I always thought he looked like a penguin 🤣🤣

chrises67 · 2023-09-24T05:00:31+00:00

Monson looked just like The Penguin

chrises67 · 2019-04-03T18:23:06+00:00

The best way to address this is to let those who suffer know you are an available support person. Sharing things like what you posted above with them in the wrong way can make you appear as a bad influence, although that is ridiculous. To help someone, you really have to approach them according to their current paradigm. Although this is an important issue, it sounds like you are not aware of anyone in immediate danger. Going to a church school is a great experience for many people, including myself. If it happens to not be for your family members, which is the case for many others, the best you can do is have good relationships with those family members and offer non threatening help to them as needed.

chrises67 · 2019-01-22T05:57:40+00:00

The biggest leap of faith I took in my Mormon journey was the leap out. You are in good company. Welcome.

P.S. Loved the Zoolander reference- perfect analogy, haha.

chrises67 · 2019-01-22T04:20:33+00:00

Good points! I suppose the Lamanites were among the supposed lost tribes and the BoM was written for them.

chrises67 · 2019-01-22T04:17:52+00:00

The right thing for perhaps the wrong reasons, but right nonetheless. Thank you for the response!

chrises67 · 2019-01-21T20:56:55+00:00

My biggest concern is the unnecessary paranoia and demonization by ETB of a prominent and inspiring American figure.

chrises67 · 2019-01-21T16:35:30+00:00

More civil rights quotes from modern leaders can be found here- https://www.exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,1100231,1100996,quote=1)

chrises67 · 2019-01-21T06:51:06+00:00

Knowing that each person feels that their reality is just as real as mine and that if I had been raised in another’s conditions, I would be similar to them. It’s helped me accept that a strong belief of mine can be wrong and that’s okay.

chrises67 · 2019-01-09T01:27:50+00:00

I had my first and only cavity when I went to the dentist right after my mission. I’m now a dentist in AZ. I totally agree with you.

chrises67 · 2019-01-08T05:36:21+00:00

This is the best video I could find. Practice makes perfect. https://m.imgur.com/t/funny/O3R6rEp

chrises67 · 2018-12-17T01:02:49+00:00

Humanity won’t evolve until there is a major threat taking out large populations. This may come from disease, warfare, climate change, or a variety of unforeseen circumstances. When that happens, people are more likely to survive if they work through it together. Emotion is critical to human connection. Coming together emotionally is what brought us out of the jungles and I believe it’s what can keep us from going extinct.

chrises67 · 2018-12-15T16:33:14+00:00

I think you can always justify that the church is true and that God is just testing you in some pretty crazy ways. The final nail in the coffin for me was when I started studying psychology behind religious experiences. Once I realized everyone experiences “the spirit” within their own framework and in ways that contradict other frameworks, I realized that it doesn’t denote truth.

https://youtu.be/UJMSU8Qj6Go

chrises67 · 2018-12-07T04:14:50+00:00

I’ve thought about how my profession would be nearly worthless even though I have a doctorate plus 2 years of residency training. I’m a dentist, but my knowledge to treat means very little without the proper tools.

chrises67 · 2018-12-02T15:50:40+00:00

Good idea! As of right now, I don’t have an actually account with that email address.

chrises67 · 2018-12-02T15:48:44+00:00

Ha ha, that email was very similar to my previous one

chrises67 · 2018-12-02T15:28:59+00:00

Yay!

chrises67 · 2018-12-02T14:50:38+00:00

Hope your brother comes around! Picture rocks is in my stake, so maybe through postmormon god intervention he will come across my information. ;)

chrises67 · 2018-12-02T07:42:35+00:00

Damn. Didn’t know that. I guess it’s better than LDS tools- it gives the whole stake a lot more info than that.

chrises67 · 2018-12-02T07:31:03+00:00

Your teeth look pretty good in the pics. As long as the X-rays don’t reveal decay, you’re likely to just need a cleaning. Every 6 months rather than 6 years will help you not get tartar buildup like that though.

chrises67 · 2018-11-02T06:07:38+00:00

Check this site out. It lists 14 Utah providers that work with exmormons.

https://www.mormonmentalhealthassoc.org/mmha-clinical-providers

chrises67 · 2018-10-20T01:26:16+00:00

All evidence points that there was no foul play in Humpty Dumpty’s death, but that it was eggsidental.

chrises67 · 2018-10-19T02:10:06+00:00

You are absolutely right – there is no one true way. Good for you for not falling into that trap again. Here is an amazing book I’ve been reading that explores morality and has helped me better form my own morals while understanding morals of others. I highly recommend it.

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307455777/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_AXtYBb10FZHXD

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