Hi all! I'm Stardust*, new to the site. I have been checking it out over the past couple days and finally got enough courage to join up. I have been trying to find community around my area, with a bit of success, but I wanted to ease myself into everything so I thought an online forum would be the perfect start.

Quick background, as the title states, my journey has been from a Mormon upbringing, to just now, starting to really figure things out and use this wonderful brain of mine to ask questions, instead of following blindly and accepting the drivel that has been spoon fed to me for so many years.

I haven't publically announced my new found freedom to my entire family, the only one that I have really had this discussion with is my mom, who is still a very devout member of the Mormon church. She thinks I am just going through a phase and I will, with discussions from the missionaries and continued study and prayer I will come out of it and be just fine. At least that is the feeling that I got when she had me read part of the book that I got her for mothers day this year "Biblical Roots of Mormonism". Saying that I just need to know the truth.

Well, I have been doing a lot of research, and contemplating and I have asked questions to the missionaries, I am also going to talk to the pastor at the church in which I had been attending, and as of right now still going to, to appease my family for now. The Church of the Nazarene. (Fun story there, for another time maybe) This has been a very long 29 year journey of awakening.

I look forward to being part of the group, and learning from everyone. :)