Some great advice here, guys. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experiences and help me out. I think what I will do is take this summer off from school and just really cut loose and hit the books hard this fall. I am hoping that will be enough time for me to come to grips with who I am w/o the church. Thanks again! If anyone has an stories/personal experiences they'd li
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Hi, I recently left the church after 22 years of membership. To be honest I have never been happier than I am now. I do not regret my decision and my resolve gets stronger with everything I study. My problem is that I am struggling to find motivation to do things that I had no problem doing before... specifically related to my schooling. Since I left the church I have seen a huge decline in
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You should make huge copies of all the facsimiles from The Pearl of Great Price, burn the edges of the paper (to make them look old) and place them somewhere very visible. When they comment on them say, "Oh, these are just some old common funeral papyri documents that I collect. Fascinating aren't they? ... Now what did you guys want to talk about?" Should open up for some interest
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As I was leaving the church I went through many of the Journals of Discourse scans on BYU's website and highlighted some ridiculous statements from crazy old Brigham. I compiled it all into a pdf so you can see they are the actual scans. I just figured I'd post it on here in case someone had any use for it. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B1bjFN
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