Habakkuk

Agnostic, Married, Children. Liked my Mormonism (loved my Mormonism in many ways), but because of circumstances not of my own choosing, I find myself more on the outside looking in.

Posts by Habakkuk:

    A Mormon Monster

    12 February 2010
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    It’s not like I wanted to be a monster. Often one arrives here unwillingly, organically. In my case, I served an LDS mission among evangelical Christians and found their critiques of my tradition fairly easy to fend off. At some point in my early twenties I wanted to become a “servant of my Father in Heaven” by becoming a competent defender of my tradition. Unfortunately, in Mormonism, as one ties down one loose end, five more pop up in the process. For me, as the years rolled by and I studied more and more, the tapestry of my tradition didn’t just unravel—it dissolved. (more…)