Well, that sucked
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2016 9:09 am
Yesterday was another day in the pews. The flames were burning hot. In fact, I tried to post an update of Hades on fire, but the church wifi was so slow that nothing was working.
The day started off OK. We woke up a little early with 2 monkeys in our bed. No more sleeping in at the Korihor house. A nice little breakfast, get dressed and I think "Maybe we'll have a nice quiet sunday". I wear brown slacks, a striped dress shirt and no tie, and I have a goatee. We arrive at church and sit down, all is well and the kids are being good for once. They make announcements of 5 more people called new positions in our newly created/reorganized stake and they also announce the release of Mrs Korihor from her calling.
Then the talks start. Sister TBM has a talk about "questions vs doubts". I am enraged. Honestly, I can't provide many quotes from her because I was so made, but she had several recent quotes from church leaders about the subject. "Doubt your doubts, Honest inquiry, bad info on internet, etc" Everything from the past 2 GC that has made waves in our NOM/ExMo circles was shared in her talk. Every Mrs Korihor was bothered. Apparently Mrs Korihor and I don't have real intent because we arrived at conclusions different than the official version. I told Mrs Kori that I would stand with my back to the speaker if she was a SP or higher and I wasn't joking.
The next speaker gets up and babbles more of the same. I was so incensed by now I don't know what he said. I just read Reddit ExMo and NOM on my phone. Mercifully, SM ends. I told Mrs Kori I am not staying for Sunday School. I drive to the convenience store and get another fountain drink from myself and my friend.
I spend the remainder of 2nd hour in the library with my friend, he's filling for his sick wife. Again, people in the foyer see me bring in two fountain drinks and we enjoy our beverage in the library. Several people come in, including the BP, come in the library as I'm sipping away on my straw.
EQ begins, we meet in the gym. I take my drink in, set up chairs and leave my drink on the table away from the group. At least I have minimal courtesy. The lesson is about faith and testimony. I do my best to derail the lesson by mentioned that Howard Hunter says he had a testimony before he had understanding. I ask "How can someone have a testimony of something before they understand it? I know that faith, understanding and testimony all go hand in hand, but there is a sequence to this." This starts a good conversation off topic, but ultimately only TBM answers are given.
We have a closing prayer and I keep my eyes open, hell I don't even fold my arms - I just hold my cell phone. I look around the room, everyone else has arms folded, head bowed, eyes closed. I am alone.
We go home and the entire Korihor family takes a nap.
Today, I am strongly considered writing the BP to give him a piece of my mind about the talks.
EDIT- Last last night I upload an image to LDS tools to update my profile pic/avatar. I used this https://imgur.com/a/YoWcj
The day started off OK. We woke up a little early with 2 monkeys in our bed. No more sleeping in at the Korihor house. A nice little breakfast, get dressed and I think "Maybe we'll have a nice quiet sunday". I wear brown slacks, a striped dress shirt and no tie, and I have a goatee. We arrive at church and sit down, all is well and the kids are being good for once. They make announcements of 5 more people called new positions in our newly created/reorganized stake and they also announce the release of Mrs Korihor from her calling.
Then the talks start. Sister TBM has a talk about "questions vs doubts". I am enraged. Honestly, I can't provide many quotes from her because I was so made, but she had several recent quotes from church leaders about the subject. "Doubt your doubts, Honest inquiry, bad info on internet, etc" Everything from the past 2 GC that has made waves in our NOM/ExMo circles was shared in her talk. Every Mrs Korihor was bothered. Apparently Mrs Korihor and I don't have real intent because we arrived at conclusions different than the official version. I told Mrs Kori that I would stand with my back to the speaker if she was a SP or higher and I wasn't joking.
The next speaker gets up and babbles more of the same. I was so incensed by now I don't know what he said. I just read Reddit ExMo and NOM on my phone. Mercifully, SM ends. I told Mrs Kori I am not staying for Sunday School. I drive to the convenience store and get another fountain drink from myself and my friend.
I spend the remainder of 2nd hour in the library with my friend, he's filling for his sick wife. Again, people in the foyer see me bring in two fountain drinks and we enjoy our beverage in the library. Several people come in, including the BP, come in the library as I'm sipping away on my straw.
EQ begins, we meet in the gym. I take my drink in, set up chairs and leave my drink on the table away from the group. At least I have minimal courtesy. The lesson is about faith and testimony. I do my best to derail the lesson by mentioned that Howard Hunter says he had a testimony before he had understanding. I ask "How can someone have a testimony of something before they understand it? I know that faith, understanding and testimony all go hand in hand, but there is a sequence to this." This starts a good conversation off topic, but ultimately only TBM answers are given.
We have a closing prayer and I keep my eyes open, hell I don't even fold my arms - I just hold my cell phone. I look around the room, everyone else has arms folded, head bowed, eyes closed. I am alone.
We go home and the entire Korihor family takes a nap.
Today, I am strongly considered writing the BP to give him a piece of my mind about the talks.
EDIT- Last last night I upload an image to LDS tools to update my profile pic/avatar. I used this https://imgur.com/a/YoWcj
