tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033250919739916193.post8449698575286517083..comments2024-01-22T05:08:50.163-07:00Comments on Passionate--formerly Moderate--now Liberal "Mormon": Neither a NOM nor a Stake President: Breaking into the Bloggernacle IIGranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07133789257179902461noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033250919739916193.post-49183520842467349932011-05-22T07:10:31.623-06:002011-05-22T07:10:31.623-06:00Thanks, Daniel & Jon! (Seattle Jon- I grew up ...Thanks, Daniel & Jon! (Seattle Jon- I grew up in Kirkland, on Finn Hill)Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07133789257179902461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033250919739916193.post-79554497859816772732011-05-21T23:53:49.721-06:002011-05-21T23:53:49.721-06:00I enjoyed reading this, thank you. Keep blogging!I enjoyed reading this, thank you. Keep blogging!Seattle Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13892043820666565464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033250919739916193.post-8897298703307092092011-05-17T13:20:17.187-06:002011-05-17T13:20:17.187-06:00"Yet there is something about apologetics tha..."Yet there is something about apologetics that bothers me almost as much as nailing theses on the door." <br /><br />I have long felt this way, but never been able to put it quite so succinctly. I am unabashed about my faith, and confident that those who sincerely seek the truth will find it. Like you, I made a conscious decision to choose faith over doubt and I have never looked Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12854415186783745776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033250919739916193.post-9368051400529313442011-05-16T17:25:57.402-06:002011-05-16T17:25:57.402-06:00Thanks,everybody! @Phil - I'm still kinda hopi...Thanks,everybody! @Phil - I'm still kinda hoping Gov. Christie of New Jersey would still get in and then you could be an Anti-Christie! (Sorry, that was really bad).<br /><br />And Elaine! There you are, Ardis's and my "good, cultural-historian, mutual friend" when I was trying to be all euphemistical on ya. <br /><br />@Anonymous, hang in there! patience and charity work. In Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07133789257179902461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033250919739916193.post-51055098415265735782011-05-16T16:02:34.416-06:002011-05-16T16:02:34.416-06:00Great post and comments. No one was more surprised...Great post and comments. No one was more surprised than I was when I was made RS Pres. And since then, I have become much more aware of the spectrum of faithful Mormons in the world. Individual interpretations reign supreme, and that's good. Everyone tends to think that they are the different one, that they don't fit the mold--but there actually isn't a mold, other than having had Elaine Thatchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033250919739916193.post-1312058893506541772011-05-16T13:51:21.933-06:002011-05-16T13:51:21.933-06:00(Anon./M)"I chose and choose to be faithful&q...(Anon./M)"I chose and choose to be faithful". So very true...Thank you for that post. While I don't succumb to "dark nights of the soul" and am pretty much self-contained and buoyant (most of the time), it does feel a bit lonely, when all your family and friends, even the most intelligent, start sounding like Glenn Beck. Long ago, I decided that I was going to put all the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033250919739916193.post-66064255625199622712011-05-16T07:37:32.754-06:002011-05-16T07:37:32.754-06:00Excellent Post.
I've found it very interestin...Excellent Post.<br /><br />I've found it very interesting how people assume someone's faith, belief or knowledge of the gospel can sometimes be challenged from the most unexpected quarters.<br /><br />Growing up I was a conservative Republican, but as I've "grown up" I've discovered that side of the political spectrum doesn't really suit who I've become. Some &Phil Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05246513192890016178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033250919739916193.post-11886118153754762442011-05-15T22:42:10.056-06:002011-05-15T22:42:10.056-06:00Thank you Ardis, I'm very flattered to even be...Thank you Ardis, I'm very flattered to even be noticed, as you have one of the best blogs out there!<br /><br />Besides our good, cultural-historian, mutual friend on Facebook, I have a few other acquaintances I think you know, including the guy with the 95 theses. (He really is a good guy). We'll talk some time.Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07133789257179902461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033250919739916193.post-73287656570776303432011-05-15T22:29:04.796-06:002011-05-15T22:29:04.796-06:00It doesn't take long hanging around the Blogge...It doesn't take long hanging around the Bloggernacle to have your eyes opened to undercurrents you never suspected were part of church life, does it? <br /><br />I sometimes comment in the kinds of threads you describe, but I decided early in my blogging life that I wasn't any more interested in fighting -- either to put down heresy (it doesn't stay down) or even to defend the truth Ardis E. Parshallhttp://www.keepapitchinin.orgnoreply@blogger.com