My senses have been so completely shocked by my withdrawl from the blessed feelings of the Holy Ghost, that I tremble (every touch an insignificant act) as I type these words--my vision a blurred, pre-migraine mess; my hearing a dulled, post-muzzle blast blur; everything I eat an indistinguishable mish-mash of sweet, sour, salty, bitter; my nose struggling to grasp any aromatic scent dancing on the delicate breeze of postmormonism.
Go back to church and eat some green jello. That seems to work just fine for people in your condition.
evolving wrote:the arogance required to make this statment really amazes me. Save the sorrow for yourself. The shock of being on the outside looking in is truly based on your perception. that is YOUR reality.. I am shocked that a TBM can read the 100 list Tal has posted here and let it roll off his/her back. defend you faith man! take every deplorable thing said about your religion and faith and defend it, don't feel sorry for exer or postmo who laugh at you. the apologetic internet Mormons are the very reason I am seperated from mormonisim. the fact you know all of the blemishes,the lies, that you understand all of the nuanced humor required to laugh at the 100 list.. and you still believe the the warm fuzzy feeling telling you the the Book of Abraham was written by hand of Abraham on the papyrus. that is where your sorrow should be focused. internet Mormons are truly removed from the reality of mormonisim. you can read 100 insulting demeaning, downright offensive things about your church it's founder and leaders and then 45 seconds later feel sorry for those who are angry for realizing what the truth is.. being on the outside looking in -- exactly! I'm outside of the fishbowl of mormondom looking in. Angry I was a fish for so long, believing the water I was breathing was the only true water. well the air out here is great! shocked to be on the outside of the fishbowl, Yes at first. but now, I am shocked that a "defender of the faith" can be so passive when everything they believe in is used as humor. and then have the outright arogance to feel sorry for me.. truly amazing
Having read many postmo posts from a board that will remain nameless, I can stand by my post. Let me put it this way, anyone who would attack an old guy who has spent his life doing god's work, seems to be in a sorrowful state. And the warm fuzzy is a postmo psychological buzz word for conditioning oneself out of the church. However, when this so called warm fuzzy occured for the average postmo, not one would have described it as a warm fuzzy. Instead, at the time that it was receive most if not all postmos would have claimed it as a manifestation of the holy ghost.
Oh brother. I doubt there are any "gurus" of "postmo life," at all, let alone one.
I have read many exer or postmo posts. I kinda of feel sorry for them. After all, most believed with a strong testimony one time. Most felt the holy ghost testify of the truth to them. And then, suddenly, they are outside looking in. It must be a shock for their senses.
You must not have read that many or you wouldn't have such a blanket generalization about the variety of experiences people post about...
Most postmos are emeshed in their own bitterness and self-validations about why they left the LDS church. To tell you the truth, I couldn't care less but when they attempt to degrade the LDS church and mock its leaders and members, it is then that I care. Unfortunately on a postmo site where this is done, LDS members who attempt to debate such posts are booted off prompto. Such is a postmo life....no debate, just recovery. However, at least on this board, discussion can occur. But this board is not a postmo board. It is open to anyone who wished to post about Mormonism. And that makes all the difference.
why me wrote:Go back to church and eat some green jello. That seems to work just fine for people in your condition.
You missed my point. I will not be able to see that the jello is in fact green. I will not be able to smell the jello's goodness. I will not be able to feel the gelatinous glob. I will not taste the artificial lime sweetener. It is an exercise in futility. My senses have failed.