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One of the first things I did when I told my wife about my FC was apologize. I knew she would feel the loss at some point. She finally cried about it for the first time last week.

I sincerely hope you can find a way to grieve together instead of separately.

But I am glad for this site and others that help me see that there is so much good in the church. I look at it as a good/better/best situation. It keeps me from being that angry exmo that I so much don't want to be. I really really know that many (most) of the people in my ward are honest and reall...

Welcome! I don't have a lot to add besides that the poem also stirs something in me. I get that guy. Feel free to share details about yourself at your own pace. I will say, though, that this particular tribe is very understanding. When you feel more like reading than writing, Google searches spelled...

Technically, per the Church's definition, I would probably not be considered a full tither payer, however according to my definition, I believe I am. I'm still mulling over which definition I should go with and which answer to provide. As I understand it, if you're a full tithe payer according to y...

So many great ideas! Please don't take it personally if I don't quote most of it to reply, because I'd have to quote the whole thread.. Welcome Reuben - I was out of town when you posted your intro. Glad to have you actively among us. The more voices we have the more we grow. Thanks, mom3. I don't k...

Another thing I struggle with when it comes to seminary is the studies that show that teens need sleep. Early morning seminary is the only option here and I worry about how the sleep deprivation (let's face it, teens aren't going to go to bed any earlier) factors in. Anecdote: My oldest daughter is...

I haven't been tending my intro thread very well. Fortunately, I believe in repentance. :thumbup: I didn't realize that things might be different if I had ever taken medicine for it (I've just been stumbling through life without it, but looking back things would have been certainly easier). Things a...

A good Q&A with one of the researchers:

https://www.researchgate.net/blog/post/the-brain-on-god

Albus Percival Wolfric Brian Dumbledore wrote:Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?

That said, I'd love to see some follow-up studies, too.

My FC's effect on my assumptive reality: it was like someone tore out two of the thickest, most central strands in a giant, tangled web, leaving a gaping hole surrounded by fragile tatters flapping in the wind. Those two thick strands were labeled "there is an all-powerful creator who is involved in...