tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486390395644579022.post4468525745713192016..comments2020-01-16T14:24:54.513+03:00Comments on Youthful Follies: Michel's Iron Law of Oligarchyvacuus viatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07511253135488142808noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486390395644579022.post-55695019203666058582012-12-03T01:22:55.236+02:002012-12-03T01:22:55.236+02:00The LDS hoodwinking process is very odd. It is un...The LDS hoodwinking process is very odd. It is undoubtedly real, in my experience, but it is also true that the people participating very often sincerely believe everything they tell you (and hoodwink you in what they honestly think is your best interest).<br /><br />Some LDS hoodwinkers are unproblematically evil, but these are actually less troublesome (and easier to deal with) than the honest liars (to put it in those terms). I know that having been an honest liar in my time. I wasn't trying to lie. I wasn't trying to hurt anyone (or myself, to whom I lied as well). I honestly believed. I meant well by everyone. And sometimes I did really good work (for myself and others, if I do say so myself). But eventually I had to admit that I was not hewing to the truth the way I claimed. This admission cost me a lot (in terms of my relationships with other Mormons and my personal sanity), but ultimately it has been worth it. I have learned important things about my character, improved my integrity, and moved forward to a calmer, better place. That doesn't mean that I have solved life's problems, though. I can definitely see that my road (in and out of Mormonism) is not for everyone. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486390395644579022.post-4046094021212912892012-11-30T23:20:31.129+02:002012-11-30T23:20:31.129+02:00I got hoodwinked in 1974 while working in Yosemite...I got hoodwinked in 1974 while working in Yosemite by a rabid latter-day saint...It seemed like a good way to meet women and go to byu, although i did find a Mexican wife, married in the slc temple, i was counseled to marry my "own Kind." I really never stayed active for more than a couple of years. Principally due to a church court held on my calling a women a bitch, which she came close. The lds church is based on fraud upon layers of rumors, fraud and lies..Mitt Romney sealed the deal, due to his high ranking positon; "You shall know them by their Fruit," and Mitt is a perfect emblem for the lds church...john bocchetgtihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07661057851612852196noreply@blogger.com