Shulem wrote: My mother was excommunicated from the church when I was 14 for coming out as a lesbian.
If she is/was a lesbian in the true sense of the word, may I ask if you were adopted?
You are a silly, prurient little person with an obviously very limited understanding of real people and their lives.
Did you read the words I bolded?
Zadok: I did not have a faith crisis. I discovered that the Church was having a truth crisis. Maksutov: That's the problem with this supernatural stuff, it doesn't really solve anything. It's a placeholder for ignorance.
Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:Did LittleNipper cross a boundary with you?
- Doc
It isn't any of his freaking business. I'm not going to feed or satisfy nipper's curiosity in the least. As far as I'm concerned, nipper can go jump off the nearest bridge. Good riddance.
After watching an interview with Mike, I related with him in ways, and I think he has good intent, but ultimately, he’s taking a polarized view.
And I think his unbridled tendency to go extreme in ad hominem attacks against “anti-mormons” when he was TBM, is revealing itself now - just for a different herd mentality.
My guess is he’s acting out a lot of his own regrets in his life - like regretting ignoring his own discomfort with the blood oath endowment and his (now ex) wife being pissed that he didn’t warn her before she got her endowments. I can relate - I also was very upset after I first went through the temple. Yet, I also see some beauty and goodness is the temple - despite how it’s used to make money, divide families and otherwise manipulate cult members.
The truth is that nothing is all-or-nothing. Thinking otherwise is polarized (bi-polar) thinking.
Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:Did LittleNipper cross a boundary with you?
- Doc
It isn't any of his freaking business. I'm not going to feed or satisfy nipper's curiosity in the least. As far as I'm concerned, nipper can go jump off the nearest bridge. Good riddance.
I would wish anything evil to happen to you. Why would you wish evil to happen to me?
LittleNipper wrote:If she is/was a lesbian in the true sense of the word, may I ask if you were adopted?
You are a silly, prurient little person with an obviously very limited understanding of real people and their lives.
Did you read the words I bolded?
I'm not the silly person here. Why would any church excommunicate an individual for the sins of another? I simply assumed that the mother had been the lesbian. It never dawned on me that one would be excommunicated for what their children did. However, the sentence structure is rather confusing.
LittleNipper wrote:I would wish anything evil to happen to you. Why would you wish evil to happen to me?
You're evil. You are what you are. Go jump in the lake, fool.
What exactly makes me evil and you not? I believe I'm a sinner. I'm not the one who thinks that sin is not sin, and wish others hurt because they fail to agree with my assessments.
LittleNipper wrote:What exactly makes me evil and you not? I believe I'm a sinner. I'm not the one who thinks that sin is not sin, and wish others hurt because they fail to agree with my assessments.
Shulem wrote:Glad to know you have lesbian friends. They are strong women. My mother was excommunicated from the church when I was 14 for coming out as a lesbian. Yep. I've met many lesbians over the course of my interesting little life.
Anyway, you need to allow this young lady to live and let live. She can take care of herself. She is no doubt surrounded by friends and family that have her best interest in mind. If she wants to be friends with Norton that is her concern and her right. There is nothing illegal or wrong with minors having friendships with adults. So, back off and relax. Quit worrying about it.
If she is/was a lesbian in the true sense of the word, may I ask if you were adopted?
Why do you need or want to know that?
Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.
Chinese Proverb
However, the sentence structure is rather confusing.
I believe I'm a sinner. I'm not the one who thinks that sin is not sin, and wish others hurt because they fail to agree with my assessments.