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==NEWS==
I start school on Aug 26, so I won't be able to do much Wiki for a while...

==I am a...==
#sixteen-year-old high school student.
#[[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Mormon]] (in faith; see below)
#[[Left-wing politics|left-winger]] (not necessarily in conflict with #2)
#South Dakotan.
#user the [[NetBSD]] operating system.
#[[Wikipedian]] as of [[March 12]], 2004, when I heard it mentioned on [[Slashdot]] (username: bccomm).

==Theoretical Bias==
*I have strong ties to my religion.
*I am [[Pro-choice]]
**However, I do believe that abortion is wrong and people would be much better off with adoption. Still, it's a personal choice that is best left to individuals and their families.
*I have no problem with gay marriage. It'll just never happen within my church.
**I do however, agree that homosexual activity (but not homosexuality as a mindset) is a sin. Homosexuality can be changed, and it would be beneficial for gays and lesbians to do so, but it should still be their choice.
*I will register to vote as a [[libertarian]] when I'm 18.
*I will probably vote for a [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic candidate]]
*I am a weak [[pacifist]]
**I am sickened by the fact that I actually do support the war in Iraq (though not the way we got involved in it). But it could be (and needs to be) ended '''soon''' peacefully without military force. 
**Americans, by and large, need to change their general attitude toward the [[Middle East]] and the [[Islam|Islamic faith]].
*I support the [[open source movement]]
**However, I think that [[Richard Stallman|RMS]] needs to get a taste of reality...especially in regard to nomenclature.

==Interests==
...or things I wrongfully claim to be an expert at.
*[[Abrahamic religion]]
*[[Politics]]
*[[Psychology]]
*[[Computer Science]]
*[[Poetry]]
*[[Cultures|World Cultures and Social Science]]
*[[Typesetting|(Computer-based) Typesetting]]


==Religion==
My religious journey has been a bit twisted, but I've found the truth. Essentially and chronologically:

* I loved to study [[religion]].
** I was a skeptic, an [[atheist]].
** I drank lots of [[coffee]].
* I found out (discreetly) that a very close friend of mine was LDS. Very, very, LDS.
* I looked into it and became an anti-Mormon (as in against the church) [[apologist]].
* Eventually, I began to think of my friend again...about what I was doing to what she held sacred.
** She didn't know about any of this at the time.
* On the verge of suicide, I prayed for her salvation.
* Over time, I came to realize how ''I'' was wrong.
** Coming out of anti-Mormonism made me all the more faithful in the church.
* I have recieved a [[testimony]] which, according to my friends, is like that of a [[General Authority]].
**My Heavenly Father had put me on the path of tribulation and I was able to find Him because of it.
* I am now a pro-Mormon apologist and firm believer in the [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]

Read the whole story (highly recommended!) [http://ic1.deviantart.com/fs4/f/2004/266/6/3/From_A_to_Zion_by_bccomm.html at this site.]