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- 03 Nov 2020, 12:56
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Why do you go?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1922
Re: Why do you go?
I could try to sum up how all my beliefs have changed and how I fit in now. But the main reason I go is so my husband doesn’t go alone, and as a sort of tribute or acknowledgement of all the years we spent on the same page. That goes a long way for me. I also fulfill non-teaching callings, but they ...
- 26 Oct 2020, 19:37
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Is StayLDS at its end of life?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6653
Re: Is StayLDS at its end of life?
I hope not.
Lately, even before Covid-19, I don’t feel I have much to contribute, but I do check and would feel the loss if it disappeared. I came here eight years ago in full-blown crisis, and you all took a lot of the sting out of it.
Lately, even before Covid-19, I don’t feel I have much to contribute, but I do check and would feel the loss if it disappeared. I came here eight years ago in full-blown crisis, and you all took a lot of the sting out of it.
- 17 Sep 2020, 10:27
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 9/13 Rasband face to face - the restoration proclamation
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1978
Re: 9/13 Rasband face to face - the restoration proclamation
I think I’m reacting negatively to this because they touched the third rail of faith crises when she quoted (or paraphrased?) Elder Ballard - you’ll be in rebellion, confusion, and disharmony if you read the stuff “floating around on the internet.” The church’s own Gospel Topics essays have contribu...
- 15 Sep 2020, 10:14
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 9/13 Rasband face to face - the restoration proclamation
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1978
Re: 9/13 Rasband face to face - the restoration proclamation
It seems like leaders still haven’t grappled with how the internet has changed the church. They’re not alone in that, but there’s very little “waiting patiently” these days. People talk - online, 24/7, anonymously for social safety. I think privately current leadership would all say that they found ...
- 10 Nov 2019, 23:32
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Restriction on Christmas Sacrament Meeting
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3463
Re: Restriction on Christmas Sacrament Meeting
I'm in the ward choir (don't really enjoy it but I always feel so sorry for ward choir directors which is a thankless calling in our ward). The choir director recently told us that our Christmas sacrament program had to be a regular sacrament meeting (though Christmas themed) with (seemingly) a min...
- 12 Sep 2018, 16:21
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Joseph Smith makes me angry
- Replies: 36
- Views: 4292
Re: Joseph Smith makes me angry
I think the anger isn't always just his behavior, but the frustration of the totally whitewashed version presented by the church. This is how I feel. It’s the lionizing of the man that bothers me. It starts at the top and trickles down to whole sacrament meeting talks and GD lessons and Primary sha...
- 11 Sep 2018, 17:55
- Forum: Support
- Topic: YSA Fireside
- Replies: 43
- Views: 6069
Re: YSA Fireside
But the fireside was intended or a much younger audience and probably an audience that is wary of the apologetic stance, at least many of them to some extent. Ithink that's what some of the leadership don't understand - I think this generation really does want a "we report, you decide" kind of thin...
- 09 Sep 2018, 23:17
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ex-Bishop Up for Disciplinary Council Regarding Minor Interview Outspeak
- Replies: 86
- Views: 10169
Re: Ex-Bishop Up for Disciplinary Council Regarding Minor Interview Outspeak
I have known Sam for quite a long time. He is a salesman through and through, but has a really big heart. He loves people. He has many of his relatives and children of those close that have come out as gay and it tore him apart to see the pain they went though. He tried the route of voting opposed,...
- 09 Sep 2018, 23:06
- Forum: History and Doctrine Discussions
- Topic: Saints: the Standard of Truth
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4715
Re: Saints: the Standard of Truth
That's beside the point though. I think there are certain beliefs that serve as tribal boundaries that mostly tie back to agreeing with the correlated message, whatever it has evolved into in the present. How we reverence top leaders of the church is a part of that correlated message. Step outside ...
- 23 Jun 2018, 09:11
- Forum: History and Doctrine Discussions
- Topic: President Oaks and the Priesthood Restriction
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5009
Re: President Oaks and the Priesthood Restriction
I wonder if Oaks' approach (recognizing that there's probably something wrong but deciding to be obedient to authority and remaining hopeful/patient) will work for rising generations? I suppose it has to, what other alternative is there? Or maybe that's the expectation of the members but rather tha...