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I am an INFP

Sometimes I do free writing to help me work through my feelings. In response to what I have been feeling lately in my faith crisis, I wrote the following. I wanted to share it in case it helped anyone else: Eyes to See Mother, Father, are you there? Do you hear? Do you feel? Do you care? You sent me...

I am not even sure now why I feel some desire to stay. To be honest, I don't really want to stay. When I do feel like staying, much of it comes from avoiding the judgment of family and friends, wanting to go back to something comfortable and familiar, wanting to attend the temple (except some of it ...

I have never liked that GAs tell you to go find your own answers through prayer and personal testimony, yet always have the unspoken expectation that you better receive the right answer or you are deceived. If you are going to tell others they must find out for themselves, you better actually give t...

Bruce R. McConkie: "This is worse than false. It is an evil and pernicious doctrine." On the contrary, I have come to believe that CERTAINTY is a dangerous doctrine. I love this quote by Joseph Smith: “Why be so certain that you comprehend the things of God, when all things with you are so uncertain...

Thanks, Ray. That really helped, and in more ways than what I was just talking about in my post. It was actually very timely for what has been on my mind.

The whole three degrees of glory and no moving to other kingdoms for all eternity, "worlds without end," has been a source of great anxiety for me, as well. I have no fear of going to hell, but I have struggled with the fear of going to heaven and being told, "Sorry, you get to live in paradise, but...

I personally believe the entire universe as we can see it is only the mortal aspect of creation, and that there is an entire spiritual, higher realm that we simply cannot see with our eyes or any scientific instruments at this point. Perhaps the universe is just the training ground for eternity and ...

Think of it as an aid, not as the Way. This view probably helps me more than most others. Just as the Sabbath was made for man, and man was not made for the Sabbath, so I love to remind myself that the church was made for man and man was not made for the church. Unfortunately, we are more often tau...

Forgotten Charity, your post made a lot of sense to me and resonates with me. I have felt that exact pull in my personal life. I have had that exact discussion with my fiancé about fearing freedom. My therapist likes to tell me: "The only thing we are truly doomed to is freedom." Some people who hav...