A Gentle Nudge: Religious Oppression and Pornography

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

I haven't got time to write much, but I wanted to create a permanent link to this article.

Note that Utah tops the list of on-line credit card use for purchases of pornography.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Business/story?id=6977202&page=1

The "Shelf" Metaphor

When I was in the process of leaving the Mormon Church I heard Emily Pearson speak at a conference in Portland, OR. She referenced a "shelf" in the back of her mind where her church leaders had told her to store all of the unanswered questions that would be answered in the "next life".

For those whose lives are slightly more challenging (in my case...being gay and Mormon), this shelf loads up fairly quickly until it collapses under the weight.

This blog is intended to be a gentle nudge that will not only help the shelf collapse, but provide you with the tools that you will need in order to make a meaningful transition to a life as a humanist.

Your first step as a humanist is to understand that life becomes much more meaningful when you embrace the fact that if this is all there is, then it is that much more important that you live your best life now, starting today! As a humanist, there is a greater sense of urgency to find your purpose and start working toward it!

By documenting my conversion from "Christianist" (an extremist Christian) to humanist, I hope to help you navigate through what your church brothers and sisters will see as your "loss of faith". Done correctly, you will avoid the pitfalls of "eat, drink and be merry" and instead work toward a life that will be as "purpose driven" as your former life of "self-denial-for-a-reward-in-Heaven" was.

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Religious Oppression and Pornography

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