tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519340563994202668.post6120551283262803529..comments2023-07-04T07:30:28.590-04:00Comments on Skeptic Mormon: Letter to My Ward After My Resignation From the BishopricUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519340563994202668.post-26892945843640429892011-06-08T19:10:21.248-04:002011-06-08T19:10:21.248-04:00I love that Onion article! Especially the allusion...I love that Onion article! Especially the allusion to Voltaire's Candide at the end. I wish I could do satire. So effective. Thanks for the link.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05407541616547727967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519340563994202668.post-90286564895363895882011-06-08T17:58:03.650-04:002011-06-08T17:58:03.650-04:00Your letter to the ward reminds me of the Onion ar...Your letter to the ward reminds me of the Onion article of January 15, 1996.... "Church Cancelled do to lack of God" <br /><br />http://www.theonion.com/articles/church-cancelled-due-to-lack-of-god,20563/<br /><br />I love your Blog Josh...Trae Morrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519340563994202668.post-4929755504294553212011-04-26T12:31:34.078-04:002011-04-26T12:31:34.078-04:00You're right. When it is in print before them,...You're right. When it is in print before them, it gives them time to dissect it, and pick and choose their own message from it. I waffle myself between having regrets for not saying more in my resignation letter... then I remind myself that at that time in my life it definitely would have been casting my pearls before swine. My ward had already been gossiping about my family for months while Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519340563994202668.post-55990125621354458082011-04-24T07:14:49.850-04:002011-04-24T07:14:49.850-04:00Thanks Catherine: I sent it January 2009. I sent a...Thanks Catherine: I sent it January 2009. I sent a similar letter to my family. But now I wonder if it was a good idea. People read into the letters what they need to, and still assume certain things. I'd be interested to hear from Erin (who was one of my tender Rivercrest Ward flock at the time) what the response was behind the scenes. You say the letter was "legend" so I wonder Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05407541616547727967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519340563994202668.post-48405300984714474452011-04-23T23:49:09.301-04:002011-04-23T23:49:09.301-04:00This letter is legend.This letter is legend.Erin Biglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11815750420021074367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519340563994202668.post-60099734457170292062011-04-23T23:11:01.342-04:002011-04-23T23:11:01.342-04:00Excellent letter!
Such a shame we have to be so ...Excellent letter! <br /><br />Such a shame we have to be so clear about what we "haven't" done in order to come to our conclusion to resign (I haven't sinned, I haven't been offended, I haven't...) unfortunately in their need for a reason, family and friends will grasp out for any answer that will sort of explain this "devastating" decision we have made.<br /><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com