A thorough cleaning of the home office last week yielded a journal, circa 1988.
Mar. 13, 1988
It's been way too long since I wrote, I know. I called Kathy today and Invited her the region dance on Friday. She said she might go. I don't know if she's finding a way to say "no" or if she's trying to find a way to say "yes". Today Aaron & I fasted & prayed for her because we heard last night that she tried to commit suicide. I feel sorry for her because she's so stressed out. I felt the Spirit more today than I ever have before. And I also think that I came closer to Aaron last night. We stayed up till 1:00 AM talking about the Book of Mormon. I'm going to Grandma's house tonight and I'm excited cuz I'm going to type in my phone directory program that I wrote. I'll close this entry with the fact that I know Know what it's like to have and use the Spirit of The Lord.
-Pete Dunn
Gee, that was hardy embarrassing at all.
Filed under - MiscI'm not him, but I am on the outer periphary (Is that even a word? If it is I am sure that I dorked up the spelling) of Mormonism. I drink coffee, wouldn't mind drinking (But really don't like it that much) and I've been divorced. There are actually a lot of us out here.
I respect the religion but am not compelled (For now) to really follow it. I pretty much don't make judgements too harshly either way.
More and more, Utah is getting a better mix of people and I say the more the merrier, IMO.
My advice is, if you're going to live in Utah, either get in or get of of Mormonism entirely.
My question is, how can you only believe in part of Mormonism. I get that some beliefs may overlap those of Mormonism but either you believe Joseph Smith was a prophet or you don't. It isn't really a cafeteria religion.
Thanks for the tips :) I wasn't really sure where else to ask, I figured your readers would have a good gauge on Utah culture :)
I do beleive that Joseph Smith was a profit, but I also think he interspersed all kinds of Crazy in with his actual revelations. Which makes it hard to know what to believe and what is just Crazy, so - I just go with my gut (or what others might call the Spirit, I guess) Mainly what I was referring to was my utter refusal to follow the Word of Wisdom (I don't think Heavenly Father really cares if we drink tea), the fact that I don't get all weepy when I talk about my (rather weak) testimony, that I don't feel any need or desire to go through the temple other than curiousity, etc. I guess I would say I believe but keep it at arms length in case I wake up one of these days and realize it's a total sham :)
Actually, you hang on to parts of the beliefs despite knowing Joseph Smith was nuts because Mormonism is a part of your identity. Giving up one's identity is a difficult thing to do.
One day you will realize you always believed it was a sham but had a hard time rejecting the part of yourself that identified yourself as Mormon.
And that's OK. We've all been there.
so really, don't get down on yourself too much.
think of all the things from the 80s that have come and gone..
lol. and ginger's comment above is so funny. i assume she is being serious so i'll try to keep my laughter to a minimum.
I spent plenty of time talking until the wee hours about many texts, but never the BoM.
Chaucer: he has the BoM beat hands down.
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I don't know why Jess wants to tell you not to go down on yourself, because if you're able to, I don't know why you'd want to give something like that up. In fact, the spirit testifies of this as I write.
AWESOME journal entry. You must take it to one of those humiliation-fests they do now, where you read your teenage diary entries aloud like some kinda twisted karaoake. (I recommend a Utah-based one for this particular piece.)
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It sounds like you were a very "sweet spirit" :) And I mean that in the nice way :)
Hey, I have a question for you. I'm thinking about relocating to Utah (I'll give you a moment to regain your composure). I'd consider myself a barely-LDS - I hold some of the beliefs, wildly disagree with others, and don't see anything wrong with a wine cooler or 5 if I feel like it after a long day's work (sorry, never did develop the taste for beer!). On the other hand, I'm 28, soon to be divorced, and sort of itching to find myself an LDS-ish man (preferably one of my strain) to settle down and make babies with.
Am I going to be a total outcast in Utah? Am I crazy for thinking of moving there? Or are there actually a fair number of "cool" non-Molly/Peter mormons out there?