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Oxymormon Girl: Gospel Principles #3 - Jesus Christ, Our Chosen Leader and Savior (NOM version)
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012. Gospel Principles #3 - Jesus Christ, Our Chosen Leader and Savior (NOM version). I actually didn't teach this lesson in Relief Society because of the way the schedule was arranged that particular year. I taught lesson #2 instead, but it didn't seem like a terribly interesting one discussion-wise. Therefore, I decided to do this one instead. For reference, see Jesus Christ, Our Chosen Leader and Savior. In the Gospel Principles manual. Problems With the New Testament. Most mo...
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Oxymormon Girl: To the Souls of All Those Who Drink: That They May Have This Spirit to Be With Them
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012. To the Souls of All Those Who Drink: That They May Have This Spirit to Be With Them. Last weekend my husband and I took a very big step in our journey away from Mormonism: we tried alcohol for the first time. From a purely academic perspective, I had stopped believing. That was taking it to a new level. So, last weekend we gave it a shot (pun intended). Read on if you want to see how the whole experience turned out and what I learned as a result. It's anything but ordinary fo...
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Oxymormon Girl: July 2012
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Thursday, July 19, 2012. Are You Experiencing Ex-Mormon Stereotype Threat? Recently the concept of stereotype threat. Has made it onto my radar. I think this particular concept might possibly explain some of the source of the anxieties I've been experiencing in relation to the church lately (e.g. I've been having panic attacks every time I have to interact with a ward member or discuss church-related issues with family members). Read on if you think you might relate. What is Stereotype Threat? When femal...
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Oxymormon Girl: If I Don't Believe in Mormonism, What Do I Believe?
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013. If I Don't Believe in Mormonism, What Do I Believe? There's a hackneyed joke that goes like this:. Q: What do you get when you cross a Unitarian with a Mormon? A: Someone who knocks on your door for no particular reason. [1]. Aside from taking a cheap shot at Mormonism, part of the humor of this joke is the idea that Unitarians supposedly don't believe in anything. This is a fairly common assumption that religious people sometimes make about systems of freethought. In my opinion,...
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Oxymormon Girl: Gospel Principles #39 - The Law of Chastity (NOM version)
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011. Gospel Principles #39 - The Law of Chastity (NOM version). I actually didn't teach this lesson in Relief Society. I was on vacation in Las Vegas last week and I got a substitute to teach my class. But my husband taught this lesson a few Sundays ago and when I read the lesson manual with him, I just knew I had to write a blog post about it. The final paragraph of the lesson manual reads:. But what was perhaps most interesting was the finding that 8.19 out of 10 Mormons experi...
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Oxymormon Girl: When Friends Ask Me Why I Left Mormonism
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Sunday, April 21, 2013. When Friends Ask Me Why I Left Mormonism. Today I received an email from a distant friend who had just learned from my family members that I have left the church. Her letter was warm and expressed empathy, but her primary purpose in writing was to "get me back on the straight and narrow path," as she put it. This was my reply:. 1] Sometimes people from other faith traditions read my blog. As an FYI for those individuals, Mormons frequently repeat the phrase "I know the church ...
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Oxymormon Girl: Fostering a Good Environment for Independent Thought (and Why the Church Fails to Do It)
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Saturday, January 28, 2012. Fostering a Good Environment for Independent Thought (and Why the Church Fails to Do It). I liked a blog entry. Posted by A Mormon in the Cheap Seats on the Doves and Serpents blog not too long ago. It flowcharted the epistemology (e.g. method for discovering whether something is true or not) that is taught in a traditional Sunday School. I like the way the Jesse Tahrili expressed the value of independent thought in his Growing Up With Scientist Mom. This method of passing dow...
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Oxymormon Girl: Is Mormonism Harmful?
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013. My husband and I have been engaging in an ongoing conversation over the last several weeks about whether Mormonism is harmful or not. Since it was a fairly interesting conversation, I thought I would record some of the highlights here. How it all got started. For various reasons, I ended up listening to several recent Mormon Expositor. Episodes back to back a few weeks ago. I happened to listen to one episode in which Brandt (one of the Expositor's. Since I dabble here and th...
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Oxymormon Girl: A Feminist Review of Daughters in My Kingdom: Part One
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011. A Feminist Review of Daughters in My Kingdom: Part One. A few weeks ago my Relief Society president handed out free copies of the church's new publication Daughters in My Kingdom: The History and Work of Relief Society. I finally finished reading the book last week and since the book was plugged multiple times during last weekend's Relief Society General Broadcast (prompting my TBM mother to state that the broadcast was "one big infomercial"), I'd figure I'd post a review.
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