tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901297.post7471322005953646940..comments2023-10-17T07:39:31.867-07:00Comments on Mo' Boy Blog, Mormon Church Doctrine and LDS Church Pop Culture Blog: The Grass and The Willowmrkhmusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05724027246990759522noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901297.post-30962289855952994092014-03-06T08:39:01.221-08:002014-03-06T08:39:01.221-08:00Hey, John!
Interesting thought, too! If my name ...Hey, John!<br /><br />Interesting thought, too! If my name was Sheol, I'd probably go evil, too... :-)Markhttp://markhansenmusic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901297.post-56147700986285693792014-03-05T23:51:36.483-08:002014-03-05T23:51:36.483-08:00Dude! Great analogy. I think it was spot on. As a ...Dude! Great analogy. I think it was spot on. As a side note, what little I know about the supposed scrolls the Tanners (whoever they are) are referring to about the book of Abraham is kind of funny. I saw only a few moments of a TV program talking about them and they said that they talked about the funeral of an Egyptian Priest named Sheol. I just had to laugh, as I changed the channel. "Sheol" is the Hebrew word for the spirit world, more commonly translated as hell. So, this was about a priest of hell. Didn't some evil priest try to sacrifice Abraham? Hmmmm ... :-) John Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02990607882342384818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901297.post-48504348324179227022014-03-05T14:16:25.205-08:002014-03-05T14:16:25.205-08:00Hey, S'Mee -
So glad to see you still readin...Hey, S'Mee - <br /><br />So glad to see you still reading, even after my years of sporadic posting! I love your insights, this one in particular. I think that humility (whatever that really is) truly is the key to a long-lasting testimony. Thanks for posting!mrkhmusichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05724027246990759522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901297.post-40672072489779433372014-03-05T09:36:00.768-08:002014-03-05T09:36:00.768-08:00For some, once educated on the discrepancies, it i...For some, once educated on the discrepancies, it is just too difficult to plow through and try to find reason... so they leave, now exposed to the "facts" that seem to disprove truth. Is this a case of immature Spirit or testimony? For some, a solid yes. An investigator who isn't fully on board, even someone baptized for years, but who has relied on others testimonies -inadvertently or otherwise, and then becomes challenged. I know several "born in the covenant" members who still haven't read and or studied the standard works. They are active, hold callings of responsibility, have their own families, and yet they rely fully on what they receive as a student in auxiliary classes, conferences, music, whatever; just not their own personal study. <br /><br />In *my* observance, I have seen that pride is the more loaded factor in leaving the church over any other factor as many educated have stayed even after researching the "deceits" and "truths". For some, especially those who are Spiritually mature, pride triggered by humbling or truly painful experiences develop into a path that rationalizes a road away from having to accept things that challenge one's personal challenges and or faith based beliefs.<br /><br />I remain truly *faith-full* and force myself to humility until I can fully accept the things that seem weird, off, or downright wrong. (case in point, Blacks and the PH, I lived through those doubts and they were eventually resolved) I have -if nothing else- a true knowledge that those who remain in the faith, still have trials and challenges, but those who remain active seem to manage life with a peace and ease that those who have left cannot. Staying active works for *me* and for those I have observed in my family. Leaving makes like challenges more difficult to handle. (examples of both ends of the spectrum to prove this theory) That is a truth I cannot disprove, so I stay until it all makes sense; and someday it will, as my Gramma said, "work itself out in the wash". <br /><br />My apologies for a long and rambling opinion.s'meehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00428688718621294742noreply@blogger.com