tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post1579756047270347353..comments2023-11-02T07:25:45.884-05:00Comments on Mormanity - a blog for those interested in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: When Lehi Left Jerusalem: 605 B.C.? A Plausible Hypothesis from Jeff ChadwickJeff Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-70158497405651661082018-08-04T21:52:35.536-05:002018-08-04T21:52:35.536-05:00Mary you can learn all you need to know by reading...Mary you can learn all you need to know by reading the gospel topic essays on lds.org. Google that term and you will find them right away. A lot there that you probably don't know about the church, that the church itself is finally admitting to after years of silence. Please do this. I pray that you do this before you jump back in blindly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-16824248279156387282018-08-02T08:40:10.203-05:002018-08-02T08:40:10.203-05:00Type your home address in at maps.lds.org and it w...Type your home address in at maps.lds.org and it will give you your home ward and Bishop's name number and even meeting times.bunkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09091655088509351675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-9821128311067469562018-07-28T17:48:02.518-05:002018-07-28T17:48:02.518-05:00Starting over again has to be hard.
I've be...Starting over again has to be hard. <br /><br />I've been married for 50 years and I live in dread of the day that one of us has to go on without the other. Still, I don't know that I could swallow religious fantasy to fill the void or provide alternative company. I don't know that that would honor my husband or do much for my self respect. <br /><br />What I'd prefer to do is offer the skills I've acquired over a lifetime to volunteer groups. I've always me the most interesting and selfless people when I do that. And I'd know that my life continued to have value in my community. Local public schools are always looking for volunteers to give struggles students some one-on-one time. Master gardeners are always in demand to help in civic projects and to give new gardeners a hand. <br /><br />You'll find a core for your life again, Mary. It may require that you step out of a long established routine but it will be worth it! Courage!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-67836358947631035362018-07-28T16:51:57.309-05:002018-07-28T16:51:57.309-05:00Hi Mary,
I don't know who your bishop is, but ...Hi Mary,<br />I don't know who your bishop is, but I am confident he would be thrilled to hear from you. Bishops are like that. Your relief society president, too. I hope you'll reach out to them. You can contact me at shakinbake22@yahoo.com if you want help figuring out how to contact them. God bless!Ryannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-46602383043191001172018-07-28T12:17:17.548-05:002018-07-28T12:17:17.548-05:00Hello! I know I could have contacted the Bishop i...Hello! I know I could have contacted the Bishop in the Ward where I live BUT I have not attended a service in years. I will not bore you with the details, I was Baptized a very long time ago. it was a dark time for me then and it is a darker time for me now. I know a lot about many different faiths but there has always been something about Mormonism that has felt RIGHT. With the Internet there are a lot of very angry people making false and hurtful accusations about this church, I don't know what happened to them but even after I read their stories I believe they are wrong. I can't put my finger on why I believe that Joseph Smith did find golden plates but I do believe the story and everything that happened thereafter. Frankly, I am ashamed of myself, I can't just pick up the phone and dial the Bishops number, I am afraid I will be hung up on. I can't afford to tithe, and I have not been to services in years so I don't think I would be welcome. I use to smoke, I stopped that over 20 years ago, I use to drink diet Pepsi, now I combine ice tea with lemon with ice tea and lemon aid no coffee or other caffeine! It is a rare occasion when I have a glass of wine (so something I need to work on). I lost my husband in Dec of 2015 to an aneurism he was not Mormon, he was born a Catholic but never really attended church, I have no family we were not blessed with children (5 miscarriages), it is just me and my cat I am so lonely. I want to come back to a Ward that wants an old lady maybe looking for someone to share the remainder of my life as my partner but I am so ashamed of myself, it is hard to look at myself in the mirror. I don't know, maybe I am just typing a message to a great void but if there is someone reading this who has a heart and would like to help me find a way to come home (back to the LDS church) I would follow the crumbs. Tears come down my face as I write this. I don't know what else is left to say just thanks if there is someone out there reading my babble, thanks. Blessings, Mary (Slattery) Kasal.WalkingHistorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13966231450432347516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-61519732872686702622018-07-25T15:50:26.300-05:002018-07-25T15:50:26.300-05:00I find this one puzzling, Jeff. It seems perfectly...I find this one puzzling, Jeff. It seems perfectly reasonable to me to read "600 years" as an approximation. That seems <i>much</i> more plausible than the idea that a Jewish chronicler would write as if his favored person was on the throne when in fact that person was not.<br /><br />-- OKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com