tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25542320.post115934128175835576..comments2023-09-16T06:48:16.742-05:00Comments on Life in the Fast Lane: Why Am I Up at 1:00 am?Bullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343937101221163598noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25542320.post-1159837974950947722006-10-02T20:12:00.000-05:002006-10-02T20:12:00.000-05:00Yeah, like the liars running TSCC don't have a ves...Yeah, like the liars running TSCC don't have a vested financial interest in sustaining their enterprise.<BR/><BR/>I love how members of TSCC are able to so easily dismiss evidence against the church without ever reading or considering it or checking the facts. For me the big eye opener was discovering that those evil anti-Mormons dealt openly and honestly with the church's positions and responded with their own evidence and reason. Good look finding similar consideration from the church or its apologists.Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343937101221163598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25542320.post-1159485602852500122006-09-28T18:20:00.000-05:002006-09-28T18:20:00.000-05:00Man I feel for you, my wife feels better thinking ...Man I feel for you, my wife feels better thinking that I was swayed by liars and cheats who make their living off of dups like me who leave the church. It's all so frustrating. Good luck with your dad...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25542320.post-1159479396558184372006-09-28T16:36:00.000-05:002006-09-28T16:36:00.000-05:00I hate thinking about all the ways my former churc...I hate thinking about all the ways my former church acquaintances will explain my departure from "the faith." Like you said, they will all involve pride, being led astray by the philosophies of men, or worse, satan, an unwillingness to live the standards. Yeah, that's it. I sold me soul to the devil so I could drink coffee.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25542320.post-1159425007930541512006-09-28T01:30:00.000-05:002006-09-28T01:30:00.000-05:00DANG! I thought today was Wednesday, and so you w...DANG! I thought today was Wednesday, and so you were up still, and so we could be late-night blogger friends. Oh well, a day late and a penny short.<BR/><BR/>Bull, the only thing I can say is that you should remember that your dad KNOWS. I remember a time when I KNEW. Nothing could detract me from that mindset. Those stupid little meaningless crumbs (NHM) that people like Jeff Lindsay parade about may as well be the verdict in a courtroom. <BR/><BR/>From the outside, you and I can see otherwise. We can see the techniques of brainwashing (even though as mormons we never acknowledged them as such). We can see the very tipped scale of disproving evidence against proving evidence. We've let the need for it to be true go. Your father has not. Really, you shouldn't get upset that he thinks you're close-minded because he believes in a fairy tale. What does he "know"? <BR/><BR/>Sorry for the late night ramble, here. :) Hope you have a better day, less headaches, very soon.Lahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12780058272081102135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25542320.post-1159388243958209852006-09-27T15:17:00.000-05:002006-09-27T15:17:00.000-05:00I have a headache today too, because I couldn't ge...I have a headache today too, because I couldn't get the letter I got (from a TBM in my ward whom I barely know) out of my head. It'd be so much easier to disregard it and laugh except my 13 yr old son wants to keep going to church, and I have to seriously worry what people at church might feel "prompted" to say to him. <BR/><BR/>I can almost guarantee also that my dad will react much like yours when I tell him I've left the faith. Sigh. <BR/><BR/>You seem to be very open-minded, no matter what he says.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the great writing. You feel like a kindred spirit to me.Sister Mary Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642154849765529070noreply@blogger.com