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steve benson
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Date: April 10, 2015 04:21AM
. . . he's found in the category of "Former and Inactive Members":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_former_Latter_Day_Saints____
More . . .
Before Walker died, there was this write-up (and quotes) about how he abandoned his Mormon faith system in favor of non-demoninationl Christianity:
"Walker was brought up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, or Mormons, in a large family of five children. Some of the more visible aspects of that faith include abstaining from sex before marriage and abstaining from drugs and alcohol. Apparently, Walker no longer follows these guidelines, however, as he says:
"'I still hold myself accountable. I’m not the kind of guy who’s taking advantage of my position. I could be sleeping with a different 18-year-old girl every day if I wanted to. But that’s not my speed.'
"In fact, Walker doesn’t consider himself a Mormon anymore but he’s still quite religious–in a non-denominational, Christian sort of way. And he simply doesn’t get atheism:
"'I’m a Christian now. The things that drove me crazy growing up was how everyone works at fault-finding with different religions. The people I don’t understand are atheists. I go surfing and snow boarding and I’m always around nature. I look at everything and think, ‘Who couldn’t believe there’s a God? Is all this a mistake?’ It just blows me away.'"
http://hollowverse.com/paul-walker/_____
Walker explained his non-Mormon Christian beliefs, and how he was glad to get out of Mormonism:
"In a 2005 'USA Toda'y article [
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-09-27-paul-walker_x.htm ] the California native says he grew up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, but eventually left the Mormon faith. According to Walker's biography on IMDb [
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0908094/bio ] he became a non-denominational Christian later in life. . . .
"The late actor who in a 'GQ UK' magazine interview talked about how his Christian education and Mormon background influenced his thinking about family.
"'It's so funny, my daughter now lives with me full time and my original plan was to work up until I was 40 then reassess my life, even go in a completely different direction with things,' Walker had told 'GQ' in an August 2013 interview. 'I thought at this point in my life I would need to be home with her (16-year-old Meadow Rain Walker), but she wants me to keep acting so she can travel around the world with me. Would that be so bad? Thing is, I went to a born-again Christian high school, was brought up in a traditional Mormon family where these ideas about parenting are of structure and sacrifice. To think outside of that idea of family and parenting that I've grown up with is tough, but also very freeing."
http://www.gospelherald.com/articles/49800/20131201/paul-walker-dead-at-40-the-christian-fast-and-furious-star-known-for-a-heart-to-help-others.htm#ixzz3WtRoxhon_____
Despite leaving the Mormon religion in favor of preferred personal lifestyle choices, Walker maintained positive contact with his TBM family:
"After a string of hit movies, including 'Joyride' and two 'Fast and the Furious' films, Walker has been able to afford the Santa Barbara oceanfront home he shares with his Chesapeake Bay retriever, Boone, who appears as his dog in 'Into the Blue.' The doors to his house are always open to his family, who adhere to the Mormon faith. Walker stopped following the religion's guidelines (no drinking alcohol, no premarital sex) several years ago."
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-09-27-paul-walker_x.htm_____
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 04/10/2015 04:58AM by steve benson.