I'm curious how many active Polyamory.com members also have a Mormon past/present. Seems like there's probably a significant number of us. If you were raised in the Mormon church or otherwise have had close ties with it, sound off!
I was born and raised in the heart of Utah Mormon country (mostly Highland which is in "Happy Valley," not far from BYU to the south and church headquarters to the north), was expected and trained to be quite active, and in 1985-1986 served a full mission in the Detroit suburbs of Michigan.
I stayed active til about 1995, then started questioning more and more from 1995 thru 2005. Had some bad experiences with certain members of the church (especially authority figures). It took me most of 2002 to do it, but I finally got my name removed from the roles of the church.
Though most of my Utah friends and family are still loyal churchmembers, a few brothers and friends at least have pulled away. I personally have become what I consider to be a full-fledged atheist. Yet I retain good memories from the church and use all of its Scriptures (Book of Mormon included) from time to time.
I ended up questioning a ton of stuff including what really constitutes morality (and immorality). I concluded that informed consent is really all that's required in any (e.g. romantic and/or sexual) relationship. So by the time I heard about polyamory in 2005, I was ready to embrace it.
More of my Mormon story can be found starting with the following two posts:
Regards,
Kevin T.
I was born and raised in the heart of Utah Mormon country (mostly Highland which is in "Happy Valley," not far from BYU to the south and church headquarters to the north), was expected and trained to be quite active, and in 1985-1986 served a full mission in the Detroit suburbs of Michigan.
I stayed active til about 1995, then started questioning more and more from 1995 thru 2005. Had some bad experiences with certain members of the church (especially authority figures). It took me most of 2002 to do it, but I finally got my name removed from the roles of the church.
Though most of my Utah friends and family are still loyal churchmembers, a few brothers and friends at least have pulled away. I personally have become what I consider to be a full-fledged atheist. Yet I retain good memories from the church and use all of its Scriptures (Book of Mormon included) from time to time.
I ended up questioning a ton of stuff including what really constitutes morality (and immorality). I concluded that informed consent is really all that's required in any (e.g. romantic and/or sexual) relationship. So by the time I heard about polyamory in 2005, I was ready to embrace it.
More of my Mormon story can be found starting with the following two posts:
- http://www.polyamory.com/forum/showthread.php?p=263023#post263023
- http://www.polyamory.com/forum/showthread.php?p=270252#post270252
Regards,
Kevin T.
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