Am I Mormon?

People say that you shouldn't talk about religion or politics. I'm not the best at following that unwritten rule. Well, politics...yeah, I can totally skip that. But religion? I can't skip it. I love theological discussions.

Before I went on a (short) blogcation awhile back, many of you asked some really good questions. I still haven't answered them, but I'm finally going to start today. (I procrastinate with the best of 'em, but I usually do what I said I would do, sooner or later.)

I realize I'm not that interesting and mysterious, but a lot of people have asked me one particular question, so I figure it's time I clarified.

No, it's not "How come you're soooo smart, Heather?" That's not it. I don't know why no one asks me that, but whatever.

The burning question is however, "Are you Mormon?"

I did sort of answer this in the comments a while back, but a few more people have asked since then.

The answer is no, I'm not Mormon.

So, that's that. Now what should we talk about?

Just kidding. I can never keep things that brief.

It never fails that when I answer this question in real life or in an email, there are more questions that arise after I say no. Like,

How come you have so many LDS readers then?

Um, I'm not sure. But I'm so happy that I do. I've met some lovely new friends and have learned a lot from them. I've gotten to develop relationships I most likely would not have had outside of blogging. I'm so thankful for those relationships.

(And besides, my Mormon readers make me look blog famous because they are very faithful commenters. Without them, this here blog would be pretty silent.)

(Some of my lovely Mormon blog friends have asked me if I think Mormons are weird. The answer is no, I don't. One of my least favorite faults of we humans is how we so easily stand in judgment. Can't stand it. I try really hard to see people as simply themselves, not as a label. That doesn't mean I don't have questions about all different faiths, but I work that out by reading and praying, not by getting insecure and frustrated with differences in beliefs and therefore pointing a finger and saying "that looks wrong to me." -- I have no idea if that made any sense at all. I hope so?)

One reason that so many Mormon women started reading my blog is because of Kimberly of Temporary?Insanity. We became blog friends back in the day and she was kind enough to feature one of my posts on her blog. Then there was kind of a domino effect. (I'm pretty sure that's it how it all began anyway.)

After I answer the question about why I have so many Mormon readers, I'm sometimes asked what I believe, since I talk about God and faith and stuff here quite frequently. Let's see how brief I can keep the answer to that...later today.

(This is going to be the world's longest post if I answer that here. I have the response to this question all written out, so I won't forget to post it later today.)

So, um...to be continued.

(I know! You can't stand the suspense. Pins and needles! Or maybe not. But I'm still going to tell you later. So there.)