tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966755135573639122.post7600381439146819833..comments2023-12-14T01:15:33.178-08:00Comments on Ashley's Tiny Crumbs: Guilt & ApostasyAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11233277669279344647noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966755135573639122.post-20793566063693729132012-09-22T08:04:46.372-07:002012-09-22T08:04:46.372-07:00conditioning, brainwashing, ya. A simple re-wiring...conditioning, brainwashing, ya. A simple re-wiring is in order. Therefore, no more guilt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966755135573639122.post-46973544279130234602012-09-21T19:03:06.023-07:002012-09-21T19:03:06.023-07:00Ashley & Jeremy have made well-reasoned, tempe...Ashley & Jeremy have made well-reasoned, temperate statements that are quite beyond my feeble emotional responses. Where I curse, they calm. Where I scream, they whisper. Your approach is better and I wish I could emulate you but you have a lifetime of teaching where I have only a lifetime of emotional squalor. I believe this is the Mormon faith's greatest gift to humanity. Even if Ipaganoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06009075147553348388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966755135573639122.post-66814915261609422972012-09-21T17:03:19.172-07:002012-09-21T17:03:19.172-07:00Julie, fantastic quote! Thank you!Julie, fantastic quote! Thank you!Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11233277669279344647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966755135573639122.post-73905161075619943692012-09-21T16:20:20.827-07:002012-09-21T16:20:20.827-07:00Ashley,
I agree with so much in the post. We are...Ashley,<br /><br />I agree with so much in the post. We are all too quick to judge other peoples decisions, to question their motivations. As I was reading today I found this quote about guilt and it made me think of your post. <br /><br />"We must constantly guard against the temptation to assume that where there is a difference, there must also be a defect. Too often we not only berate Julie Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15657206155056383690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966755135573639122.post-74905122105817263072012-09-21T14:26:03.480-07:002012-09-21T14:26:03.480-07:00"That was so much fun." ;)"That was so much fun." ;)Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11233277669279344647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966755135573639122.post-21688262547517856842012-09-21T14:22:46.912-07:002012-09-21T14:22:46.912-07:00Naked baking!!!! It's every Mormon's deep...Naked baking!!!! It's every Mormon's deep, dark secret dream! Oh m goodness, I love that video. Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11233277669279344647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966755135573639122.post-6741036635043930662012-09-21T14:01:51.144-07:002012-09-21T14:01:51.144-07:00Great post! Thanks for writing - both of you. Great post! Thanks for writing - both of you. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966755135573639122.post-67974990181327576822012-09-21T10:55:06.684-07:002012-09-21T10:55:06.684-07:00Thank you Jeremy for sharing this on FB.
I too ...Thank you Jeremy for sharing this on FB. <br /><br />I too am a 'fallen' member who has a mother that thinks I am full of guilt. The funny thing is I find myself still correcting people about what Mormons believe. Many have asked how I can do this. My answer is simple, just because I don't believe the doctrine doesn't mean that I don't know what it is.Joyenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966755135573639122.post-57552618026893767222012-09-21T09:38:14.864-07:002012-09-21T09:38:14.864-07:00Great post. I was raised pretty hard-core mormon a...Great post. I was raised pretty hard-core mormon and also happen to be gay. That was so much fun. There is so much misunderstanding about why a person leaves the church. I had a family member say that I was leaving because I couldn't tolerate being around 'righteous' people. Stuff like that was really hard because I was on such tenuous ground emotionally at the time. <br /><br />And Christopher in Seattlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966755135573639122.post-72347711731315108552012-09-21T09:27:26.176-07:002012-09-21T09:27:26.176-07:00Question everything....at all times. I cherish eve...Question everything....at all times. I cherish every thought that you and Jeremy have poured into this blog. I learn......yes.....learn from my dear friends in various religious, atheist and anti-theist walks of life. I've learned that if God uses guilt as a tool to make us do His will, then that's not the God for me. I have lots of "opinions" about the current Mormon "Jerm Mynigro's Cuzinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966755135573639122.post-1500021356196513932012-09-20T23:55:30.998-07:002012-09-20T23:55:30.998-07:00You wrote this beautifully and with an open mind a...You wrote this beautifully and with an open mind and good heart; I really like who you are! It sounds like you were experiencing an allergic reaction when visiting the church which is completely reasonable. When something has damaged someone but they re-subject themselves to it then of course there will be an emotional response (panic, anxiety)sent as a gift from the subconscious mind trying to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966755135573639122.post-61307269958137346042012-09-20T23:17:29.931-07:002012-09-20T23:17:29.931-07:00I can picture you blasting Queen's, "I wa...I can picture you blasting Queen's, "I want to break free" while drinking wine and baking naked. I love this new you. Oh, also, BYU is stupid and they deserved to lose tonight.<br /><br />Check this out: http://mormoncult.org/<br /><br />Have a glass of wine, get naked, bake, think of me and watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM8Ss28zjcE&feature=relatedChris Whatleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07331020575167732640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966755135573639122.post-73727595175769178922012-09-20T20:59:32.441-07:002012-09-20T20:59:32.441-07:00I love that you openly, without any seeming agenda...I love that you openly, without any seeming agenda, started this dialogue. I embrace that you are sharing things with all the openness and truth of your experience. Without questioning that, I simply contribute my own experience. My parents both joined the LDS Church when they were teenagers. The church was the answer, the solution. As I grew up, my parents divorced and there were a lot of sad Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13437887353855668111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966755135573639122.post-11138217166974410032012-09-20T14:43:59.815-07:002012-09-20T14:43:59.815-07:00When my oldest daughter decided to take a break fr...When my oldest daughter decided to take a break from the church, "guilt" was her biggest issue. She said to me, "This church is driven by guilt... how productive is that? Is that how Heavenly and Jesus Christ want us to go through life? I say 'no way'! I refuse to live my life like that". It's amazing what we learn from our children. I think I'd always Lizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14733665248299777929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966755135573639122.post-60878285383338378962012-09-20T10:14:09.288-07:002012-09-20T10:14:09.288-07:00Misinformation and a tendency to regurgitate the s...Misinformation and a tendency to regurgitate the stories or explanations from generation to generation is what finally compelled me to resign my membership with the church yesterday. I am all for family and service and spirituality. But, it's not really about that anymore, it's about one lie or do over covering up another, and another and another. Your perceived guilt is a perfect genericRebekahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966755135573639122.post-10849944747891689302012-09-20T09:57:03.171-07:002012-09-20T09:57:03.171-07:00Boy, do I relate to this! Thanks!!Boy, do I relate to this! Thanks!!Yo Mamanoreply@blogger.com