{"id":2910,"date":"2014-06-11T16:50:38","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T23:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=2910"},"modified":"2014-06-12T05:25:52","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T12:25:52","slug":"what-does-the-excommunication-of-john-and-kate-mean-for-the-bloggernacle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2014\/06\/11\/what-does-the-excommunication-of-john-and-kate-mean-for-the-bloggernacle\/","title":{"rendered":"What does the excommunication of John and Kate mean for the Bloggernacle?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve heard by now, but the <a href=\"http:\/\/nytimes.com\/2014\/06\/12\/us\/two-activists-within-mormon-church-threatened-with-excommunication.html\">New York Times reports<\/a> that John Dehlin and Kate Kelly face excommunication with church leaders.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not going to discuss the morality or the logistics of these actions. I&#8217;m sure there will many others who will. What I am interested in is how this will affect the Bloggernacle.<\/p>\n<p>Our Thoughts has been around for 11 years. It&#8217;s one of the oldest LDS-themed blogs, and about six months after it&#8217;s founding is when others started to pop up everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>The Bloggernacle has served as a great vehicle for discussion difficult issues or questions without anyone fearing judgement or retribution. People felt comfortable expressing their doubts, and many found it cathartic and encouraging.<\/p>\n<p>With Dehlin and Kelly facing excommunication, will it change the Bloggernacle. Will people stop asking difficult questions or sharing troubling doubts? Will people end up leaving the church because there&#8217;s nowhere to work through their challenges?<\/p>\n<p>What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve heard by now, but the New York Times reports that John Dehlin and Kate Kelly face excommunication &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2014\/06\/11\/what-does-the-excommunication-of-john-and-kate-mean-for-the-bloggernacle\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What does the excommunication of John and Kate mean for the Bloggernacle?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,25,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bloggernacle","category-dissonance","category-faith"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - 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