Comments on the past few posts since I logged on:
LDS culture has some positives. Sobriety is easier. That is why LDS people tend to hit on AA’s to give them the “easier softer way”. Only problem is that it replaces one addiction with another. After all, the whole thing started in an alcoholic family, according to Dan Vogel, and I agree, after having translated I Nephi and II Nephi into plain English. That part is largely autiobiographical.
Of course, I consider the use of medically prescribed psych meds to make people more comfortably within a pathological culture to be substance abuse.
That is why some LDS continue with AA-- to prostelytize and gossip about their targets. I am thankful that I no longer need to attend meetings, because the internet is my support. And I have plenty of years.
And that is one reason why RFM has settled down a lot in the past year. They have been applying the 12 steps to their recovery. I note that many Mormons with a history of a drinking problem do not use the 12 steps, they just stop drinking. It is the act that is the sin. The personality defects that lead to it are usually not addressed. I do see that that is changing in some places.
Oh-- since Paul goes by his own name, and gives his location, I am sure you can track him down. It might take longer with me, but you certainly have the resources. Except the town I live in is knowlegable enough about my “refugee” status that you still would have difficulty. Most areas of Wisconsin are pretty anti-Mormon. You ever heard about the Strangites?
Probably wierder than the Brighamites. And the logging operation during the Nauvoo era? The tribes and their thin-blood relatives are a strong force, too.
Bart, you mean the Holy Ghost gives them witness that the BOM is a scam?
