Bonnie Jean’s Reviews > Why I Stay: The Challenges of Discipleship for Contemporary Mormons > Status Update
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Why don't I leave the Church? Because I think the Church needs me. ...The Church needs her intellectuals, people who can talk to secular thinkers who dismiss Mormonism, and not be ruffled... The Church needs people, particularly women, who speak out in frank ways during lessons and discussions, to give courage to those who have things to say but do not dare to say them." -Claudia L. Bushman
— Jan 04, 2013 01:09PM
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Bonnie Jean
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"We are judged better by the myths we believe than by the realities we live. We fall short of the ideal, but we maintain our illusions because they express what we hope to become, what we hope would be true." -Fred Christensen
— Jan 04, 2013 01:39PM
Bonnie Jean
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"My acceptance of the gospel of Jesus Christ, as taught in the Latter-day Saint tradition is a matter of choice rather than empirical certainty. I have my doubts. I always have had and always will. I think doubt is the inescapable companion of serious, reflective thought. I make no apologies for my doubts or for choosing to believe in spite of them." -Armand L. Mauss
— Jan 04, 2013 01:28PM
