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I appreciate everyone’s responses. I feel strangely empowered knowing that I can believe whatever I want and that I am not “bound” to the mormonism I was raised in. It is somewhat paradoxical how it makes me like the church more. Now I can drink my near beer, think history is a crock, and appreciate the BoM as a tool/art that makes me feel good. I no longer care about popular opinions and beliefs held by some in the congregation..good for them. Makes it easier for me to participate. I’m not done studying the church history subject yet though. Digging up a thread from the grave here…. The musical is hilarious but DIRTY!! <
The hasa diga eebowai song is horrible (the Africans start singing it English, so you’re not getting out of that one), so is all of the reference to genital mutilation and Joseph Smith curing his AIDS through sexual encounters with frogs. I did laugh at the line about JS getting visited by Moroni when he beamed down from the starship Enterprise and a few others. A lot of the songs are really cheesy and in good humor a la mormon movie style. You just have to watch out for the mouths on those Africans.I have learned through experience in my life that people could write in their journals in pure honesty of what they observed, but entirely miss what actually ocurred because they were not privy to that information. Ie, they could write their observations of evidence, see that a punishment was meted, and be thoroughly convinced of the guilt of a certain party…But they would never know that the person was actually innocent unless that person or other parties took the time to show them otherwise. Simply put, the required bit of information was kept secret to protect the guilty party because the accused didn’t see it prudent to share or make it public. In this scenario, the innocent party wrote in their journal that they were innocent, but did not elaborate. 100 years from now, a historian looking at the aforementioned example would be certain of the guilt of the “innocent party” and that they were lying in their own journal. All of the people involved would be gone and only the observations and record of punishment would be available.
That’s why I think history is complete crap.
:thumbdown: So now I sit here trying to think of ways to resolve what I perceive as inadequacies in the whole mormon story. Especially the origins of the BoM and Pearl of Great Price. I can take them at face value for being a work of art able to bring a man closer to God, but I find it difficult to believe that they are ancient records.
I also suffer from issues relating to modern human remains hanging around from 13,000 years ago, assuming decay rates are constant. I just feel like the true story has never been revealed, or if it has been it was lost.
Throw in my disdain for fast and testimony meeting and that’s all I’m up against. haha.
Are you in CA? (I wonder if I know you) 
On another note, it sounds like your life may be a little depressing right now too. Pardon me if I’m reading into things too far. I find it REALLY hard to go to church in that state. Sometimes we all need a little encouragement to get through the rough times. Having a crappy job and being an empty nester can really get you down at times. If you do feel a little depressed, you should read Burn’s book, The Feeling Good Handbook and potentially visit with a counselor. Don’t beat yourself up about your church performance.
