tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post9023964273114805863..comments2024-03-27T06:51:19.327-06:00Comments on The Rains Came Down: Divorce, Pornography, Turner, Persky, and Being a Mormon WomanSilverRainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580230961425635077noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-57122924816765776632016-06-13T16:15:12.982-06:002016-06-13T16:15:12.982-06:00Thank you for writing this. If it means anything, ...Thank you for writing this. If it means anything, your articulate manner and important message has made a huge effect on me as a reader. Thanks.Josh Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10235243264599597326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-10334303664564874722016-06-11T12:02:34.916-06:002016-06-11T12:02:34.916-06:00Thank you for this.Thank you for this.Tiffany Wacaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08224661646987749451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-69791702798299245592016-06-09T17:29:05.675-06:002016-06-09T17:29:05.675-06:00Every person who associates with other people has ...Every person who associates with other people has problems. They are not all the same problem, but for each person the problem they have is serious. It is difficult. I hope that when each of us learns how to deal with what we have and recognize that not one person is anywhere near perfect we will all be able to work on what we know we need. That we will put away the angry words and see the good Yvonne Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604335434167862809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-66713809774236039782016-06-08T15:23:48.033-06:002016-06-08T15:23:48.033-06:00I'm sure you do.
I pointed out that they like...I'm sure you do.<br /><br />I pointed out that they likely did not mean what their conversation implied. But I am not the only one who felt that way about it. We don't get to choose the effect of our words on others.<br /><br />Not all ward-hopping is misogynistic, just the ward-hopping which is based on surveying the women to see if any are attractive enough to be worth getting to know Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14018122693341323934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-11925263464296930202016-06-08T15:01:35.486-06:002016-06-08T15:01:35.486-06:00Well, as we're talking about speaking out, I g...Well, as we're talking about speaking out, I guess I'm gonna have to be *that* guy.<br /><br />I think you've grossly and completely misrepresented the blog post and the comments of which you speak. They simply don't say what you claim of them.<br /><br />And are we really now calling ward-hopping (and even talking about it) misogynistic? Is the bar really so low now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-14506090065732412422016-06-08T14:52:36.420-06:002016-06-08T14:52:36.420-06:00It saddens me that my fellow men treat women the w...It saddens me that my fellow men treat women the way they do. You see, I was raised right, to have the utmost respect and reverence for womanhood. My mother still takes the top spot in my life for being the greatest influence in my life. When I got married I looked for a woman that could be that same type in whom the sacred role of womanhood, mother, companion and saint could make manifest.<br />rob osbornnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-4472862329343884842016-06-08T13:08:40.464-06:002016-06-08T13:08:40.464-06:00You're welcome! I guess we're all in this...You're welcome! I guess we're all in this together, right? Keep fighting the good fight, you are making a difference. Who knows? Maybe in a few years you'll look back to today and see that you were on the right track for eternal happiness?<br /><br />God tells us, all things work together for the good for those who love Him. Let's keep loving Him and let Him work out the restAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09925446198525052740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-8301665137084983852016-06-08T08:04:45.691-06:002016-06-08T08:04:45.691-06:00Angie....thank you. Your description of me is so d...Angie....thank you. Your description of me is so different from how I perceive myself. I teared up reading it, hoping you are right.<br /><br />Thank you also for sharing your experiences. Sometimes it helps just to know I'm not delusional. Or, at least, if I am delusional at least I'm delusional in good company.SilverRainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580230961425635077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-22911185483450194462016-06-08T07:06:32.457-06:002016-06-08T07:06:32.457-06:00And one more thought, if you don't mind: it ca...And one more thought, if you don't mind: it can be very hard, almost impossible, to have hope and faith that good things will come for you, especially when you have years of experience to the contrary. Maybe that's why the scriptures are so important. They are filled with words of hope, like the scripture at the end of your post. Through a different set of experiences, I have come to feelAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09925446198525052740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-21156475002303009652016-06-08T06:59:23.831-06:002016-06-08T06:59:23.831-06:00Re. Your experience with the jokey missionary, I h...Re. Your experience with the jokey missionary, I have been around similar personalities at church. I made a decision long ago to always speak up loudly against something I thought was morally wrong, like statements of racism and sexism. For example, I was in a ward where our bishopric counselor told his conversion story, which included his Jewish wife joining the church so that she would get her Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09925446198525052740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-29655616886569783182016-06-08T06:45:25.651-06:002016-06-08T06:45:25.651-06:00I love your blog, your comments on other blogs and...I love your blog, your comments on other blogs and this post. You state that others think you "don't get it." I would argue that because of your experiences, you are one of the few who truly gets it it - you get it that God is real and good and all-powerful, and His church is filled with honest-to-goodness flawed people who are sometimes devilish. Even the highest of our leaders Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09925446198525052740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-3644274118724335252016-06-07T18:07:57.045-06:002016-06-07T18:07:57.045-06:00I will be thinking about this for a while.I will be thinking about this for a while.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10218614720786379961noreply@blogger.com