How the RLDS Church destroyed my Family

Anytime we believe in a Myth, we are in trouble, and often big trouble. 

This story begins in 1947, when our family moved from Ft Madison, Iowa, to Nauvoo, Illinois. This was a big break for me because it was so beautiful. I have been a Small Town Boy ever since. 

My parents thought the Church was wonderful when I could see it was nothing, and getting more nothing every day.

This affected our family business - whole wheat flour, and later, whole wheat bread. 

We thought Church Members would bake their own bread - using our flour, of course. 

This did not happen, but the Church did buy our property -  enabling my parents to retire comfortably in Mexico. 

Making other People Dependent on You

Why do this? I don't know, but is a common enough practice, and one we have to be on the alert for. 

Detecting it may be difficult because sometimes we have to be dependent on others. This is what schools are for. 

Let's begin by discussing some of the reasons for this, which are all mental. 

You may feel inferior to others, and this may be an accurate assessment. Some people are very smart, and you will always be stupid compared to them. A baby is always less intelligent than an adult - but they learn fast! 

You have to take into account other people's assessment of our intelligence. How do they feel about it? Is it ok with them?

I keep referring to the Religion of my Family: Mormonism, Which is loaded with examples of deviant behavior, Which always reflects the behavior of the people around them. 

Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, has to be seen in the light of the people of his time and place. Especially the many people who followed him. They wanted to be deceived, by a person like him. 

When he died, Brigham Young ( and a few others) took his place. And they are still active. 

Adverse Reaction to a Vaccine Shot

I got my shot yesterday, as I told you all. Overall, I was impressed with the whole process  

Costa Rica's Public Health Service was up to the job.

I got my shot, then had to sit down for half an hour, just in case.

I did notice something strange going on in my body, but nothing I could put into words. 

Today I am fine. 

Emma's Dysfunctional Family

The more I get into this subject, the more this analysis makes sense. It is fairly new, but more and more useful all the time, as any psychotherapist knows. 

Emma refers to Emma Smith, the wife of Joseph Smith, who certainly had her problems. It's no wonder they drove her nuts. 

The Big Event in her life, as well as for thousands of others, was the death of her husband Joseph Smith. This, in turn, was caused by the many ervents causing the Civil War..

Abraham Lincoln was also active during this time, and in this same area. but the two avoided each other. 

This universal unknown problem is common in dyfumctioal families. 

The RLDS Church in 1960

This was when the book Memoirs of Joseph Smith III were published by the Herald House. 

This is a huge book and has not been read very much. It can be seen as another step in a downward direction toward the Church's end. 

Helpless Hal

 This was me in Silicon Valley in the Nineties. I was a complete mess, and I was not the only one. 

We were trying to switch from an Industrial Economy to a Computer one but had no idea what we were trying to do. 

Looking at it this way makes me feel better about myself, but does not improve anything. Or fix the usual solution of being nothing. Which makes us completely helpless. 

Life in Old Nauvoo

I am still reading The Memoirs of Joseph Smith III. And I finally hit paydirt beginning on page 5, when he recalls his life as a boy in Nauvoo when it was first being settled, and everyone was living in log cabins. 

This is valuable historical material, and people should be reading it for that. But I am probably the only one to do so. 

Ir is hard to get. You have to order it from Amazon.