Posted by:
Nightingale
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Date: August 16, 2018 03:45PM
It's a tough one, 6 iron.
We're not writing a scientific treatise here. (Although with my word count sometimes, you may think so!)
Yes, we're mostly talking about our own experiences. That should be somewhat obvious but for some it isn't.
If we have to carefully parse every word, examine each reaction and balance out all our phrases so as to cover all the bases that would be a tall order, not to mention pretty non-specific and lacking in spontaneity.
My take on the recent discussion on this is that the "every member is responsible for all things bad" opinion was met with strong disagreement. Generally, it's kind of taken as given though that the founders and leaders call the shots and rank and file members are doing what they've been taught, most from birth, and it's a tough place to climb out of and get to see a different view, perhaps, and hopefully, prompting change. You can't, after all, blame someone who was born into a certain group for following what they've been taught at least until they find a different path if desirable. The only difference between a Mormon that an exmo may despise for being Mormon and said exmo is that the exmo has received incoming alternative information and it has resonated with them and their viewpoint has changed.
One of the biggest misconceptions, to me, is that because Google exists every Mormon "should" somehow "know better". If you have been brought up to believe you are in the true faith something has to occur, you'd think, to prompt you to Google in the first place. And then, even if you do, you have to come across information you can accept as being from a valid source, conveyed in a reasonable manner, that can alter how you're thinking or seeing things. For some, it's a non-starter. For others, a slow process.
So, I don't condemn, at least not too often nor too many. For as they are we once were. Or words to that effect.
As for beer. Yes, this is sure the weather for it. I have bellied up to a few bars myself in search of the craftiest of local craft beers. A nice way to pass a summer evening.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/16/2018 03:48PM by Nightingale.