While my flesh would LOVE to blame someone -- especially since the Bishop now wishes to talk with us in regards to this whole situation -- I can't. There's nothing bad that occured here. I refuse to call God's will for my family bad. He has lead us and kept us and this journey He has us on - while feels like a roller coaster - is amazing. :)
Now, was I on my way out before I even began to regularly post at MADB? No way. The whole reason I was turned onto MADB was by a fellow MySpace poster, defender of the faith - on MySpace known as BenJammin - I forget his name on MADB. :P Anyways, he pointed me there to learn more because I passionatly loved to defend the faith. One of my favorite threads I ever did on the LDS church was
here on the 13 Articles of Faith.
About the FA thread - I've apologised several times over about my demeanor and lack of manners or control of my tounge in that thread. I'll apologize again to anyone who participated and I may have snapped at. There are no excuses for how I behaved, I completly own my actions, so I'm not going to bore you with why I behaved that way. The bottom line was that I did, I regretted it (I never had before acted that way on a discussion board), and own those actions so as to not repeat them.
If anyone wants the Cliff Notes on what occured: I attended a non-LDS Bible study initially to attend a surprise birthday party for my husband's twin brother one evening. Steve and I enjoyed ourselves, the kids enjoyed themselves and we were invited back. We felt the Spirit, we were NEVER pressured, and yet we could feel changes occuring in our lives. There was no influence being put upon us, no questions, "Well how can the LDS church believe that?" - we just all hung out and discussed what we loved about the Bible. They were and are incrediably unique, special, loving, and respectful people. And we are so blessed to have them in our lives.
Finally, I agree with one poster who stated that most people do come to the MADB boards because their worlds have come crashing down and are in need of help. It wasn't the case with me, but it most certainly can be with others. So why not give them the benefit of the doubt? So what if you end up talking to a troll? It doesn't matter. There are some amazing and patient and kind posters on MADB and they are great blessings for those in troubled waters. I hope they continue to stay there.