Disclaimer
It appears that someone (and I’m sure I know who) is going into different Mormon forums, trying to fan flames, posting as me. And getting me BANNED from said forums. Moron. Ahem. Please note, I did NOT say Mormon. I said MORON–without the extra M. And said person is a moron. Said person is also an EX-Mormon MORON. A deeply disturbed Ex-Mormon MORON. While I would like to think that ALL Ex-Mormons are bright, intelligent, lovely people, this simply isn’t true. Just like all Mormons are not bright, intelligent, lovely people. We’re just a bunch of rag-tag human beings, and some of us pretty twisted, on both sides of the Zion curtain.
Anyway, though at times I have posted on forums in the past, when I had more time and less responsibility (Please ignore that time on the FAIR Boards. I REALLY wasn’t trying to piss people off. It just seems to be inherent when you say that Mormonism is not true. And some of those people were piranhas. And they don’t care much for ex-Mormons. We are all evil, evil, evil.), other than a few posts recently to the Exmormon.org board, I don’t post in public forums. Now, I won’t do it all.
I live with Mormons, and while I don’t necessary agree with Mormons, I sure like a lot of them. We just “agree to disagree” on theology, and move on. But someone wants me to appear angrier, and more bitter, and nastier, than I really am. And I refuse to let someone take over my identity.
I will NOT be posting on public forums. If you SEE a post by me, you can be assured it is not from me. However, don’t get too excited. I will be regularly blogging.
Sorry to disappoint.
March 4th, 2005 at 6:56 pm
Different Drum wrote:
You see, we were once in it every bit as much as they were. We now truly see both sides and they don’t. It’s hard to be told you’re wrong when you know your perspective sees a wider scope. We considered ourselves sophisticated and non-gullible individuals yet were totally duped. We were willing to give our lives for that mirage. Then we see the other side, which is such a radical shift. It’s like having one life yet having two totally distinct world views of that life. You gain a ‘testimony’ that it is impossible to read what you’ve read and not see the fraud. Yet the group actually gets a huge number of people to believe it’s true because you feel good, believe that thinking and reading and learning (the non-sanctioned stuff) is sin, and it’s true as long as you don’t search and get too caught up in facts(even though the church started with an alleged ’searcher’). It tells you what to read and not read, and despite the strong desire of humans to not be told what to do they simply follow. They are vicious to those who doubt or leave yet call themselves Christian. They believe and don’t know. It is like living in a dream world. It would be unbelievable if we didn’t witness it. It is as fascinating a story of human nature, group think, etc. that I know. We’re in the know, yet are the bad blacksheep. They don’t know, won’t look, feel warm, and are the good flock. Isn’t it absolutely intriguing?Another intriguing aspect which seems to elude you is the simple truth that you ARE still in “IT.” Those of you who continue coming here or any site dealing with Momoism, are still playing the same game–all you’ve done is change sides of the field and color of uniform. I consider railing exMormons or vociferous antiMormons just Mormons with a different slant. In fact, many of them study and know more about that sect than those so-called True Blue Mormons they detest.
You might think yourself a different drum, but the beat still sounds strikingly similar.
March 4th, 2005 at 6:58 pm
Different Drum wrote:
You see, we were once in it every bit as much as they were. We now truly see both sides and they don’t. It’s hard to be told you’re wrong when you know your perspective sees a wider scope. We considered ourselves sophisticated and non-gullible individuals yet were totally duped. We were willing to give our lives for that mirage. Then we see the other side, which is such a radical shift. It’s like having one life yet having two totally distinct world views of that life. You gain a ‘testimony’ that it is impossible to read what you’ve read and not see the fraud. Yet the group actually gets a huge number of people to believe it’s true because you feel good, believe that thinking and reading and learning (the non-sanctioned stuff) is sin, and it’s true as long as you don’t search and get too caught up in facts(even though the church started with an alleged ’searcher’). It tells you what to read and not read, and despite the strong desire of humans to not be told what to do they simply follow. They are vicious to those who doubt or leave yet call themselves Christian. They believe and don’t know. It is like living in a dream world. It would be unbelievable if we didn’t witness it. It is as fascinating a story of human nature, group think, etc. that I know. We’re in the know, yet are the bad blacksheep. They don’t know, won’t look, feel warm, and are the good flock. Isn’t it absolutely intriguing?Another intriguing aspect which seems to elude you is the simple truth that you ARE still in “IT.” Those of you who continue coming here or any site dealing with Momoism, are still playing the same game–all you’ve done is change sides of the field and color of uniform. I consider railing exMormons or vociferous antiMormons just Mormons with a different slant. In fact, many of them study and know more about that sect than those so-called True Blue Mormons they detest.
You might think yourself a different drum, but the beat still sounds strikingly similar.