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Thank you for sharing. Good article. I liked all of the suggestions, such as putting personal revelation first, recognizing everyone has warts — the list of ridiculous statements from other church members was interesting. The idea that you have a right to reduce service for a time is great. I question this one a bit:
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It doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks of you–just what you think of you, and what God thinks of you.There is a lot of truth to this. However, if you want access to privileges in ANY culture, you have to be concerned about how your comments and behavior affect your standing in that organization. Where it doesn’t matter is when you honestly don’t care about whether you have “access” to the privileges of the religion. It was when I stopped caring about whether leaders would consider me suitable for leadership callings that I was able to share my reluctance to stop serving in the church. It was when I found meaningful service opps outside of the church that I stopped caring about whether I’d be considered suitable for church service….stuff like that.
If you care about all that stuff, then I think you have to care what others think of you to some extent.
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Seemed like a similar analogy to the shelf analogy everyone’s talking about these days. Some things never fit, unlike the analogy’s parameters. If the writer wants to use the wall analogy, then I would argue that in any constructive process, there is always waste. Accept that…
Otherwise, a good article.
Great blog post. When I have more time I’ll have to return and read more of her entries. I really liked the wall analogy. Quote:But that doesn’t mean you abandon the wall. It means you set the stone aside and keep building with what you DO know. And as you build, you may suddenly see where that stone fits. Some people have likened this process to a jigsaw puzzle, but that implies that everyone’s testimony looks the same eventually. I like the stone wall better because everyone’s will look completely different, and have different foundations, but all of them are still valid. It can be frustrating to feel sometimes like you’re surrounded by stones you don’t understand. But hang in there. You’ll find their place eventually. And as you do, you’ll find your OWN place, too.
I might add that the testimony wall blocks are personal experiences as well as church doctrines. This means that everyone has a different pile of rocks to begin with and the walls just keep getting more diverse as we go along.
My wife saw this independent of me and posted it on her Facebook page. I don’t usually read the comments, but it’s discouraging to see everyone duking it out there. I stopped reading comment threads on nearly all public posts of almost any kind. The extremes and the ignorant tend to dominate, from both sides, and fighting is the norm. I just don’t need that. I lose IQ points any time I read the comment sections. Some of the commenters seem to be confused by the title of her blog “She may be naked, but she is not stupid”. One commenter even berated her for the eternal divine principle of modesty even though the blog post itself had nothing to do with modesty or nakedness. In reading the “about” page the “she may be naked” moment seems to have been a humorous incident from when the author was 3 years old that became a family inside joke of sorts.
Mental note – if I ever start a blog. Be careful what I name it lest i need to explain the name every 2 seconds.
hawkgrrrl wrote:I lose IQ points any time I read the comment sections.
Yes, I feel a little dumber now.
hawkgrrrl wrote:I lose IQ points any time I read the comment sections.
Now I am not sure if I should read the comments. Hawkgrrrl has brain cells to spare. I don’t have enough as it is!I went and looked and the one I saw was, “The prophet is the same as God to me – period”. I don’t know if I lost brain cells, but it did make me grit my teeth a bit.
Just another side point. The author, Liz, does not write about religion very often. She seems to write poetry, reviews of documentaries, and covers her auditions for different acting roles. She is pobably somewhat overwhelmed with the viral nature of how this latest post is being shared.
Uhm, yeah, she should not use “naked” in her title. I once used “nipples” in a post title, and if that shiz didn’t bring out the weirdos I don’t know what has! And the post wasn’t even sexual, just about the fact that a lot of LDS artwork and cartoon videos has no nipples on the shirtless Nephites! Hawkgrrl…did they also mention to you that your avatar is showing shoulder? …the ones that are up tight are the funnest comments for me to read. It’s like watching an episode of American Dad and finding comedy in the extreme position…and then I remember…”wait, people are being serious”. :wtf: I like this post about being yourself and caring mostly about the relationship between God and you, not others.
Easier said than done in our culture. But the thought is right on.
Heber13 wrote:Hawkgrrl…did they also mention to you that your avatar is showing shoulder?
Heber you sexist! You didn’t even notice that my avatar has TWO bare shoulders showing. But I will admit to being modest in that my arm covers up my nipple. I didn’t want to go too far as I was afraid it might offend some here and you would only think of that and not my words.
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