So of course she is being kicked out of god's religion and being scheduled for a whole lot of torture when she dies. Makes sense to me. If you believe in these sorts of myths, fables, and fairy tales.

Utah ... and BIG LOVE!



Not really (I've read a bit, too)...but those were some vivid lessons!

I'll admit I'm a bit of a Krakauer fanboy, but he really knocked it out of the park with that one.

I'm currently reading

Or at least not a hell to which the unfaithful are sent. Instead, they believe in several Degrees of Glory, to where one is assigned depending upon their righteousness. The worst of these places, Outer Darkness, is merely a realm completely cut off from the glory of God.

torture is involved. Google agrees.

As they say, it isn't eternal, nor is it necessarily a place of fire and brimstone and torture. The "torment" -- as I have been led to believe -- comes from being cut off from God's glory... and, if I had to guess, being made to read The Book of Mormon over and over and over again for a thousand years.

Could be worse.

In from housewife to heretic.

It goes back to 1982 when we tried to ratify the Equal Rights amendment by getting 2/3 of the state's to sign on. The Mormons ran a secretive underground campaign against it covertly, and open warfare from the pulpit. (Same ploy they currently employ against gay rights)

I was also doing my best to be a Mormon housewife at that time. I wasn't a very good convert. I would sneak over to my best hippie former BYU graduate friend and listen to Sonia's speech on a cassette tape. I was bad.

I wonder if they will repeat that in this case. We shall see.

I should be interesting to see how this plays out.

Hopefully this will break her of it.

Andrew Sullivan and Pope JP 2 come to mind--for the longest time, AS was convinced that JP2 was just getting bad advice, and he'd surely come 'round to reason and extend his blessings and welcome to the LGBT community. Of course, that never happened!

I don't think the Mormons will budge on the Woman issue, unless the women, en masse, revolt and stop putting up with the bullshit. If they all present a united front, with consequences for those who don't see things their way, they could fix this in no time. They just don't realize how much power they actually have.