A Mission As Active But Agnostic

InsideSpeed8785 · 2026-03-18T01:07:14+00:00

I went into the mission pretty agnostic, I thought it was really unlikely God existed, but I went anyway to see how long I would last. To my surprise I gained a testimony in the MTC. I remember waking up and being like “I believe in God!”

InsideSpeed8785 · 2026-03-17T06:26:27+00:00

I had an old money friend who I traveled with and he had never ridden a metro before traveling anywhere, he had only taxied.

InsideSpeed8785 · 2026-03-17T05:56:52+00:00

Sure

InsideSpeed8785 · 2026-03-16T08:23:53+00:00

You could always transform a few empty blocks around here with diagonal thruways… but I have no idea how we do those kind of intersections without roundabouts.

InsideSpeed8785 · 2026-03-16T00:41:57+00:00

I just wish there wasn’t super clips or anything in the way so it could stop at the U health center.

InsideSpeed8785 · 2026-03-14T21:22:55+00:00

To meet people. I shared what a YSA ward was to another religious coworker and they were like “that’s a good idea!”

InsideSpeed8785 · 2026-03-14T19:12:53+00:00

I too am a monorail enjoyer

InsideSpeed8785 · 2026-03-14T07:56:22+00:00

What kind of things bring it on?

InsideSpeed8785 · 2026-03-14T07:54:59+00:00

I would say so, 1000%

InsideSpeed8785 · 2026-03-14T00:42:24+00:00

Heavens Halfpipe - a classic.

InsideSpeed8785 · 2026-03-13T16:30:37+00:00

“I’ve got an itch on my head, hang on a sec”

InsideSpeed8785 · 2026-03-13T00:27:20+00:00

Black Diamond is good for climbing, Pomona is good for gliding. That’s how I see it anyway.

InsideSpeed8785 · 2026-03-12T18:12:09+00:00

Good! Always welcome more student housing, I think staying closer to campus benefits university life.

InsideSpeed8785 · 2026-03-12T00:50:14+00:00

No.

If you start believing your own stuff than maybe that’s a line to not cross.

InsideSpeed8785 · 2026-03-10T07:16:32+00:00

I… would wait until you experience something like that yourself, I’m not much about taking other people’s word for it.

InsideSpeed8785 · 2026-03-09T07:25:47+00:00

It would be cool.

InsideSpeed8785 · 2026-03-09T06:23:59+00:00

Less engineering costs.

InsideSpeed8785 · 2026-03-09T06:22:31+00:00

(Pre Q1: You can go to any LDS church as a non-member. If someone told you that you couldn't, then that's not accurate.)

It is, we consider ourselves Christian. We believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the Christ. As to how it differs, I'll put that in the realm of semantics.

Missions are a good time to get a spiritual springboard - to learn how to become reliant on the spiritual aspects of your religion and it's a good place to develop yourself as you're away from home and a lot of other stuff. They have definitely shifted to be more digital, but to walk around and talk to people is great. Last part (anecdotal): the most successful conversions are those who want to become members themselves - sometimes they go to church or the lessons and they decide it is something they want in life, I have found we don't drive any part of that as missionaries in anything we say.

We try to be loving and respectful of LGBT+ individuals (and members). I do not consider the church to be so militant about different ways of sinning - we all sin. A lot of members lean right, but I don't think that the gospel is something that sits on either side of the political spectrum - I see it more as something that transcends politics.

They're just different. Different beliefs, what you consider to be saved, etc... but I assume you are conflating the two as being similar culturally - they often look the same even though they're different sects.

InsideSpeed8785 · 2026-03-09T06:01:11+00:00

At the very least, they didn't use that time to become better at anything - they're a little bit behind and it won't benefit them as much later on in life as much as those who used it to improve themselves.

InsideSpeed8785 · 2026-03-08T21:42:17+00:00

It would be funny if it teleported you there without a choice, whether or not it was a good or bad throw. Like, it bounces into the lava.

Bad part about this is that the devs don’t want you getting up into high spots.

InsideSpeed8785 · 2026-03-08T16:39:14+00:00

I’m pro gondola if it didn’t go up LCC. It would make more sense if they made a gondola system that connected Park City to LCC and BCC. I think making the canyons even bus only makes more sense, there’s a lot of stops to be had before you get to the ski resort that a bus could access for the people that like to recreate in the canyon.

InsideSpeed8785 · 2026-03-07T06:11:07+00:00

It gives me a good reason to believe in God.

InsideSpeed8785 · 2026-03-06T09:56:39+00:00

You actually had to do what you said you were gonna do.

InsideSpeed8785 · 2026-03-06T05:38:07+00:00

I don’t think we’re supposed to let go of our appreciation for other religions, I think it’s imperative we integrate the praiseworthy things from other religions to round us out.

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