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Being bishop was the straw that finally broke the camel’s shelf and led to my acknowledgment that the cognitive dissonance was too much.

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Brenee Brown dropping truth.

21.09.2023 23:41 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Great quote—so true.

13.08.2023 17:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I also took the standard interpretation. In reality, I was always thrown by the amount of crazy in the Bible (it helped support my shelf when I’d think about the amount of crazy in Mormonism). Moving past it, I have no thoughts on this one.

06.08.2023 22:56 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Co-sign this.

01.08.2023 21:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I never participated in temple prep. Heard about that after and felt I’d been short changed. Many years later, as bishop, I was organizing a temple prep class and when the manuals came to my house and I read through them, I realized temple prep wasn’t prep at all.

29.07.2023 20:15 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I admire the work you’ve put into your journey out. Such a profound observation by your therapist.

25.07.2023 19:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It means a lot when we can self identify the moments where we are dipshits. I commend you for being self aware 🙂

18.07.2023 19:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Me too.

17.07.2023 17:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0