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hey i just thought that i’d introduce myself since i’m new to this board. i’m a 22 year old rm living in the heart of mormondom which is both a blessing and a curse. i’m fairly certain i’m gonna get my cheap education and wife here in happy valley and then i’m outta this state! i’ve pretty much grown up in utah most of my life and i’m really glad my family travelled a lot and set up a home founded on independant thinking. honestly i didn’t know much about the lds church before my mission and wasn’t really active until i feel like i had a born again experience about a year and a half before i left. it’s hard to seperate in my memory exactly what i knew before my mission and what i learned while i was on it which is probably 90% of everything i know. i also didn’t read much until my mission where i discovered it was actually one of my biggest passions. i read all the time now! i have a passion for learning new things and keeping my mind active all the time. i’m interested in philosophy/theology/spirituallity/religion/myth/history/and anthropology. my personal philosophy is this; i have some pretty strong opinions and beliefs and although i’m confident in them today they could change dramatically overnight. i’m certain that i don’t know everything but i certainly want to! a quote i really like is that in order to learn everything you must admit you know nothing. i’m sure that many of my ideas are probably wrong so even if i write confident in my position or if i write something and then contradict it later i’m not trying to be a hypocrite i’ve just gotten past the pride that keeps you from admitting youre wrong and changing my beliefs. i also have realized that i have a different perspective on where i can recieve my sources of information. while most people only accept information from those they can personally trust or those in a position of authority i have realized that truth is everywhere and anyone can teach me something new if i listen which is why i love reading these boards! don’t get me wrong people can also be wrong but i trust myself to judge between truth and falicy. i can’t wait to see what i’ll learn from all of you. i have a job that puts me in front of a computer screen for five hours a day so this gives me something to keep my mind active. i’m gonna start a blog soon too johnbelliston.blogspot.com you should all check it out!
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Welcome. You sound like a kindred spirit.
jbelli21 wrote:even if i write confident in my position or if i write something and then contradict it later i’m not trying to be a hypocrite i’ve just gotten past the pride that keeps you from admitting youre wrong and changing my beliefs
That is so cool! And a board like this with its non-confrontational approach makes it so comfortable to explore tentatively.
Welcome, jbelli!! I concur, you definitely have found a place of kindred spirits. Welcome John. Welcome aboard, I am already enjoying your comments on the board! Welcome. Quote:i’m fairly certain i’m gonna get my cheap education and wife here in happy valley and then i’m outta this state! i’ve pretty much grown up in utah most of my life and i’m really glad my family travelled a lot and set up a home founded on independant thinking.
I tend to believe part of my questioning nature comes from the fact that I was born and raised in San Francisco before coming to Utah. I wonder how much of the attitudes we perceive coming from inside-the-morridor TBMs come because they haven’t lived anywhere else and/or been exposed to new ideas or other ways of living. At any rate, I hope this community helps you on your spiritual journey.
Quote:I wonder how much of the attitudes we perceive coming from inside-the-morridor TBMs come because they haven’t lived anywhere else and/or been exposed to new ideas or other ways of living.
There is clearly a provincialism that I find irritating among some LDS circles within the Mormon corridor. It’s not universal, and sometimes just exposure to the world through serving a mission can do the trick. But not always. You can take the Mormon out of Utah, but you can’t take the Utah out of some of the Utah Mormons.
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