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To: reaganaut; oremites

Well, this is very sad.

It would be good if oremites could bring some arguments to explain and support his side. His silence is disturbing.


79 posted on 10/05/2011 3:33:37 AM PDT by Mad Dawg (Jesus, I trust in you.)
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To: Mad Dawg; oremites

IMO, having been there, the silence is a result of a) not being really prepared to defend their faith because there is no consistency/logic to it, and 2) a very real fear that we ‘antis’ might be right and they would lose their ‘testimony’ of the LDS Church (and we are back to ‘the Church’ being primary - not Christ).

This isn’t meant as an attack in any way, it is just simply the way it is.

Quite honestly, it was very hard for me to break some of these habits when I first left the LDS church, to get rid of the paranoia to lose the fear that my then newfound CHRISTIAN faith wasn’t going to go away if I read something, to realize I had to be able to defend my faith and learn basic theology. I joke about it, it it is also very true - I went to Bible College to get my theology straight. My BA degree is Biblical Studies and Theology which is a result of my having to re-learn things after leaving Mormonism like basic definitions and how to really read the Bible in context.


80 posted on 10/05/2011 9:50:58 AM PDT by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, now Christian "I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see".)
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