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I am doing fine.

I just found out yesterday a friend's father is dying from it, and then I found out an extended family member tested positive. It's been a rough 24 hours.

I have wondered for a long time why Alma, Jr. and Mosiah's sons ALL left the church of their upbringing. I think it was the political upheaval of the time, including being the sons of a ruling minority and (I am guessing) seeing the inequality of privilege that favored them and, in the view of many ...

I now am on close contact quarantine.

Negative test the day it started and totally asymptomatic. Doing fine. Working from home. Checking in now and then.

There are a lot of ways I am trying to change. Since I define "repent" based only on its original meaning ("change"), yes, I do. I stopped attaching "guilt" to it a while ago, since, in the end, from a theological viewpoint, I believe the Atonement covers what I do because of temporary insanity. Not...

There is a difference between forgiveness the way I see it (making an allowance for change at some point without demanding never-ending punishment) and forgetting (which is not possible OR healthy for humans in many situations). We are not commanded to forget. We can leave that to God to do righteou...

I moved away from the punishment vs. reward view of God a long time ago, so "forgiveness" is tied solely to empowerment to change. If I am striving to change, I am "living in forgiveness" - and I try to see others that same way. I beleive in not judging others for not knowing in the past what they k...

Welcome, Gerlinde. I am glad you found us. I have a dear friend who is in your situation - except that she is transitioning from biological maleness. She has gone back and forth with church activity, although her core testimony has not wavered. I have a few other dear friends who left in order to be...

It was only a few years ago that the psychological community understood being transsexual / transgender well enough to stop classifying it as a mental disorder. That means even the "experts" couldn't wrap their minds around it and saw it as something that could be "solved". Now, the "disorder" is pr...

I have been working a lot of hours since the pandemic started due to the work I do.

I try to check in regularly, but it isn't daily - and I don't write posts very often. I just have less time - and there currently isn't as much about which I feel inspired / compelled to write.