A novice view of belief and non-belief
I am a seventh generation Mormon who has also been inactive for the last seven years. I was born in the faith. I zealously believed in it as a child, as a teenage seminary student, and eventually as a faithful missionary. Today, I push a varying distance from the Church. That distance exists because of my own choices and the also the actions of the church. I watch from outside the faith of my fathers. I am not interested in attacking faith, nor am I interested in preserving it. I am interested in documenting my own feelings, thoughts, concerns, and joys around faith. All of it originates from my Mormon upbringing. If you find this writing helpful, I am happy for that secondary affect, but I am mostly doing this for my own personal growth. If at some point you find this blog offensive, I would hope that you first examine some of your own personal beliefs. Your life doesn't have to include a single bit of my personal opinion, but I hope that you as a reader will assume good w