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- 18 Sep 2020, 07:16
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 9/13 Rasband face to face - the restoration proclamation
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1774
Re: 9/13 Rasband face to face - the restoration proclamation
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- 18 Sep 2020, 07:03
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Where is everyone?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2420
Re: Where is everyone?
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 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.
- 15 Sep 2020, 17:37
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 9/13 Rasband face to face - the restoration proclamation
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1774
Re: 9/13 Rasband face to face - the restoration proclamation
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 ...
- 15 Sep 2020, 17:21
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Where is everyone?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2420
Re: Where is everyone?
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.
Negative test the day it started and totally asymptomatic. Doing fine. Working from home. Checking in now and then.
- 15 Sep 2020, 17:19
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Do you have a lot for which to repent?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1761
Re: Do you have a lot for which to repent?
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...
- 15 Sep 2020, 14:25
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Do you ever feel forgiven?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3423
Re: Do you ever feel forgiven?
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...
- 11 Sep 2020, 09:46
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Do you ever feel forgiven?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3423
Re: Do you ever feel forgiven?
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...
- 11 Sep 2020, 09:38
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Gerlinde from Germany
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1439
Re: Gerlinde from Germany
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...
- 11 Sep 2020, 09:30
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Church and transsexualism
- Replies: 33
- Views: 3783
Re: The Church and transsexualism
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...
- 08 Sep 2020, 14:58
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Where is everyone?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2420
Re: Where is everyone?
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.
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.