I didn't know he had left the Church, but Don Bradley just announced his re-baptism over at MADB.
Rebaptized, July 11
If I recall, he had mentioned several articles in the works (one on the Kinderhook Plates?). Hopefully this will still be forthcoming.
Don Bradley - Rebaptized
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Re: Don Bradley - Rebaptized
Many of his plans were discussed here: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13473
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Re: Don Bradley - Rebaptized
Hello,
Should one "follow the money", as it were?
Very Respectfully,
Doctor CamNC4Me
Should one "follow the money", as it were?
Very Respectfully,
Doctor CamNC4Me
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Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
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Re: Don Bradley - Rebaptized
Don ~ After my husband and I had been married for almost a year, he came to me and rather suddenly asked for a divorce. I fought him on it, but we wound up legally separating and I finally reached a point where I stopped fighting and told him to just give me the paperwork and I would let him go. In my mind, our marriage was over and it was time to get used to the stigma of being young, evangelical and divorced (which could quite possibly be worse than the stigma of being evangelical and married to an "unbeliever").
The paperwork never arrived. My husband had a change of heart, he moved back in with me, and we decided to give things another shot. This November will mark our seventh anniversary.
I can honestly say that our marriage has been much happier and more satisfying since we went through our separation and near divorce. When we got married, I think we were both naïve and came to the table with some very unrealistic expectations on how our marriage would function. When we got back together, we'd seen each other at our worst and knew exactly what we were getting into, and we accepted each other in spite of that.
I bring this up because I think making a church work is a lot like making a marriage work. Some people enter into it with naïve or false expectations, which they may have very well formed because of what they were told by the church, and they leave because it didn't live up to their expectations. Some people find that the religion was a horrible match for them from the start and leaving is the only reasonable option, for both parties. We can go all kinds of places with this analogy.
I think you've seen the LDS church at its worst, Don. You know the problems as well as any of us, and yet you've still decided to embrace it in spite of these flaws and give a relationship with the church a second try. I'm wishing you the best of luck on this second attempt. If you ever need someone to talk to about your "marriage," you know where to find me.
The paperwork never arrived. My husband had a change of heart, he moved back in with me, and we decided to give things another shot. This November will mark our seventh anniversary.
I can honestly say that our marriage has been much happier and more satisfying since we went through our separation and near divorce. When we got married, I think we were both naïve and came to the table with some very unrealistic expectations on how our marriage would function. When we got back together, we'd seen each other at our worst and knew exactly what we were getting into, and we accepted each other in spite of that.
I bring this up because I think making a church work is a lot like making a marriage work. Some people enter into it with naïve or false expectations, which they may have very well formed because of what they were told by the church, and they leave because it didn't live up to their expectations. Some people find that the religion was a horrible match for them from the start and leaving is the only reasonable option, for both parties. We can go all kinds of places with this analogy.
I think you've seen the LDS church at its worst, Don. You know the problems as well as any of us, and yet you've still decided to embrace it in spite of these flaws and give a relationship with the church a second try. I'm wishing you the best of luck on this second attempt. If you ever need someone to talk to about your "marriage," you know where to find me.
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Re: Don Bradley - Rebaptized
Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:Hello,
Should one "follow the money", as it were?
Very Respectfully,
Doctor CamNC4Me
And thus they turn on him.
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Re: Don Bradley - Rebaptized
ttribe wrote:And thus they turn on him.
"They"?
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Re: Don Bradley - Rebaptized
MsJack,
How nice to learn something so personal about you and yours.
And your expressed support indeed shows your inner character.
Thank you for sharing.
How nice to learn something so personal about you and yours.
And your expressed support indeed shows your inner character.
Thank you for sharing.
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Re: Don Bradley - Rebaptized
ttribe wrote:Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:Hello,
Should one "follow the money", as it were?
Very Respectfully,
Doctor CamNC4Me
And thus they turn on him.
No, this theory predates the latest press release.
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=12026&p=299923#p299923
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Re: Don Bradley - Rebaptized
ttribe wrote:Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:Hello,
Should one "follow the money", as it were?
Very Respectfully,
Doctor CamNC4Me
And thus they turn on him.
Such cynicism [personal information deleted].
Given the low baptismal rates for your "normal" white collar, intelligent family-man types, I can imagine that the whole Q12 and the First Presidency were doing high fives to finally, after millions spent on missionary work, have one success.
Where is that wink icon at?