tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572095228809360173.post1522929916243748077..comments2023-03-25T21:30:11.712+08:00Comments on My Black Bikini: Parallel Time Dimension? Fuck Yeah!Maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978319002478511193noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572095228809360173.post-2786438447106017952010-09-10T22:15:39.041+08:002010-09-10T22:15:39.041+08:00Oh Bikini Guru I am so with you on this. At least ...Oh Bikini Guru I am so with you on this. At least we got the next best thing... getting out!!! As Daniel has been reminding me lately we are alive, right now, right here, let's live :) and I am very grateful to get to enjoy this post-mo' life with so many wicked post-mo'sMaureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978319002478511193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572095228809360173.post-88830214705591425532010-09-07T09:39:14.914+08:002010-09-07T09:39:14.914+08:00I would choose to live my life over minus mormonis...I would choose to live my life over minus mormonism in a nanosecond.<br />The "good" things I got from the religion, I think are available everywhere anyway. I don't believe religion "makes" good people. People are just good or not. The ones who are seeking for further growth and enlightenment in their lives will find a religion, or Deepak Chopra, or go and volunteer with sick kids or something. So I think the good people in religions were good to start with, and the religion is just the focus that they chose. So on that basis, i would be just as good a person. Mormonism has taught me less about being a good person than watching Oprah has. And it taught me a lot of hypocrisy that I didn't learn elsewhere.<br />So yes, I would drop that from my past in a nanosecond. I think I would have benefited on every level (financial, health, emotional, mental, educational) from not being Mormon.<br />Don't I wish.<br />Bikini GuruAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572095228809360173.post-86170581754054196332010-09-03T12:55:50.138+08:002010-09-03T12:55:50.138+08:00Agreed Facsimilogos, the brain is doing some gymna...Agreed Facsimilogos, the brain is doing some gymnastics these days :DMaureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978319002478511193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572095228809360173.post-54322486647744477752010-09-03T01:44:33.809+08:002010-09-03T01:44:33.809+08:00Those are some tough thoughts there, but very vali...Those are some tough thoughts there, but very valid ones.Facsimilogoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15025274115373690229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572095228809360173.post-5120654488661900592010-09-01T12:11:28.743+08:002010-09-01T12:11:28.743+08:00I guess it's because the do-over is not actual...I guess it's because the do-over is not actually available that I can so easily say I'd like one. If someone offered me one now I would have a hard time choosing. If I could keep Rockstar and the kids then yes, I would love a do-over. If I had to give them up and try my luck in a new dimension then No, I'd rather work with the past that I've got and keep my family. <br /><br />Kiley and TGW - I think there are people for whom Mormonism fits manageably into their past. I even think that there are people for whom Mormonism fits well into their present. I know Mormons who have read extensively about the Church's history but choose to stay. For them, something must be working. I read somewhere this week that being a member of an organisation such as the PTA, church, Atheist society etc increases your life expectancy. Humans like to be connected. I do miss some of the connectedness from church but lucky for me I have other places that I can get that. <br /><br />Pretty soon after making the shift in my own mind that the church is a fake I felt a great desire to rid myself of any old beliefs and habits from the religion. I've still got a way to go and I suppose that might be why I see an alternate dimension as a good way to go. <br /><br />You know, I think what pisses me off the most is that I was Mormon in the first 30 years of my life. How about if I could put this current life on hold, then redo the last 30 years minus Mormonism. Actually, no, redo birth to 18 years old in a nanosecond and then I'd like to experience 18-31 in real time minus the Mormonism and then land back here at 32 with Rockstar and the kids and see what has changed (Rockstar and the kids would be a non-negotiable though!).Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978319002478511193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572095228809360173.post-78147879030450168082010-09-01T11:12:01.002+08:002010-09-01T11:12:01.002+08:00I can totally understand what you are saying Maure...I can totally understand what you are saying Maureen. I thought something very similar when I read Kiley’s post. I don’t think I’m better for having been raised in the church, but it’s hard to say. There is some good in the church, but it’s not good for everyone. It wasn’t good for me.TGW...https://www.blogger.com/profile/07272840963578204168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572095228809360173.post-9548240176213667172010-09-01T09:17:41.214+08:002010-09-01T09:17:41.214+08:00After I wrote the post I realized that hands down ...After I wrote the post I realized that hands down some people would be better off having never known the church. Over the year or so since I started lurking on forums there have been sooooo many heartbreaking stories. I have read a lot posts about suicide attempts, families destroyed, and people who just suffer so much as a result of losing the belief. I realized that my post was true for me, but I am single. I am not living in a marriage and trying to renegotiate a relationship with a still believing spouse. My family no longer understands me but they still talk to me. <br /><br />I can honestly see it both ways. It is just hard for me to imagine HOW life would be different right now if I had not grown up Mormon... Maybe if we could set things up so that we got to preview the parallel universe before deciding... ;)Kileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14598910475787952773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572095228809360173.post-270499764424487382010-08-31T20:58:15.989+08:002010-08-31T20:58:15.989+08:00It's always kind of a tough call, since if you...It's always kind of a tough call, since if you didn't have the Church, would you appreciate not having the Church as much...?<br /><br />Sometimes I wish we had do-overs... But if everyone had that, all the variables would throw everything out of wack, and who knows where things would end up.Urban Kodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01327437055164051853noreply@blogger.com