Suffice to say if AG talked in public the way she talks here she would be marched out of public engagements regularly and would need bodyguards because in the real world you don't get to talk so obviously out of both sides of your mouth. When I was a Christian I would have kept very far away from her.
I'm wondering whether justmom is one of AGs family members alluded to in an earlier post. The unwavering support of several posters regardless of what AG posts seems very odd - almost staged. Surely any sensible poster can read a sentence by AG that is a string of ad homineum attacks sandwiched by some trite mantras to peace and see it is not a peace offering but a crude attempt to get away with rudeness by dressing it in piety. She's even admitted that she says 'peace' not because she means it ( at last actual truth ) but because her alter ego, Leprous Christ requires it. It is a shame he does not require correct use of quotes but I'll have to settle for the slight reduction of miscapitalised words.
I don't particularly care whether AG in real life feeds homeless children with her own breast milk and rescues kittens from burning buildings. What I do care about is that any and all responses to her fantastical postings unless they are praise and adoration are met with a deluge of personal attacks. It's tiring it's not needed and it has created a culture all of her own making. There are several posters of the faithful who have managed to present their views without a need to pull every psychological, manipulative or nasty tool from their arsenal to do so. Fortunately most faithful believers arent on a divine mission to preach and so can make way for discussion. Why is this lone woman on JWN - if she genuinely was sent on a mission from a genuine being why oh why choose an obscure, niche group to preach to?
On topic. When I thought I was feeling the spirit it was a very visceral and physical response which felt like a kind of high, it was exciting, fulfilling and I felt very empowered. When I felt the spirit it definitely was a mind altering state and it was like a very focused inner glow that I wanted to replicate as often as possible. When in that state it felt very natural to imagine another reality where this adrenaline and endorphin mixture was the norm and the hum drum dullness of regular life was banished. I could get myself to this state if I prayed, read Mormon scripture ( sorry but as inspirational scripture it has the edge over the bible) or if I read about the early history of the church ( lots of claimed miracles, healings and so forth - an inspiring building of the actual kingdom of god so I supposed.) When I felt the 'spirit' I had a generous feeling towards people and strived not to be contentious. This I have subsequently realised was a marrying of bias with emotion (this is how I was taught a Mormon should be so when I felt the spirit I tried to act out the mental ideal, I tried to be Christlike.) Now I still feel the 'spirit' but I no longer associate it to an external force and simply recognise it as a physiological response that does not require me to play act a xian role but can be used to express my authentic self.