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[queerstake]

Hello! I just found out about this app called Carry and it’s a bible study app that lets you study the Bible with other people.

I’ve made a group for tumblrstake if you’d like to join. We’re going to be reading Genesis together starting tomorrow! Click here for the link to join the group.

Here are some screenshots:

[queerstake]

I hope and pray that one day we will not feel torn between our queerness and our faith. That the generations after us will scoff in disbelief when we tell them what used to be preached from the pulpit. That young queer kids will grow up knowing they are whole, that they are loved, that they are exactly who they were meant to be.

[queerstake]

Conclave (2024)

[queerstake]

a very merry christmas to all the mormons in my phone

[queerstake]

I've gotten past the point of being able to give a deep answer when people ask me why/how I stay in the church as a queer person. "Why do you stay?" because fuck the people who want me out, this is my home and I'm not leaving. "How do you stay?" by repeating the mental litany of "fuck you" to everything that tries to drive me out. "How do you reconcile your identity with your faith?" I reconcile it by fuck you. I choose the life I want to lead and nothing will prevent me from it.

[queerstake]

"I don't know if I'll stay in the church, the community, the culture that created me. I don't know if I'll live the kind of life my parents and ancestors did, or if I'll forge my own path in the dark. I don't know if I'll stay or go, though I want to stay. I want to stay as much as I want to live happily inside my own soul. I'll stay as long as I can do both. I do know that if I'm ever forced to choose, I will choose myself"

- Ellis Kimball in "Let's Call it a Doomsday" by Katie Henry

[queerstake]

[queerstake]

Any LDS people on the Aro-Ace spectrum willing to share experiences?

Hello!

I am trying to write a research paper on the intersection of Asexuality and Aromanticism when it comes to being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

As an aspec person myself, and an active member, I'd be more than happy to hear any experiences from active and former members alike! I'd like to get as many voices as I can on this project, so I would greatly appreciate anyone willing to share.

[queerstake]

[through gritted teeth, with fists clenched]

When upon life's billows you are tempest-tossed, when you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, COUNT YOUR MANY BLESSINGS, NAME THEM ONE BY ONE, AND IT WILL SURPRISE YOU WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE-

[queerstake]

are there enough people on here to make #afrostake more than a personal tag?

rb for reach is appreciated if you have tumblrstake moots and are comfortable with rb-ing.

[queerstake]

i say this sort of thing all the time but people love to make fun of mormons for fake lame stuff when they could go after the weird stuff. "ohhh you have closed religious practices that's so-" shut up you dont even know about The Three Nephites

[queerstake]

Mormon writing contest, deadline 4th of November.

@the-arch-hive

[queerstake]

The Gospel clearly states and bluntly illustrates that in history, God takes sides. God takes sides, not in terms of being against, but in terms of suffering with the poor, the oppressed, those unjustly treated. The suffering of God is a consequence of God's taking sides. This presence with the poor is unconditional.

Fr. Roberto Ubertino

[queerstake]

You know what I loved this conference?

The overarching messages of love.

It gives me hope- that not everyone is happy about the handbook changes, and they want us to know that we are welcomed, and we are loved, and our Heavenly Parents want us to know that.

[queerstake]

i will say I think it’s important to acknowledge that finding joy in being in the church won’t fix everything. in fact for many of us (myself included) church is a very stress-inducing experience. my daily challenges, religious and secular, are usually not fixed by the gospel/having a positive outlook. but i did love that he encouraged more acceptance and kindness; that’s sorely needed

[queerstake]

Below are excerpts from the article:

Steven E. Snow, the emeritus general authority and former historian for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is a bit of an outlier...the St. George native remains a staunch Democrat and a passionate environmentalist.

As the faith’s historian from 2012 to 2019, Snow is widely credited with helping bring openness and transparency to the church history department. He helped shepherd to completion the Gospel Topics essays, which tackled some of the thorniest of the faith’s historical and doctrinal issues.

Snow’s other signature achievements include overseeing the publication of the landmark Joseph Smith Papers and “Saints,” the new multivolume narrative history of the church. With Snow at the helm, the history department also took over supervision of church historical sites, where he placed a premium on education over proselytizing.

His beloved wife of 52 years, Phyllis, died from post-COVID-related issues eight months ago.

I didn’t always see eye to eye with all the brethren on environmental and political issues, but I can appreciate that. I tried to listen and be respectful of their points of view and understand them. I appreciate where they are coming from.

What did you think about the now-abandoned policy of not allowing the children of same-sex parents to be baptized?

I was surprised by the policy and was quite delighted when it was reversed. … I thought it was unnecessary, and I think it caused unnecessary hurt during the time it was in place. I was pleased to see President Russell M. Nelson revoke it.

How do you feel about the way the church addresses LGBTQ issues?

The church is trying. I’ve been really pleased with President Dallin Oaks’ and others’ efforts to try to find common ground. That’s why this recent action they took with regard to [transgender individuals in] the [General] Handbook seemed a little off, based on what they have been trying to do.

It’s a very difficult place for them to be. President Oaks continues to talk about gays in his General Conference talks. It’s as if he wants to draw a bright line that this is the way it is and there is not going to be a relaxing of that policy. It seems to me, that is what he’s trying [to articulate].

I have two gay granddaughters who have left the church. It causes me great sadness that we don’t have a place for everyone. They feel like there is nothing there for them.

How does environmentalism inform your faith?

We are given this beautiful planet upon which to live. As simple as I can state it, we should take care of it. We ought to make it a better place than when we came. We have to leave it in better shape, and we’re not doing that.

[queerstake]

An interesting spiritual thought I had: the disappointing talks here have pointed me to the realization that I am not in church because I like the general authorities. Some of them are ok, but really, theyre not why Im here. Im here because of my own relationship with God, with Christ, and with the doctrines and scriptures and theology that make Mormonism unique. Somehow, I found God here, and this is the place I find the most spiritual light and truth, and nobody else can take that from me.