My Sign Posts

These are the thirteen core beliefs that I choose as sign posts along the path I am seeking in my life. I find them very comforting. Many people think "Mormons" are very different from everyone else and many times think we aren't even Christian... I think the sooner we learn that no one question is wrong and no one answer is right for everyone, the sooner we can learn to live together in harmony. What do you think?

13 Articles of Faith

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1.We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.
2.We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam’s transgression.
3.We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.
4.We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.
5.We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.
6.We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, and so forth.
7.We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth.
8.We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.
9.We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.
10.We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.
11.We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.
12.We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.
13.We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul-We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.

We have questions that need answers and Answers that need questions. Here’s a list of question we have asked. Are there any responses that you can of?

1. Find a personal picture or song (on the web or in your own collection) that inspires your beliefs, spirituality or religion and put into words [as best as you can] what, why and how you are inspired.
2. What do the words RELIGION, FAITH, SPIRITUALITY represent to you and do you think everyone "needs" to have any of these to be happy, well adjusted contributing member of society?.
3. Most cultures support the tradition that spirituality and wisdom increase with age - do you agree or disagree. State why and post [if you can find] a culture, religion or other on the web that correlates with your thought process.
4. On a personal level as you aged did you sway from your original [taught] belief system? Do you believe this change was due to different adversities, life changes you coped with or was it something less severe such as aging?
5. Research up to two different faiths/spiritualism/belief systems [other than your current one] - Give the websites used in this research and if you had to choose or wanted to choose a different path which of these would make most sense to you and why?
6. Find and post a website with information about the God gene.

7. What are some old myths or fairy tales that depict older people as being wise or having special powers?
8. Can you explain some of the main differences between Spirituality and Religion?
9. Kohlberg’s stages of moral development is a widely accepted notion and is described in his famous “Heinz Dilemma”. Can you think of another widely known moral dilemma that is depicted in a story?

The Johari Experience

Here is the "Johari" or positive breakdown of me:

Arena (known to self and others) dependable, helpful, knowledgeable, self-conscious, wise	Blind Spot (known only to others) able, accepting, adaptable, bold, brave, caring, clever, complex, energetic, extroverted, friendly, giving, happy, idealistic, intelligent, kind, loving, mature, observant, organised, patient, proud, reflective, religious, responsive, self-assertive, silly, spontaneous, tense, trustworthy, witty
Façade (known only to self) sympathetic	Unknown (known to nobody) calm, cheerful, confident, dignified, independent, ingenious, introverted, logical, modest, nervous, powerful, quiet, relaxed, searching, sensible, sentimental, shy, warm

All Percentages

able (31%) accepting (6%) adaptable (12%) bold (37%) brave (43%) calm (0%) caring (37%) cheerful (0%) clever (12%) complex (25%) confident (0%) dependable (18%) dignified (0%) energetic (6%) extroverted (12%) friendly (25%) giving (18%) happy (6%) helpful (18%) idealistic (6%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (37%) introverted (0%) kind (6%) knowledgeable (18%) logical (0%) loving (31%) mature (12%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (6%) organised (6%) patient (6%) powerful (0%) proud (6%) quiet (0%) reflective (6%) relaxed (0%) religious (6%) responsive (6%) searching (0%) self-assertive (12%) self-conscious (12%) sensible (0%) sentimental (0%) shy (0%) silly (18%) spontaneous (12%) sympathetic (0%) tense (6%) trustworthy (6%) warm (0%) wise (18%) witty (12%)

Created by the Interactive Johari Window on 21.2.2011, using data from 16 respondents.
You can make your own Johari Window, or view jessichka's full data.

The Negative traits a person has are equally important. Therefore, I ran the same test using only negative traits. It was very interesting how many people did not want to give me negative feedback. These results don't have the as many participants but, they seem as valid as a the Johari is.

Arena (known to self and others) inflexible, insecure, lethargic, distant, impatient, overdramatic	Blind Spot (known only to others) intolerant, timid, simple, unhappy, cynical, brash, imperceptive, chaotic, embarrassed, loud, insensitive, predictable, inattentive, foolish
Façade (known only to self)	Unknown (known to nobody) incompetent, cowardly, violent, aloof, glum, stupid, irresponsible, vulgar, withdrawn, hostile, selfish, unhelpful, needy, unimaginative, inane, cruel, ignorant, irrational, childish, boastful, blasé, weak, vacuous, panicky, unethical, self-satisfied, passive, smug, rash, dispassionate, dull, callous, unreliable, cold, humourless

Dominant Traits

60% of people think that jessichka is loud

All Percentages

incompetent (0%) intolerant (40%) inflexible (40%) timid (20%) cowardly (0%) violent (0%) aloof (0%) glum (0%) stupid (0%) simple (20%) insecure (40%) irresponsible (0%) vulgar (0%) lethargic (20%) withdrawn (0%) hostile (0%) selfish (0%) unhappy (20%) unhelpful (0%) cynical (40%) needy (0%) unimaginative (0%) inane (0%) brash (20%) cruel (0%) ignorant (0%) irrational (0%) distant (20%) childish (0%) boastful (0%) blasé (0%) imperceptive (20%) chaotic (40%) impatient (20%) weak (0%) embarrassed (20%) loud (60%) vacuous (0%) panicky (0%) unethical (0%) insensitive (20%) self-satisfied (0%) passive (0%) smug (0%) rash (0%) dispassionate (0%) overdramatic (40%) dull (0%) predictable (40%) callous (0%) inattentive (20%) unreliable (0%) cold (0%) foolish (20%) humourless (0%)

Created by the Nohari Window on 21.2.2011, using data from 5 respondents.
You can make your own Nohari Window, or view jessichka's full data.

Want to try for yourself? Click the links below and give it a whirl. For a little more fun, post the links to your friends on your favorite social networing site and see who your online friends think you are!
Johari:
http://kevan.org/johari
Nohari:
http://kevan.org/nohari