Just in the middle of a thought, I guess. Like I said, I have once been excommunicated, so I obviously don't know what is going on all the time. Even after going to the Temple, I still go the Investigator's Class with my wife, also a new believer. The reference to Iran is, apparently, from something I read here, but answered in the wrong place. (It's hard to stay on Topic and Post in the correct place---at least for me, it is.) As to the Eastern monniker, it's from my long life of studying and trying various faiths (mostly Theosophy and Buddhism). I'm now an LDS by conviction and choice (what you call "agency"). Have I helped anyone figure out my original Post? I hope so, but probably not. Life has been too long and religion is an extremely complicated subject. Thanks for reading me, and answering my Post. Sorry for the confusion (which follows me almost everywhere I go---esp. on the Net). Yes, I am part of the "we" of things if this is a true LDS site. The Church is true and Joseph Smith was and is a Prophet of God. Now I'll have to digest that!
