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The Mormons Sit Calm
The Mormons Sit Calm
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The book, "The Mormons Sit Calm," is an indictment; not of Mormons, but of Mormons sitting on their hands. It is written to fellow Mormons by a Mormon.
Lynn Christensen was born and raised in the Mormon Church and writes as if it were an existential threat to even contemplate not being Mormon. How is one's existence threatened by questioning one's faith? Why is the existence of the Church so important to someone who apparently went through a crisis with his Church?
In a theater it is allowed, approved and expected to hear the audience clap their hands to show their approval of a performance, whereas in a Mormon Chapel it is considered irreverent to clap or to cheer speakers or musical performers. It is out of respect for "God's House," and the spirit of their meetings. Yet Lynn seems to anthologize his religion as symbiotic to theater. Perhaps there were times when he wanted to "boo," to say nothing of clapping his hands.
Mormons are known for shaking hands, for giving each other a hand (particularly through their welfare services), and they are known for raising their hands in their Ward, Stake and General Conferences as a visual show of support for their leaders in their Church: sustaining the leaders. What about holding out a hand for those who might not believe the Church's entire story anymore? Can the story be tweaked? What is it like or what is in store for those who question? How do Mormons extend their hands to "inactive" Mormons?
What does a sincere Mormon do when his world view seems to have crumbled around him?
Lynn Christensen was born and raised in the Mormon Church and writes as if it were an existential threat to even contemplate not being Mormon. How is one's existence threatened by questioning one's faith? Why is the existence of the Church so important to someone who apparently went through a crisis with his Church?
In a theater it is allowed, approved and expected to hear the audience clap their hands to show their approval of a performance, whereas in a Mormon Chapel it is considered irreverent to clap or to cheer speakers or musical performers. It is out of respect for "God's House," and the spirit of their meetings. Yet Lynn seems to anthologize his religion as symbiotic to theater. Perhaps there were times when he wanted to "boo," to say nothing of clapping his hands.
Mormons are known for shaking hands, for giving each other a hand (particularly through their welfare services), and they are known for raising their hands in their Ward, Stake and General Conferences as a visual show of support for their leaders in their Church: sustaining the leaders. What about holding out a hand for those who might not believe the Church's entire story anymore? Can the story be tweaked? What is it like or what is in store for those who question? How do Mormons extend their hands to "inactive" Mormons?
What does a sincere Mormon do when his world view seems to have crumbled around him?
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