Me
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 3:02 pm
I lurked for a year or so and then tried to register right when that stopped working. I'm glad this got up and running again!
Ever since I first stumbled across NOM, I have strongly (and secretly) identified with being a NOM.
I currently am positive that God loves me and everyone. I view life after death as a great get-together for most of humanity. It seems quite clear to me that the LDS church is not the one true church.
I feel quite blessed to be who I am (explanation coming!). I am quite intelligent, and am doing a math major in the best college in the country. Perhaps because of that, or because I am still emotionally 5 years old, I have a lot of self-confidence, and so for me it's been rather smooth sailing as far as a faith transition goes. I've never been consumed in self-hatred or self-doubt for any long periods of time, and I don't really feel social pressure. I never had a testimony of anything more precise than what I have stated above, my parents discovered the bloggernacle some years ago and have taught me to think critically about religion. All of this has led me to my current view : I believe that the church doctrine contains some important teachings about humankind's relationship with the divine, while being blatantly wrong on other issues.
I think I am in a rather unique situation here : I never felt my faith shatter, because I never really believed in anything that is evidently false, and I still hold on to elements of mormonism and my own spiritual experiences. I don't have a personal grudge against the LDS church. I believe that it will eventually get rid of its flaws and hope that that will happen sooner than the 2200s. I honestly can't fully understand how difficult of a time most of you have had, and much less how hard it is to have a believing spouse.
I hope I don't sound arrogant, I don't mean to.
Ever since I first stumbled across NOM, I have strongly (and secretly) identified with being a NOM.
I currently am positive that God loves me and everyone. I view life after death as a great get-together for most of humanity. It seems quite clear to me that the LDS church is not the one true church.
I feel quite blessed to be who I am (explanation coming!). I am quite intelligent, and am doing a math major in the best college in the country. Perhaps because of that, or because I am still emotionally 5 years old, I have a lot of self-confidence, and so for me it's been rather smooth sailing as far as a faith transition goes. I've never been consumed in self-hatred or self-doubt for any long periods of time, and I don't really feel social pressure. I never had a testimony of anything more precise than what I have stated above, my parents discovered the bloggernacle some years ago and have taught me to think critically about religion. All of this has led me to my current view : I believe that the church doctrine contains some important teachings about humankind's relationship with the divine, while being blatantly wrong on other issues.
I think I am in a rather unique situation here : I never felt my faith shatter, because I never really believed in anything that is evidently false, and I still hold on to elements of mormonism and my own spiritual experiences. I don't have a personal grudge against the LDS church. I believe that it will eventually get rid of its flaws and hope that that will happen sooner than the 2200s. I honestly can't fully understand how difficult of a time most of you have had, and much less how hard it is to have a believing spouse.
I hope I don't sound arrogant, I don't mean to.