This is the unveiling of a project of FAIR. Then has been in the works for a few months. Today we (I was part of a small group that created it.) wish to unleash it. It main purpose and niche is to concern oneself less with the answers and rather to empathize with the struggle of one who doubts while encouraging them towards faith. The answers are secondary to their emotional well-being and their having the tools to move forward. The person struggling must have a desire to find faith to participate. It is not a playground to promote doubt nor a place to do straightforward apologetics
http://www.fairmormonoutreach.org/
FAIR Mormon Outreach - is a online community designed to help those who are struggling with the paradigm of Faith and Doubt and who also want to find ways to choose Faith.
Welcome to our community! This is not just our community, but it is yours as well. It is a safe place for you to explore with others the questions and challenges that confront you as you live a life of faith as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We are here to help you and to support you as you seek continued participation in the Church despite questions or doubts you experience.
No question or concern is off limits. We do ask however, that you approach every issue you face with an eye towards reconciling your questions with the faith you have felt in the past. Our goal is to help you regain, maintain, or increase your faith in the restored gospel. If this is your desire, this is place where you find help in your journey.
We are here because we know what it is like to struggle, and we have found perspectives that bring us peace, and we want to share that with you. It is our prayer that we might play some small role in helping you in your personal journey!
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My personal thoughts
- This site is unconnected to my podcast and is an offshoot of FAIRLDS.ORG. That said I was part of a small group of individuals who put this site together. The group I worked with care and really hope to help others in their faith. This has been as sincere an effort as anything I have worked on
- This board seeks to show compassion, empathy, and understanding while offering ways to see one's struggles that allow for Faith in the Lord's Church.
- It seeks to validate their struggle rather then minimize it.
- This board is not a place to debate the issues. Even as a faithful believer - If you are contentious in the slightest way - you will be tossed
- This board is not a place to try and promote doubt but it is a place where one should feel welcome to get their struggle off their chest and not feel judged as long as the objective is to gain Faith
- This board is not a place for Critics to come and play, they will be thrown out quickly.
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