthquakes: http://www.new-madrid.mo.us/index.aspx?nid=132 I find the parallels to JS description of the destruction in the Americas at the time of Christ's death rather uncanny. This event would also explain why the general attitude and e...

Welcome back, SPG. Where's the awesome avatar?

Hugs and condolences, Achilles. Your mom raised a good son.

I'm so sorry for your loss. My own tears are flowing at the thought. ((hugs))

I know that McConkie used to be the token Democrat. Heard that the Brethren have vigorous discussions. Wonder if many of those discussions center around whether to open their eggs from the little or the big end? The large end is usually where the air pocket is located and is, therefore, easier. I h...

If it were a man preaching that adultery was fine and we all should just accept adulterers for who they are, would reddit be so up in arms about it happening to that guy? Well... Actually, the Church and its members DO promote acceptance AND defend adultery in the form of "Celestial Marriage" as Jo...

[quote You bring up a great point. I don't know how you would gauge something like this but I know with me I feel tremendous guilt over many things usually involving the raising of my children. The church teaches the sole purpose of women is to be in the home taking care of the family. From my pers...

This particular topic, unfortunately, hasn't had many views, so I think that we are not getting an accurate sampling of men vs. women on this board. I've been really surprised by how many women are on board, especially in the earlier stages of this survey. I took a creative writing class this spring...

It's easy to believe that a survey has been done showing that "one true church" is an issue for some people. However, believers believe, and it seems extremely unlikely that the concept of being the one and only true church would be phased out. I bet you anything that the phrase will be replaced wit...

Pretty sure I'm highly sensitive -- I can't tell you how many times I've been accused of it. ;) One of the helpful things I've learned is to acknowledge my feelings instead of trying to bury them, and also to not create big stories about what my feelings mean. Not much time right now. I'll try to ge...

Use it to pollinate tomatoes. My DH has actually done this. It apparently worked.

My personal points of trouble or shelf-overload were: One and only true church - and a huge world with vast arrays of beliefs, most people holding a belief system based on what they were born into. Old Testament and particularly the current emphasis on the literal rather than symbolic reading of the...

I say focus on your son and how best to help and advise him. I used to use the analogy of a racecar and sex and how I didn't want to hand over the keys. The reality is that your son has both the racecar and the keys and the best you can offer is advice on how to drive safely, why seatbelts are so im...

On another thread Ghost mentioned, moving through my faith transition ( I still wish I had a better term for this ). Growing pains came to my mind as a better term for this. Shelf falling seems to describe destruction, which the transition is in many ways, but growing pains probably better describes...

Glad to have you back.

Very nice to see you here, TB. Always enjoyed hearing from you.