tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195116.post717955181966683619..comments2023-10-25T01:42:21.023-07:00Comments on The Fork in the Road: Bob Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01011901559691393063noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195116.post-2318516301680085622011-08-27T11:58:51.952-07:002011-08-27T11:58:51.952-07:00Hilarious! I laughed at reading that you missed o...Hilarious! I laughed at reading that you missed one of the required fields. Good luck on your journey. :)Nikki Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195116.post-49915754535498388812011-01-23T16:12:44.546-08:002011-01-23T16:12:44.546-08:00Well, I think all organizations have some standard...Well, I think all organizations have some standards they want to adhere to. Although it may be another frying pan, it's a lot smaller and the heat isn't turned up quite as high. Check it out:<br /><br />https://vintage21.wufoo.com/forms/2011-v21-regenerative-membership/<br /><br />FWIW I am not trying to leave the church, precisely because I don't want to invalid the ordinances if I turn out to be wrong. :-) Realistically the church I'm attending now exemplifies my "mormonism" more than the current institutional LDS church does. Mormonism is inherently forward looking and not obsessed with preserving the innovations of the past.<br /><br />Maybe with a different president I would be back. If Jeffrey R Holland or Dieter Uchtdorf were running the show, it might actually be worth sticking around to see what happened. They seem like Christian men and not just sitting in the Admiral's chair on the bridge of the battleship admiring the view while others toil away down below.Bob Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01011901559691393063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195116.post-44261437006899831592011-01-20T17:47:09.790-08:002011-01-20T17:47:09.790-08:00In your previous post you mentioned that, “It'...In your previous post you mentioned that, “It's just a blessing to be able to think for myself and to not be constrained by "official" interpretations of what it means.“ Now you’re checking radio buttons, “indicating that I agreed to certain doctrinal and behavioral norms.”<br /><br />As I mentioned perviously, my wife and I are following your blog together and she commented that, “It appears to me they’re just going from one frying pan to another.” In any event I wish you and your wife the all the best.<br /><br />I get an odd feeling reading about someone’s process in leaving the LDS church -- scary, actually -- perhaps even sad, as well. I just can’t help but wonder if you are making the right decision, e.g. loosing eternal sealing blessings and that you will end up being “the good people of the earth” and be going to a lesser kingdom (Terrestrial) instead of the highest. Of course, that’s how I’ve been indoctrinated since early childhood on up through the years, so it may be different for you. Although there are still all of the red flags in Mormonism that may have made your decision easier.<br /><br />I suppose only time can tell how this decision will end up for you. Who’s to say that you won’t be taking yet another fork along the road you are traveling on.Me from Calihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17092831822080476254noreply@blogger.com