Aaron32
Well-known member
How do you say "I agree! But..."?
I received a witness that the book of Mormon is true, I received a witness that Jesus Christ is my Savior, I received a witness that there is power in the temple endowment, and the priesthood and ordinances are necessary for salvation. But...I have difficulty with the current narrative with how the restored gospel is explained in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I think on a figurative level, it helps children understand the basic concepts and principles of the gospel, but postulated into a deeper theology, it runs into some very obvious contradictions with the message of the Standard Works.
Maybe this is my first step on my foot out the door as I'm "working my way of the Church", as BrotherofJared suggest I do. Or, maybe it's simply a starting point to root out falsehoods and cultural beliefs in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, as I will be taking my questions to my bishop directly.
This thread is a place where I share my alternative views and interpretations of the LDS Standard Works, so not to confuse those learning the official teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints with my personal opinions. Likewise, my critics can stop with the appeals to authority and expect me to justify my beliefs with other Church Leaders' statements. Even though I don't agree with them, it's still Mormonism:
“Mormonism is truth; and every man who embraces it feels himself at liberty to embrace every truth: consequently the shackles of superstition, bigotry, ignorance, and priestcraft, fall at once from his neck; and his eyes are opened to see the truth, and truth greatly prevails over priestcraft. …
“… Mormonism is truth, in other words the doctrine of the Latter-day Saints, is truth. … The first and fundamental principle of our holy religion is, that we believe that we have a right to embrace all, and every item of truth, without limitation or without being circumscribed or prohibited by the creeds or superstitious notions of men, or by the dominations of one another, when that truth is clearly demonstrated to our minds, and we have the highest degree of evidence of the same.” - (Joseph Smith, https://abn.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/teachings-joseph-smith/chapter-22?lang=eng)
If we have to accept every church leaders' doctrinal beliefs hook, line, and sinker, when in our minds we find obvious logical contradictions, how is that any better than Christianity because of their Creeds? It would be the same horse of a different color. Let's call a spade a spade.
Stay Tuned
I received a witness that the book of Mormon is true, I received a witness that Jesus Christ is my Savior, I received a witness that there is power in the temple endowment, and the priesthood and ordinances are necessary for salvation. But...I have difficulty with the current narrative with how the restored gospel is explained in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I think on a figurative level, it helps children understand the basic concepts and principles of the gospel, but postulated into a deeper theology, it runs into some very obvious contradictions with the message of the Standard Works.
Maybe this is my first step on my foot out the door as I'm "working my way of the Church", as BrotherofJared suggest I do. Or, maybe it's simply a starting point to root out falsehoods and cultural beliefs in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, as I will be taking my questions to my bishop directly.
This thread is a place where I share my alternative views and interpretations of the LDS Standard Works, so not to confuse those learning the official teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints with my personal opinions. Likewise, my critics can stop with the appeals to authority and expect me to justify my beliefs with other Church Leaders' statements. Even though I don't agree with them, it's still Mormonism:
“Mormonism is truth; and every man who embraces it feels himself at liberty to embrace every truth: consequently the shackles of superstition, bigotry, ignorance, and priestcraft, fall at once from his neck; and his eyes are opened to see the truth, and truth greatly prevails over priestcraft. …
“… Mormonism is truth, in other words the doctrine of the Latter-day Saints, is truth. … The first and fundamental principle of our holy religion is, that we believe that we have a right to embrace all, and every item of truth, without limitation or without being circumscribed or prohibited by the creeds or superstitious notions of men, or by the dominations of one another, when that truth is clearly demonstrated to our minds, and we have the highest degree of evidence of the same.” - (Joseph Smith, https://abn.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/teachings-joseph-smith/chapter-22?lang=eng)
If we have to accept every church leaders' doctrinal beliefs hook, line, and sinker, when in our minds we find obvious logical contradictions, how is that any better than Christianity because of their Creeds? It would be the same horse of a different color. Let's call a spade a spade.
Stay Tuned