tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632066603779000512.post8525648757667213758..comments2023-08-16T00:25:03.236-07:00Comments on have me pompeii your town: Me and my current relationship with Mormonism.Chris Almondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13107791774450498377noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632066603779000512.post-77803755923397121192010-05-21T07:00:45.961-07:002010-05-21T07:00:45.961-07:00I think Mormon Expression has done some great segm...I think Mormon Expression has done some great segments/interviews, including one with John Dehlin. Some of their earlier episodes can be confusing because during each there are a lot of panelists talking, maybe too many.<br /><br />I recommend it. I think you might like the Dream Mine episode or the Nauvoo Expositor episode. I'm sure you're familiar with a lot of the material they present, but they still make some interesting comments, etc. I also like that they include as panelists people who have left the church.maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17567053215007313644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632066603779000512.post-49629880220524413242010-05-20T20:06:01.909-07:002010-05-20T20:06:01.909-07:00This is my first time hearing of it. Do you recomm...This is my first time hearing of it. Do you recommend it?Chris Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13107791774450498377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632066603779000512.post-44446353578151568332010-05-20T19:50:32.963-07:002010-05-20T19:50:32.963-07:00Do you ever listen to the Mormon Expression podcas...Do you ever listen to the Mormon Expression podcast?maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17567053215007313644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632066603779000512.post-37071960665343005962010-05-20T16:34:41.963-07:002010-05-20T16:34:41.963-07:00I guess it probably came across, but I want to cla...I guess it probably came across, but I want to clarify that when I referenced liberal mormons I didn't necessarily mean politically liberal (although this is often true) but rather 'open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values' in their approach to mormonism.<br />In addition to those elements that you mentioned, part of what I enjoy so much about liberal mormons is their ability or at least attempt to view the church objectively. They don't feel obliged to think or speak of every aspect of the Church in positive ways. They are comfortable with both making and listening to criticisms of the Church without being defensive or seeing the critic as morally lacking. Which I think is healthy, even for an institution one may otherwise believe in and love.<br />I do agree that it is important to not base one's faith in a believe system on the behavior of it's adherents, but when that belief system is a religion, it does say something about that faith(not necessarily about it's truthfulness) if it's members tend to, in general, behave in particular ways.<br />I find it interesting that when church members are generalized in positive ways they often attribute it to the Church, but not so when the generalizations are negative.Chris Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13107791774450498377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632066603779000512.post-16346134581371235962010-05-20T12:00:47.204-07:002010-05-20T12:00:47.204-07:00i like to visit your blog and read about your thou...i like to visit your blog and read about your thoughts on religion. i recently read the story in Alma about the rameumptom. that dialogue with the father/daughter is pretty funny.<br /><br />Alma does specify a few other things about the Zoramites in chapter 31, like that they no longer kept the law of Moses and they weren't praying daily. he also expressed concern that they would start corresponding with the Lamanites and become enemies to the Nephites as so many other dissenters had done, (which is what happens in chapter 35.)<br />but the thing that stands out the most to me is the Zoramites denial of the existence of Christ, or that he would come.<br /><br />i can see why you would enjoy reading liberal Mormon blogs. it's refreshing to find active Mormons who are open-minded and not hypocritical, (as i sense this is what you like about them. and not that all non-liberal Mormons are closed-minded and hypocritical).<br /><br />i also find it disheartening that so many members profess beliefs in certain ideologies (often political) that don't jive with the teachings of Christ. for example, the general belief that preemptive war and torture are somehow justifiable, or that Christ's teachings condone them.<br /><br />at any rate, i'm glad my faith is not based upon the actions of other church members or non church members.l i zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00888851692482367605noreply@blogger.com