NOM

I don't generally feel comfortable singing praises to sexual predators who have sex with teenage girls behind their wives' backs. Am I somehow immoral that I refuse to sing that song? It was the last song of our Primary program yesterday too - I don't think that is a coincidence. You could never get...

I think you and I commiserated about this on the old board. Indeed we did! I hope someday we are both in a place where we don't have to. Let me tell you a story that illustrates one of the potential issues of having an LDS marriage therapist. I know a fellow who is married to an LDS Social Services...

I think you are going to see a lot more digging in from believers. They are feeling more and more threatened. They see more people leaving the Church. They noticed how they Brethren were so obsessive about not leaving the Church in their messages from the last few General Conferences. And what's mor...

Good suggestions alas. I have brought up the possibility of going to counseling with DW, but she said she would only do it with an LDS counselor. I am not sure I want to subject myself to that if the therapist/counselor can't see my point of view. I know DW would like them to know exactly why belie...

I was thinking today about how the way that the Church teaches youth about marriage causes problems in a lot of LDS marriages. Think about it - what are youth told to look for in a potential mate? "Faithful priesthood holder", "honors covenants", "spiritual", "faithful to the Church", "returned miss...

Hopefully I won't repsond to every post, but I'm just so giddy that NOM is back I can't help myself! But this is an interesting point, because I suspect we ALL do this to some extent - tell a story, leave a few details out, exaggerate the details later to make the telling even better, etc. So I'm n...

Just want to post a heartfelt thanks to all of you who have made the rebirth of the NOM forum possible.
Thank you!!!

Someone posted this doozy on Facebook: http://ldsmag.com/why-the-other-accounts-of-the-first-vision-shouldnt-challenge-your-faith/ I don't really like the way the article is so dismissive of some pretty serious problems with the First Vision account. I have to remind myself that the purpose of artic...