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Date: August 22, 2013 01:36PM
http://fromdctobc.blogspot.com/2013/07/how-i-confront-doubt-responding-to-some.htmlI find this blogger intriguing because she openly is practicing Mormon duality.
What do you think?
She expresses awareness of conflicts and yet affirms the PR while putting the violations on the shelf.
It is watching some one determined to stay Mormon and rationalize why she chooses to do so, while at the same time advertising herself as an intellectual.
This link is to a follow-up of an earlier post doubt and Hans Mattsson. Ultimately she falls in line, happy to be Mormon. She was born Mormon, it's working out fine, so the Mormon legacy goes on in spite of supposed unresolved doubts and the desire to label herself intellectual.
I especially enjoyed her response to a poster that provided her all the links to the sources around the Hans Mattsson story in the NY Times she blogs about earlier.
She read some of the transcript and sees the difficulties, but wants to be Mormon, so it will all work out in the end. The past is the past (was that a prophecy from Gordn B. Hinckley?) maybe someone should provide that in a worthiness interview, the past is the past.
Here is the post and her reply in case she removes them.
FemaleAugust 20, 2013 at 5:12 PM
This is an important Blog--I hope you and your readers will read the source materials and complimentary media available. I have provided links for the audio for the fireside meeting in Sweden, the transcript from the meeting, and an interview done by John Dehlin with the Mattsons (it is especially touching to hear Birgitta discuss her decision to choose her husband during his work to reconcile the realities of Mormonism with the stories he was told). I hope those who read your blog, will drill down to enhance their understanding of dealing with doubt and not dismiss it as something for only the weak and wicked.
Here is the transcript from the Swedish fireside (there is only one part not included where a soft spoken and upset member cannot be clearly heard, I think she is discussing her lesbian sister and Mormonism)
http://www.roadkilldelight.com/NOM/SFMJRT.pdfHere are the audio recordings from the Swedish fireside where General Authorities Jensen and Turley were sent by SLC to answer questions from approximately 25 Swedish church leaders. The first two minutes are in Swedish and then the remainder of the meeting in English as a courtesy to those who do not speak Swedish.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/ot7rh9xj9m9898m/fireside-in-sweden-part1.mp3http://www.mediafire.com/download/xif11bvjmjtq22i/fireside-in-sweden-part2.mp3Mormon Stories interview with Hans and Birgitta Mattson by John Dehlin, doctoral candidate at USU and expressed devout Mormon.
http://mormonstories.org/hans-mattsson/Sarah ShumwayAugust 21, 2013 at 7:32 PM
Hi, and thank you for these links. I certainly don't think that doubt is necessarily a bad thing--rather, if we choose faith, the propensity for doubt is always present. And I agree with Terryl Givens that our doubts and uncertainties can help us increase our faith. I think that many members of the church will experience periods of anxiety surrounding their testimony at times (I certainly have). This was meant to be my personal response as to how I try to deal with my personal uncertainties when they occur.
That said, I read a good portion of the transcript from the fireside. I think it is pretty clear, however, from Brother Turley and Elder Jensen's remarks that there is a lot that we don't know. I certainly don't understand polygamy, nor many of the other testy historical events, and I have experienced times when I felt frustrated at my lack of understanding. So, I am very sympathetic to members of the church that are struggling intensely with these issues.
I know, however, that if I left this church based on these issues, I would be eliminating an institution that I believe contains the gospel of Jesus Christ in its fullness. I believe that Jesus Christ himself leads this church by a modern, living prophet. When Christ asks his disciples, "Will ye also go away?" I want to echo what his disciples said: "To whom should we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life." Whatever historical problems we have, I don't think that anything is worth compromising our standing in Christ's church.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/22/2013 05:12PM by gentlestrength.