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Originally Posted by SeattleUte
Good post. But I think you overstate the extent to which my apostasy defines me. I think Mormons who have been close to me are more guilty of this than myself, which doesn't make me too happy. Maybe we do the same thing to gay people vis-a-vis their sexual preference. Some over-define themselves in terms of sexual preference, but I bet th emajority of times its heterosexuals doing the defining.
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I really wasn't trying to overstate it. In fact, I revised the first post in an attempt to make it sound less that way. I'm just saying that in order to make the break from your upbringing and heritage, your new thought processes necessary have to address the old ones. Thats all.