tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32588204.post7752205808752584017..comments2023-10-21T05:05:55.779-05:00Comments on Thoughts by Sister Mary Lisa: An LDS baby showerSister Mary Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00642154849765529070noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32588204.post-58164105539622698822012-01-19T09:16:55.483-06:002012-01-19T09:16:55.483-06:00I read your comments - hope you don't mind... ...I read your comments - hope you don't mind... just want to wish you the best with all your choices... Sounds like you have a real friend - and yes she is a mormon - remember everyone - Mormons included live their lives according to their level of faith in Jesus. I'm grateful for the Book of Mormon - My family too thought I join a cult. Through baptism and serving in just about every calling I have come to know my Savior, his gospel truths - I've been strengthened and supported by following the promptings of the Holy Ghost - many who've never read the Book of Mormon will testify that it isn't true. But I can testify to you... Give someone the Book of Mormon who has faith in Christ and is striving to live his commandments and surly they would never deny it! I pray you grow where you are planted - I don't know you - but I sincerely wish you true faith in Jesus Christ - may your faith ever increase...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32588204.post-10277285392073301262007-10-02T03:16:00.000-05:002007-10-02T03:16:00.000-05:00It's a complex issue trying to explain the exodus ...It's a complex issue trying to explain the exodus to TBMs. You don't want to hurt their feelings but inevitably it's difficult not to feel hurt about people leaving this religion. It would be like someone saying they don't want to be part of your family anymore. For people who are nonmembers or members of mainstream religions it's difficult to explain to them the encompassing influence that the LDS church has over its members. You cannot just divorce yourself from one day of the week participation - the doctrine seeps into every pore of your existence and creates the LDS outlook on life (frankly, there isn't much room for diversity of thought within the LDS church)...which then determines how you perceive other people. I know that your friend must be a good person above and beyond the tenets of the church to 'think for herself'. Your instinct about her character will probably win out over indoctrination not to associate with apostate. Maybe she and her husband feel that their continuing friendship will bring you back? I'm only playing devil's advocate with that last statement, not trying to be contentious or anything.hm-ukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15123301692688850355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32588204.post-40382820405508441472007-09-29T14:25:00.000-05:002007-09-29T14:25:00.000-05:00I would bet your friend knows too. However, I wou...I would bet your friend knows too. However, I would bet a lovely note, written in your lovely style (not sucking up I mean it) would enable you both then to discuss it, or not, but it would be "officially" out in the open. If I were her I'd appreciate it a lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32588204.post-85011828252200286662007-09-28T23:56:00.000-05:002007-09-28T23:56:00.000-05:00SML: I read your post. You are an amazing woman.Th...SML: I read your post. You are an amazing woman.<BR/><BR/>Thank you so much for sharing your spiritual journey with us so honestly, and with such humility.<BR/><BR/>I am now dating a member, who hopes to not "leave me behind." I don't know what to do! There are times when I wonder if the LDS doctrine could be real. I know that I believe the bible; but I have always felt that JS made up the BOM.<BR/><BR/>Do I explore the BOM's existence with an open mind? Or follow my instinct... that there is only one true gospel?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32588204.post-92121776726655031952007-09-28T22:40:00.000-05:002007-09-28T22:40:00.000-05:00friendship has no boundaries as long as those in t...friendship has no boundaries as long as those in the friendship set none! I DO miss the friendships of my TBM friends. But you are right, too often the friendships are dictated by the callings we are assigned! Maybe it is because the callings become our world and everything else is labled misc...?Already Gonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16370000632434455359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32588204.post-13318004917272614642007-09-28T22:19:00.000-05:002007-09-28T22:19:00.000-05:00My sense is, your friend probably already knows. I...My sense is, your friend probably already knows. If she isn't treating you any differently without you having explicitly told her, she likely won't treat you differently when you do disclose your church status. Let us know how it turns out, either way!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32588204.post-41854009246374102182007-09-28T21:28:00.000-05:002007-09-28T21:28:00.000-05:00I think it was kewl that she asked you, kewl that ...I think it was kewl that she asked you, kewl that you went - and had fun. I think it is kewl that you want to write your friend. Meet her for lunch, if she ask you, tell her, if she doesn't follow your heart.Celehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11471318342104018488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32588204.post-37392343063195222212007-09-28T20:28:00.000-05:002007-09-28T20:28:00.000-05:00Girlsnap ~Leaving the church is a huge deal to tho...Girlsnap ~<BR/><BR/>Leaving the church is a huge deal to those who love you who are still in the church. I have loved this friend for years and years, and she will wonder why I didn't trust her enough to tell her I was going through what she will consider a trial of faith. She intimately knows my life, and has been a listening ear through many times of difficulty I had when I wanted to attend the temple but could not, and so on.<BR/><BR/>I will tell her, not to gain approval or "confess" or anything, but because she is a friend I admire and friends let each other know what's new. <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://sistermarylisa.blogspot.com/2006/08/about-me.html" REL="nofollow">Here </A> is a post from August of last year that tells a bit more about my leaving the church. My early posts explain much of my exodus from the church.<BR/><BR/>Mark ~<BR/><BR/>Not sure what you mean by not venturing back into the darkness...I am merely interested in treating a good friend the way I'd want to be treated if our situations were reversed. Thanks for caring about it, though.<BR/><BR/>Dartman has it right. These friends will be friends no matter what. They are good people.Sister Mary Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642154849765529070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32588204.post-897093872004532132007-09-28T20:18:00.000-05:002007-09-28T20:18:00.000-05:00I dont think you owe her or anyone else an explana...I dont think you owe her or anyone else an explanation as to why you left the Mormon cult. Doing so would only lend credibility to the nutty notion that Mormonism is a mainstream belief. Please dont venture back into the darkness. Please dont.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32588204.post-72715698390066774852007-09-28T15:04:00.000-05:002007-09-28T15:04:00.000-05:00You and I both know that both her and her husband ...You and I both know that both her and her husband will not judge you because they are good people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32588204.post-55850101779374960062007-09-28T14:33:00.000-05:002007-09-28T14:33:00.000-05:00Why do you have to tell her why you left the churc...Why do you have to tell her why you left the church? Why DID you leave the church?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com