tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195116.post7038496623596322759..comments2023-10-25T01:42:21.023-07:00Comments on The Fork in the Road: Bob Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01011901559691393063noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195116.post-44197223814916662872011-01-07T17:47:56.672-08:002011-01-07T17:47:56.672-08:00Tom, I think you are right on target. The question...Tom, I think you are right on target. The question I have been asking myself for years is "who gets to decide what mormonism is?" I guess a related question is, "who gets to decide who is a mormon"? Is it the leaders, or can you decide for yourself that you are a Mormon, even if you are forcibly severed from the organization.<br /><br />I can't imagine excommunication would change my path much. I would still keep up on mormon issues and would make it a point to express to the court how much I respected their decision, although regretting it. A really famous Christian said once, "forgive them, for they know not what they do".Bob Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01011901559691393063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195116.post-60228321192998931562011-01-06T22:48:09.118-08:002011-01-06T22:48:09.118-08:00I think you have to get to the point where you are...I think you have to get to the point where you are comfortable saying "I am a Mormon (or LDS) whether you excommunicate me or not, and whether I attend elsewhere or not." It sounds like maybe you are there.Thomas Gail Hawshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04098809959246681881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195116.post-57721624559081428372011-01-05T04:45:36.357-08:002011-01-05T04:45:36.357-08:00I'm aware of the CHI change, although I've...I'm aware of the CHI change, although I've been told that the absolute latest version moderates that somewhat. Regardless, these things are and always have been in the hands of the stake president. The CHI is just a guide.<br /><br />I'm just at the point where I have no hope of being functional in the LDS church, and I need to be somewhere I can be a full part of. I have lessons to learn and lessons to teach, things to give and things to receive. I've been at arms length too long. That's not how we were created to live.Bob Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01011901559691393063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195116.post-48750342823596634522011-01-04T22:22:12.260-08:002011-01-04T22:22:12.260-08:00I’ll echo Stephanie D. Edwards‘ comment.
Just be ...I’ll echo Stephanie D. Edwards‘ comment.<br /><br />Just be aware before you “walk through that door,” that the new CHI states that joining another church is now grounds for excommunication.<br /><br />I wish you and your wife all the best. I hope you will keep us informed as for what happens.Me from Calihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17092831822080476254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195116.post-66757125967333298422011-01-01T08:31:35.836-08:002011-01-01T08:31:35.836-08:00"I realized that basically every organization..."I realized that basically every organization or system I had been a part of before served to focus me on healing my relationship with the organization. I was to align my outward behavior to whatever the leaders dictated or to what the group as a whole expected. There was really no sense of the inner healing described by this sermon."<br /><br />Yes. This resonates with me a thousand times over. Thanks so much for articulating this.Stephanie D. Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685991915862230201noreply@blogger.com