Today before class, some of my classmates were discussing the morality of wearing fur. The general consensus seemed to be that they felt guilty about it, but it was so soft and warm and irresistible! Then one girl said, “Well, God doesn’t care because he killed the first animal to clothe Adam and Eve.” Crickets. Finally, [...]
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We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority to preach the Gospel, and administer in the ordinances thereof. You guys know I hate criticizing God’s choices, but sometimes when I look at the men he calls by prophecy, [...]
I’m going to add a verse for the Book of Mormon, D&C, and the Book of Abraham.
We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost. Ok, so those are the first four, but has anybody gotten around to [...]
We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel. In my humble and mostly uneducated opinion, the above IS Mormonism. The first part of the sentence sounds like standard Christianity, and then it veers off into what makes Mormonism different and [...]
We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam’s transgression. You know what my main problem with Christianity is? Not the propensity to judge, which I feel is a perversion of Christ’s message. Not the ritual, because I really like ritual. Not the resurrection or virgin birth, because I [...]
When I was 13, I went to nerd camp. I don’t think I can overstate how INCREDIBLY AWESOME it was. I still remember and use what I learned there. I met amazing people. I was in an environment where it was ok to be a smart girl, ok to ask tough questions, ok to be [...]
So here I am, Sunday night, and I didn’t do my own self-assigned homework. I’ve certainly thought about it all week, but haven’t come to any conclusions. The first Article of Faith is such a broad topic that you’d think I would have come up with something, but alas, I have not. We believe in [...]
So I’m trying to read the Bible again. Weird, I know. I used to be quite the amateur scriptorian. I passed off seminary verses like whoa. I knew all the stories. I read my scriptures every single night– mostly the Book of Mormon. At BYU, in the midst of misery and depression, I realized that [...]
Today you should probably take notes, as there will be homework assigned. I’m starting a little project today, something that I’ve wanted to do for a while. The purpose of this blog is to explore what being Mormon means to me. How do those first twenty years of my life continue to inform the way [...]
