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Hi! This blog will be a bit of a dialogue between my friend, a long-standing member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and myself, a Baptist of 15 or so years with a love for history and theology. We will be discussing the finer points of the history of the Mormon church, the theology surrounding it, and addressing how it differs in approach with an Evangelical Christian's views.
This should be a reasoned debate, with the intention on both sides to treat each other with respect and love, as Christ calls us both to. Feel free to comment on the entries as they come, and thanks for checking this out!
posted by Oliver | 2:21 PM
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I have been an LDS for 18 yrs since I was 18, and now I am 36.
Have always lived in the remotest parts of Australia and had only read church doctrine and materials and was not an internet person.
Its only in the last 10 months that I have read thousands of pages from outside sources and everywhere.
I now do believe for myself that one mans religious beliefs is another mans delusion.
As an LDS I thought we were right and everybody else was wrong in my head.
Even though my true heart struggled with this. I believed more in the simplicity of God, like a child does. No wonder why they are God-like. They don't need to complicate things, theirs is a pure love and understanding.
Now I do not believe in organized religion at all and do not care to trust in another mans flesh including the prophets and apostles of today in LDS.
People are absolutley intitled to their own opinions without being wrong.
i am not afraid of missing out on my eternal reward like I might of once been. No-one in this world knows me like my Creator. I will live a good clean life and pray to God. I know in my heart he excepts me and loves me with charity and unconditional love. God is in me and I have access to the Holy Ghost or Spirit just like I'm completely satisfied that everybody else does.
Without purse and without script?
That actually says something quite profoundly deep but simple.
our salvation comes thru believing that Jesus Christ is. And as for me I also Am that I Am. I'm sure Jesus taught and meant for man to understand that we walk beside him, not actually behind him. I am not to be a dumb lamb, blind sheep don't make very good followers do they?
What I have seen of Organized religion is that it actually has this way of seperating individuals rather than uniting those not of that faith.
But individuals have a need to know that they are right.
Now I would give up my own life for anothers, and I am sure in doing this I will find my own.
To me I see organized religion as a baby sitting service, where everybody is telling everybody else what they should be doing,out of organized duty. If you want a true friend, find a real friend that is not trying to do good works in obedience to get their reward in Heaven. I think true Heaven is written in your own Hearts. And only the Lord and you know your truest prayers of the hearts.
Fear of missing out is the worst kind of devotion I would think.
Men are that they might have joy.
There is no joy in fretting your earthly life away, trying to be perfect and taking orders from our earthly leaders.
We have all heard that the more you know the less you know. Now I understand this for myself. And I have years of life and eternal life ahead of me. I do believe eternity is now. So I need to be very happy now too, its not some future event.
It's very hard to debate with an LDS, I once had all the answers too. Throw any question at me and I could come up with gentle persuasion of reason. Now I can think for myself,God gave me the ability to think for myself.
Its really a terrible waste of time to be debating about who's perception is right, its not actually constructive.
When Christ comes or when either of you's die, obviously you will both except Christ or whats happening. What will be will be.
I'm sure neither of you are wicked or nasty in your hearts. But debating can be emotionally and spiritually draining and completely without worth.
Why do people do it, probably because they are carnally inclined to do so.
It could be that ALL organized relgions that believe in Christ are just a prepatory step for The BIG EVENT, even if that one is death first.
We must love everyone unconditionally, care for each other and serve our communities, do something that
really requires you to give of yourself to others without being asked to and with no reward. And do it regularly. Don't let others tell you what you have to do and where you need to spend your time.
Get in-line with your own energy and share your talents share yourself freely.
I understand God to love us all with the purpose of bringing
us all to UNITY and believe in him and The Father.
regards Jodi
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