Re-reading the Book of Mormon as a former Mormon - 1 Nephi
In the past, I've read through sacred texts of other religions to provide some of my thoughts. I've found a lot of beauty in Zen Buddhism , the Bhagavad Gita , the Tao Te Ching or the Dhammapada, while pretty easily being able to disregard the parts of those texts that I found problematic or less than inspired. I've wanted for some time to re-read the Book or Mormon in a similar light, but I've struggled with attempts to do this as I read through the texts and naturally hone in on all of the problems of the text based my own history with the text and the religion. I'm trying again to make an attempt at reading the Book of Mormon and trying to focus on what positive messages I can take from the text while trying to let go of the problems and less-than-inspiring parts. Challenges I re-read through the first of the fifteen books of the Book of Mormon again today, 1 Nephi - putting my notes as I read in this google sheet . I tried to maintain a positive attitu...