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I tried. I did all the things. I failed.
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I tried. I did all the things. The church failed me.

He/Him

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@StallionCornell Jim, u were maybe the 1st apologetics-adjacent figure I came across on my way out, and I judged you harshly after the Bill Reel "debates". But since then, you have done nothing but convince me that you are one of the good guys. Thank you for making space for the Mormons that were

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@roadrunner9791 @StallionCornell I'm 99% certain I know you. In fact, I think we shared a room in Northern Arizona for a few days. I whole-heartedly agree that after leaving, my love/acceptance became so much more expansive, juxtaposed with how utterly I have been cut off from my Mormon "friends"

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@StallionCornell Agreed. I think for many people, they go hand in hand, though. It's pretty tempting to be a keyboard warrior when anonymity is your shield. I'm sorry to hear about what you've had to put up with, though, from sources that should be safe.

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@StallionCornell That should say, "because the work you do inspires me" but it's late and I'm old...

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@StallionCornell 2/3 in any case, you have always been a pretty WYSIWYG personality, which has earned a lot of respect from this anonymous account, and you don't deserve the absolute disgusting vile garbage I've seen you get, and including your family in attacks is unconscionable

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@StallionCornell 3/3 so, selfishly, I hope the crap you put up with doesn't drive you from the place you've carved out, because I don't the work you do to inspire me as I try to come to terms with my own faith journey while also trying to respect the path my wife and others take to stay in

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@StallionCornell Yaima (x4)
Juanes
Howard Shore conducting LotR Symphony (x2)
Brooke White
NF
Anthony Daniels with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
American Idol S8 Tour
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Sacramento Philharmonic

I don't go to very many popular music concerts

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@StallionCornell I, too, grew up with Karen as the voice of Christmas morning every year!

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@StallionCornell I tried to tell you that they just wouldn't accept Boom! Shake the Room due to copyright concerns

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@parasseaux @StallionCornell This. I knew it couldn't be real, but....................................

Could it?

Yup.

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@StallionCornell Seeing music and the spoken word was one of my favorite things I've done when I've visited Utah

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@StallionCornell I know, right? I had to find out the scary way by jumping in and landing in a Scrooge McDuck pile of Red Velvetty goodness!

Turns out, Mormonism is just humanism with extra steps.

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@StallionCornell I miss the friends I had in the church, but this guy is a great reminder of why I don't miss Mormonism. We need a lot more Jims and a lot less Jacobs

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@StallionCornell Good thing there isn't a 4th class or they might have to start segregating by race as well

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@jkimballcook @BookMormonBrah Every once in a while I think I miss the church community. And then I get reminders about why I really don't.

If I could be in a ward with a group of Sharon Eubanks, Jim Bennetts, and Dan McClellans, maybe I'd attend for the community. Sadly, it's mostly MAGA hypocrites IME

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@StallionCornell Thanks for the reminder! I love actual-science fiction