Why he stays LDS

[Sheldon]

Here is a great post by an active gay member of the church.

In this By Common Consent post he explains why he stays LDS.

[mom3]

Thank you for the cry Sheldon.

[LookingHard]

Very interesting. I am not sure I could do it.

There is another interesting one on BCC today also The Best of all possible worlds

[Old-Timer]

Christian Harrison is wonderful – and a known voice in the SLC area.

I admire him greatly, even though I also admire gay members who leave.

[FaithfulSkeptic]

Thanks Sheldon and LH for sharing these posts. If Christian Harrison can stay, I can too. This is one of my favorite parts of Christian’s post:

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Second, I’d like to talk about testimony. This is a hard thing. Not too long ago, I would have answered the question “why do you stay” with a simple and pat response: “because I have a testimony”. Somehow the spiritual confirmation of Joseph Smith’s prophetic leadership and the divine nature of the Book of Mormon made everything else okay. That day is past, for me at least. My testimony—battered and bloody—beats within my chest … but it’s no longer enough. I’m on life support, and so are many many others.

My own testimony is not enough for me to stay either. I am one of those many many others that is also on life support right now. I couldn’t do it without examples like Christian and the good people at StayLDS. Thank you for helping to keep my testimony alive.

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