"Mormon" Stuff

August 26th, 2016

I suppose there is an elephant in this room. And isn't it cute?

Aww... adorable little guy.

But for all you non-English speakers, I suppose I should say this without metaphor, since the figure of speech might not exist in your language. For the record, referring to "the elephant in the room" is a figure of speech that means that there is an obvious issue or problem that everyone can see, but nobody is commenting on it — kind of like if an elephant walked into your room and everybody tried to pretend that's normal, and nothing to worry about.

So. This elephant of which I speak! Not the cute little critter in the picture above. The other one! The "elephant in the room" that I mean to address is something you may have already noticed while reading my other blog posts. That is, I am what most people tend to call a "Mormon." The official terminology is that I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with "Mormon" being a nickname given by outsiders.

Ugh... I just said "outsiders." Sorry, I don't mean it like that. Let me make clear, I don't mean to exclude anyone or make any of you feel uncomfortable, even when I write about faith-related topics; I do my best not to come off as preachy or inconsiderate when I write on those. It's not exactly something I can shy away from, either, since being a Mormon, as people will call me, is one of — and probably the most significant influence in my life.

I'm going to take an educated guess right now, and say that thoughts and stories related to my faith are going to continue to show up now and again when I'm writing. It's probably better to let people know that in advance, and let them seek it out or avoid it as they will. If you genuinely want to know more about the things I believe, let me know; I've actually figured out how to make the comments work on this blog, finally, so I can do my best to help direct you to answers. (If you just want to fight about stuff, I'll probably ignore it. But anyway, let's not worry about that.)

There. The figurative elephant, as well as the literal one, have both been addressed. Now if you'd like to read some more about faith-related things specifically, click HERE. And have fun, eh.