*tailwags*
I stumbled upon this group yesterday in my internet browsing looking for new friends. I am an RM, though right now very inactive. I was born into the church, then our family step away, we got back in after the divorce and my dad remarried. I was the only one out of five boys (no girls) that went on a mission. I served in Tempe, AZ from Dec 1996-Dec 1998. I first found out about furries through a alt.newsgroup lycanthrope site, which I happened to learn about while in AZ.
I am inactive for a few reasons. One is of moral issue regarding sexuality, though I am still a virgin, the biggest and most important is what aches deep down inside of me that isn't consistent with church doctrine. I have no logic nor reason to explain the why, but all I know is that my greatest desire is to be a fox. Four legs, tail and all. This feeling has been with me for almost 20 years now. One of the things I do to express my feelings is through prose and poetry, as well as the collar I wear (despite not having an owner anymore) and my love for having a tail. When I spoke to a bishop years ago about this he said the collar was...ok.. but the tail had to go. For 2 weeks I pondered on the situation and came to the final conclusion that I was going to be who I wanted to be. I haven't been to church since then. If I ever choose to go back to church, I know where I belong as my faith in what the church teaches still stands (despite my desires), it's just that I respect the church and its rules. Yes, I should still go, but I felt out of place and didn't belong. And yet, even in the furry community I feel out of place, and possibly here to, but I'm taking a chance and we'll see what happens.
Patchz
I am inactive for a few reasons. One is of moral issue regarding sexuality, though I am still a virgin, the biggest and most important is what aches deep down inside of me that isn't consistent with church doctrine. I have no logic nor reason to explain the why, but all I know is that my greatest desire is to be a fox. Four legs, tail and all. This feeling has been with me for almost 20 years now. One of the things I do to express my feelings is through prose and poetry, as well as the collar I wear (despite not having an owner anymore) and my love for having a tail. When I spoke to a bishop years ago about this he said the collar was...ok.. but the tail had to go. For 2 weeks I pondered on the situation and came to the final conclusion that I was going to be who I wanted to be. I haven't been to church since then. If I ever choose to go back to church, I know where I belong as my faith in what the church teaches still stands (despite my desires), it's just that I respect the church and its rules. Yes, I should still go, but I felt out of place and didn't belong. And yet, even in the furry community I feel out of place, and possibly here to, but I'm taking a chance and we'll see what happens.
Patchz