New Mormon convert-raised by an Athiest and an Agnostic-Any questions?

[WoundedImmortal]

When replying to someone elses post, I thought I'd make one of these...

I was raised by parents who are against any kind of orginised religion-one is Agnostic, one I would consider more an Athiest but we don't talk about religion much...they are very very liberal.

When i was in college, I attended church for the first time. It was a methodist church-after that, I went on to attend churches or places of worship of 14 different religions-if someone invited me, I'd go-I'd research. Nothing quite suited me.

I finnally settled into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and after investigating, doing my research...I was baptised on New years eve 2005, and confirmed New Years day 2006. (Nice symbolic day, 'eh?)

So...any questions? So long as there's no Mormon bashing, I'm game And if you want to discuss things about the LDS faith in general, you're probably better off making a thread in the LDS sub-forum-'cause I'm just a new convert.

 

[scraparcs]

Out of curiosity, where do you live? (If I may ask for a state or something.)

 

[WoundedImmortal]

The state of Maine, the north east

 

[scraparcs]

Do people ever jokingly call it South Canada?

 

[JPPT1974]

What do you do for a living?

 

[WoundedImmortal]

[FONT=&quot]Only people that don't live here have ever jokingly referred to me living in south-Canada...I've also been asked if I've seen a polar-bear, to which I replied "Not in Maine, but I've seen one in southern California-Penguins too." (The San Diego zoo)

I don't have any normal job for a living-I can't take any job where I work on a set schedule, because of my epilepsy I will miss too many days and end up losing the job I've had such jobs as cleaning peoples houses where my "schedule" is "Come in twice a week", and doing proofreading. I also run a message board for the game The Sims 2 with my boyfriend, but I don't get paid for that, that's just fun.
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[JPPT1974]

I don't have a job either as I am on disability too
Have asbergers syndrome and suffer from depression as well but am taking medication and seeking counseling!

 

[WoundedImmortal]

Really? I also have aspergers, and my boyfriend is mildly autistic He works from home much of the time too, he does coding for money.

 

[JPPT1974]

Are you taking any medication and seeking counseling like I am?

 

[WoundedImmortal]

Yes, I am on a few medications, and I go to counseling every other week.

 

[Pats]

Why did you choose Mormonism after your upringing?

I ask, because I have recently decided against some of the beliefs I was raised in.

 

[WoundedImmortal]

Well, growing up and not exposed to any church at all, I always felt there was something more. As a teen I would not exactly pray but "talk to God" when i had a rough day-I strated exploring different religions when i got out of the house and into college. I invstigated my current church for several months before becoming baptised-it was the first church where I felt I really fit in, and that really made full sense to me. I really felt at home there, like I was part of a family.

Oh, and by the way...my parents were raised in diffferent churches and left. My mother was a Catholic, and my father an Eastern Orthodox. They were forced into religions they didn't believe in.

 

[JPPT1974]

Thanks very much for your explanation my friend!

 

[MN John]

What is your favorite color?

 

[*Starlight*]

Hi Did you make the portrait in your profile? It's really cool

 

[JPPT1974]

Yeah it is very cool come to think of it!

 

[WoundedImmortal]

What is your favorite color?

I like Crimson, pink, and blue...I havelots of pink lately in support of my mum who is going through breast cancer

Hi Did you make the portrait in your profile? It's really cool

Yep I did

Yeah it is very cool come to think of it!

Thank you

 

[*Starlight*]

Yep I did

Coooooool! It's so totally awesome... How did you make it? Did it take you a long time?

 

[WoundedImmortal]

I made it in photoshop, most of it is painted...but I got frusterated trying to paint my nose so I actually cut out my real nose from a photograph...added it as a layer...and then blended it in and tried to make it look painted...didn't work as well as I liked, but I like the way it turned out. I did it for my boyfriend, because i hardly *ever* take photographs of myself, and all the ones I have are really bad or old.

 

[*Starlight*]

Well, that's so cool I've never used photoshop, only GIMP, but I guess that's really difficult to make Were you looking at some photo while making it?