pogi Posted August 27, 2021 Posted August 27, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Teancum said: Move on in understanding the LDS leaders, nor any other human, speaks for God and that you make your own way in life. Sound advice from other humans is a good thing. Thinking they have some special dispensation from a God being so being more apt to give then heed because that is not so great. It's worked pretty great for me so far. I do make my own way in life. I am very happy and fulfilled with purpose and direction (thanks in part to the prophets) right where I am. If there is one thing that I know, it is that the Lord is content with the path I am on. If he directs me elsewhere, I will make my own path elsewhere. Edited August 27, 2021 by pogi 3
bOObOO Posted August 27, 2021 Posted August 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Teancum said: Move on in understanding the LDS leaders, nor any other human, speaks for God and that you make your own way in life. Sound advice from other humans is a good thing. Thinking they have some special dispensation from a God being so being more apt to give then heed because that is not so great. Try to see good ideas as we see them instead of the way you want us to see them. When someone has what we think is a good idea, we attribute that good idea to God. I know you would rather us not attribute that good idea to God but it helps us to see it as an idea God inspired. And then all bad ideas are ideas we attribute to Satan, since we think of him as the one who inspires people to have bad ideas. You can think however you want of course but we really like how this system is working for us. Good ideas come from God and bad ideas come from Satan. Even if you don't believe that you could at least see this as we see it. No harm, no foul, all good.
Teancum Posted August 27, 2021 Posted August 27, 2021 44 minutes ago, pogi said: It's worked pretty great for me so far. I do make my own way in life. I am very happy and fulfilled with purpose and direction (thanks in part to the prophets) right where I am. If there is one thing that I know, it is that the Lord is content with the path I am on. If he directs me elsewhere, I will make my own path elsewhere. That is great! But you seem like a fairly nuanced Latter-day Saint. Careful though. That may lead you to bumpy paths. Well worth it though.
Teancum Posted August 27, 2021 Posted August 27, 2021 I choose not to live my life based on mythical beings that stay in hiding.
bOObOO Posted August 28, 2021 Posted August 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Teancum said: I choose not to live my life based on mythical beings that stay in hiding. The fact that you are not able to see some people who exist right now doesn't mean those people are hiding. You simply lack the ability to see people you don't have the power to see.
Teancum Posted August 28, 2021 Posted August 28, 2021 15 hours ago, bOObOO said: The fact that you are not able to see some people who exist right now doesn't mean those people are hiding. You simply lack the ability to see people you don't have the power to see. Are you actually serious?
gopher Posted August 28, 2021 Posted August 28, 2021 Has anyone else heard the recommendation that the book The Divine Gift of Forgiveness by Neil L. Andersen should be the replacement for The Miracle of Forgiveness? I know Bishops in my area have been handing it out to members who are struggling with repentance.
gopher Posted August 28, 2021 Posted August 28, 2021 Doesn't anyone want to give President Kimball credit for saving countless lives of gay men with his timely warnings about homosexuality just a few years before the AIDS epidemic began? Gay men who followed his counsel had a much better chance of surviving the '80s. It's similar to the timely release of the Family Proclamation in 1995 which has helped those who heeded its counsel to stay in the church in the crazy years that followed.
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