Paul wrote:True. But when you do walk away and take those giant steps into freedom it feels like Tony the Tiger said, "Grrrrrreat"!
I'm glad I stuck it out as long as I did. It was the only way to make my former marriage work and provide a homelife for my three kids until they were grown. But when the Mormon lights went out it was time to start my new life. Liz, I'm getting 2 lives for the price of 1. It's really neat. I got to live the perfect Mormon life and now I'm living the wild gay life! What a contrast. It's like coming to earth and getting two golden opportunities to experience life in two different ways. Two shows for the price of one! I love it.
Buffalo wrote:What's funny is that I continue to feel the "Holy Ghost" just as frequently now as when I was a believer. Actually more since my cog dis levels are down. I guess that must mean God approves of my atheism, since the "Holy Ghost cannot dwell in unclean tabernacles."
Isn't it amazing? Hell, I love those peacefull warm feelings that just wash over me. I've had so many of them since leaving the church. I used to crave them while in the church and pray earnestly for them and once in a while I'd get them but they weren't very strong. Now they just come all the time and wash all over me. It feels great. Really, the holy ghosty feelings are just a way to connect with the universe of love and goodwill. Good people everywhere have them all the time. It has nothing to do with religion or getting hands laid on your head. The laying on of hands is all about control and collecting money for priestcraft that presides over the church.
Feelings of love and spirit is all about loving everyone and everything.
Paul O
Yup. And it's a double win, really. If you mention feeling those sorts of feelings to certain apologists, they'll tell you it's not really the Spirit. But since they're indistinguishable from the kinds of spiritual feelings we had as believers (feelings that led me to, for instance, decide to go on a mission, and feelings I had while ON the mission), then what they're saying is either God NEVER fulfilled Moroni's promise to us, or that believers can't tell the difference between the Holy Ghost and other feelings. :)
Parley P. Pratt wrote:We must lie to support brother Joseph, it is our duty to do so.