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bookofmormonmemes · 3 years ago

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I would love to hear your explanation for Nephi being a Trans man!!

it was given by another anon!

"I’m nb but still in the closet, so everyone calls me by my birth name. I find it comforting to use my secret new name that I haven’t told anybody about as often as possible when writing in my journal. It’s hard to do that since I’m obviously referring to myself in the first person, so sometimes I even call myself “I, [Name].” What I’m getting at is this: Nephi is a trans man who felt so good about coming out that he used his name as often as possible."

#led #ask #anonymous #1st nephi #theres also the constant hyping up his own largeness of stature which im like. good on ya kid #not to mention on a sourer note; if laman and lemuel needed more reasons to bully him there you go #unless of course they Didn't bully him about that in which case we get #i can excuse being queer but i draw the line at believing in god #honestly......hm. i dunno. i guess my take on that particular facet of it depends on #whether jerusalemite society disliked lehi's teachings for being too old or too new #i can't remember if laman and lemuel refer to The Foolish Traditions Of Our Fathers or if its just their own father individually #who is foolish #because the (admittedly jokey that i came up with) line of 'i can excuse being queer but draw the line at believing in god' puts me in mind #of antimormons who shame queer members for not leaving and denouncing every little thing #like im obviously not against having problems with the church. i have problems with the church. i fully support leaving it #if that's what's best for your own life and happiness #and i wonder if that mindset might have been in those boys #and might make us a little more sympathetic to them.#or less as the case may be. cus they did still beat up their brothers with sticks #you can't say Dad's Dumb For Being Old-Fashioned; We're Progressive And Respect This Trans Child and then beat up that exact child #for completely different reasons #and like. ive no doubt lehi and sariah respected their trans child. whoever that child(ren) may have been #they had a lot of kids so like statistically speaking at least ONE of them was trans #i am rambling in the tags! i havent done that in a while jsdfjghf. it is past my bedtime

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