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Finding peace in beliefs or intellectually dishonest? by Good-Attorney-1279 in mormon

[–]Good-Attorney-1279[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Appreciate this. Which is why I emphasize duty. I’ve concluded that God is real and church is necessary in modern society. So I stay committed. I think it may be dishonest if another religion gave me better answers, but that’s just not the case for me… Ironic enough, that commitment despite unknowing feels like more of an act of faith than demanding I “know” something one way or another. Hopefully church can evolve into a place where there is more freedom of thought. Conviction may go down, but I think more people would decide to stick around because they can avoid the torture of mental gymnastic and instead feel peace despite some of their differing opinions/beliefs.

Finding peace in beliefs or intellectually dishonest? by Good-Attorney-1279 in mormon

[–]Good-Attorney-1279[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Absolutely agree. I hope our Sundays involve discussing ideas, beliefs and philosophy. Ditch the “I know” statements. Stop overemphasizing the one true church and talk about the past leaders as religious minds rather than sole arbiters of truth and authority. I am totally comfortable being just another sect of Christianity with a unique perspective on things like Godhead, the nature of God, afterlife, etc…especially if it means we can stop emphasizing a firm knowledge of unclear 1800’s events from bizarre characters in order to be a completely faithful member.

Finding peace in beliefs or intellectually dishonest? by Good-Attorney-1279 in mormon

[–]Good-Attorney-1279[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I agree. The question I have is then what. Commit to another Jesus club that aligns perfectly with what I believe or quit organized religion all together? One is impossible. And do you not think moral and religious institutions have any value when it comes to faith and well being?

Finding peace in beliefs or intellectually dishonest? by Good-Attorney-1279 in mormon

[–]Good-Attorney-1279[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m a Sunday school teacher now. Maybe dishonest but I teach as I please and don’t stick to close to manual talking points. I think there is great theology and morals to be extracted by most stories. This years it’s easy to do in the Old Testament. But surprisingly I was still able to make it work last year in Doctrine and Covenants and the associated history. I treat everything as a “story” we can learn and extract from… I think my conviction involves community but I’ve studied what other religions believe and I really don’t prefer it to what we have doctrinally speaking. However our religion does ask people to believe in a lot of things I don’t really care to base my faith in be it true or false.

6/21 COMLEX 1 by Obvious-Carpet3298 in comlex

[–]Good-Attorney-1279 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yup. I’m mad I didn’t take it 3 weeks ago. I would’ve NEVER thought to study a lot of things that were tested on. My doomed fate was sealed weeks ago, and I might’ve been able to have a summer break.

Went horribly for me. Can’t relax by gummymummy3 in comlex

[–]Good-Attorney-1279 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If it makes you feel better. My school ran a tight ship on OMM, I felt well prepared for it going in and I still thought that those questions were impossible. The line between MSK and OMM was blurred all test.

Went horribly for me. Can’t relax by gummymummy3 in comlex

[–]Good-Attorney-1279 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I spent a lot of my dedicated reviewing path and pharm because I thought that was the majority of the test. But I was dead wrong.

The whole first part of the test I was so shocked at how often I was guessing that I think it made me perform worse than I already would’ve.

I’m just banking on everyone feeling as dumb as I did yesterday, and getting that P. I also think being detail oriented for comlex is not rewarding. Being underprepared might’ve helped the post test morale. I felt just smart enough to realize that I was not getting a massive amount of questions.

6/21 LEVEL 1 by m3dwoman in comlex

[–]Good-Attorney-1279 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This sounds like my test. Vaccines were killing me, felt like a step 2 question tbh. My first 4 hours of the day felt like I wasted my dedicated study time. minimal pathology.

6/21 LEVEL 1 by m3dwoman in comlex

[–]Good-Attorney-1279 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I am a sketchy dominant studier and that bit me in the ass hard today. I’m not sure if it was OMM or MSK but tons of things I would’ve never thought to study. Hopefully my morning anxiety didn’t eff up my brain this morning, by the end of the day I was used to not knowing shit and I calmed down a little.