http://www.lds.org/ensign/2012/07/when-he-stopped-believing?lang=eng Here is the link to the story
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In July's Ensign there is an article about how to stay in your marriage when your husband no longer believes. While I am very skeptical about prognostications that the church will end, I am coming to the belief that it will be the MySpace of American religions. Lots of hoopla big growth and then hardcore tiny user base.
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One of the only things I miss about attending church in a small southern town is the loons that would speak at F&T meeting. There were a lot of laughs by me and uncomfortable shifting of seats by everyone else back then. We had a bishop who would not stop anyone from talking. It was crazy.
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Wouldn't it be more important to kill off the old people than to not have more young? China is facing a crisis of epic proportions because of their one child policy, and even in the US there is going to be a worker shortage in the next 50 years because of falling birth rates. I am all for the sterilization van, but smart people have to keep producing children in order to keep the species from
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I have a friend who pays on any increase. He bought a house for $100,000 and sold it for $145,000 and paid tithing on $145,000. That was a WTF moment for me. I always look at my net worth at the end of the year, if it went down, no tithing. Tithing on 10% of income is not sane,income is not increase.
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The downside of working from home.
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My dad's laughable answer for this was that it was indicating mormons are just saying they would rather cut their own throats than reveal the sacred handshakes. Not that it could actually happen.
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No wonder I never get any work done. I got more done during the outage than I have done in the past three days.
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Honesty, always. I am looking forward to the next 5 years of being honest with my kids. I am not looking forward to my wifes reaction to honesty.
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Buy a sailboat, sail around the world with my family. Skydive. Learn how to do everything.
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Man I thought my life was interesting until I read all these. But here is my list. K-2 I was in a Mormon private school- which my mom had to clean:) I went to 6 schools in sixth grade When i was ten I hid in the woods for three weeks I have been kidnapped I hitchhiked across 3 states at age a 14 I have lived in 10 states and been to 42 including Hawaii twice I have earn
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We did it five times, It is all about appearances. Always, how do we look, how does it look, it doesn't look right. When if we were just honest and open... Sick. Sick. Sick culture.
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That is some funny shit! lmao
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Good for you.
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It is simply culture. None of it is defined clearly because they have to be able to change. I drank beer as a TBM for years, and when asked about it in TRI I told them my feelings about it and they said, well it is between you and god. I hate mormon culture.
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you'll get through it. I still am, it comes and goes in waves.
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Oldest is out, she is the reason I left, 2nd does not think he is going on a mission, 3rd is lying about it, last two are still young enough. I have hope.
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By the time I was done writing it, I was already over it. Patience and honesty will win out, and I will not do that do the kids. The most frustrating thing is she agrees that they lie, but it does not affect her. But ranting is definitely cathartic and helpful. Thanks for understanding!
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...with my wife. She just told me she thought it would be better for my children if I lied and said I believed. That it is going to hurt them when they find out I don't. Nevermind I think I have three that are lying right now about what they believe to keep her happy. She thinks that she has accepted my beliefs, but does not want me to share them with anyone else, especially my children.
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I have always questioned, even at my most TBMish so I guess it was been easier for me, no one has been really surprised. I have found out recently though that while people are nice, they have been horrified and shocked at some of the things I have been saying. If you want to try it out, here are my suggestions. First, remember no one has any power over you in TSCC and most of the people ar
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Although I am attending less and less, I still show up to different activities that involve my kids or my wife and we have all mormon friends, pretty much. Now that I am "out" to a lot of people, I have found the number of members who do not believe but keep going is astonishing. I think if you need someone to talk to in person, in your ward, just keep talking about "edgy"
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What is this education I keep hearing of?
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I am trying to. Invince my wife to go. We don't about money well
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I wonder if you would all give my wife the same advice. She is a SAHM and I told her to stop paying tithing. She did, and resents me for it. After reading this I understand why. She handles all the money BTW, I just follow along.
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+1000 for me too.
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I have always thought it was a little silly, that after you do all your "pondering" and come to a decision, then you pray for confirmation. When I was in the bishopric and we did this, over half the time my "feeling" was that we were making horrible decisions. I did not speak up most of the time, and was overruled when I did. What I miss about praying is it got me and DW
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I loved it so much I posted it to facebook. See what all the TBM's have to say about it.
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In five minutes I am interviewing for a different job in my company. My wife and I have been going over the pros and cons and trying to make the right decision for our family. We are at an impasse. Last night DW said she misses praying with me to find these answers. I told her I miss praying too. She did not understand. I would love to throw it all up to the sky jockey and have my good feeling
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There is a family secret there. One you probably do not want to know about, and probably not applicable to your situation, from the limited information I have to work with. So I would not worry about it happening to you, just whether or not you want to get to know this uncle.
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Annointed one: " I want the truth!" Jeff: "You can't handle the truth! You went to a church that has rules and those rules have to be guarded with powerful spiritual feelings. Who is going to do it? You Annointed one? A deacon, a priest? No. It is my job!. I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for truth while you curse the doctrine. You have that
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