{"id":1451,"date":"2009-10-11T01:22:44","date_gmt":"2009-10-11T08:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newcoolthang.com\/?p=1451"},"modified":"2020-01-09T05:04:46","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T12:04:46","slug":"my-11-biggest-challenges-to-staying-active-11-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newcoolthang.com\/index.php\/2009\/10\/my-11-biggest-challenges-to-staying-active-11-years\/1451\/","title":{"rendered":"My 11 Biggest Challenges to Staying Active 11 Years and 11 Reasons I Stayed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today marks my being baptized 11 years ago<\/a>. In honor of that experience, here are two lists based on my personal experiences in the church:<\/p>\n

11 biggest challenges to my staying active 11 years<\/p>\n

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  1. Lack of personal revelation\/ confusing personal revelation for wishful thinking<\/li>\n
  2. Book of Mormon issues<\/li>\n
  3. Losing friends<\/li>\n
  4. Blacks and the Priesthood<\/li>\n
  5. Polygamy<\/li>\n
  6. History around Second Anointing.<\/li>\n
  7. Church History Issues (Like MMM, Danites, etc.)<\/li>\n
  8. Gender issues<\/li>\n
  9. Paul H. Dunn<\/li>\n
  10. Scientific explanations for spiritual experiences<\/li>\n
  11. Doctrinal issues<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    11 biggest helps to my staying active 11 years<\/p>\n

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    1. Personal revelation<\/li>\n
    2. Family<\/li>\n
    3. Friends<\/li>\n
    4. Doctrinal simplicity<\/li>\n
    5. Responsibility\/trust<\/li>\n
    6. A sense of peace<\/li>\n
    7. Good leadership<\/li>\n
    8. Knowing where to get answers when issues came up<\/li>\n
    9. Knowing when answers are not available (having at least a semi-official \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know\u00e2\u20ac\u009d)<\/li>\n
    10. Feeling of purpose<\/li>\n
    11. The Temple<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      For those interested, I did a post about some of the people<\/a> who helped this second list happen last year.<\/div>\n

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