I have good friends and family who are "figurative-ists", so they are LDS - since that overall paradigm fits into Mormonism and the LDS Church. (in their minds)
I have good friends and family who are a combination of literalist and figurative-ist, so they are LDS - since the overall paradigm fits into Mormonism and the LDS Church. (in their minds)
I'm not sure how to classify myself properly when talking of literalist and figurative-ist. I'm dead center in the middle with some issues, just inside the edges on some, just outside the edges on lots and WAY out there in space on some others - and the "seriousness" or "importance" of the issue isn't much of a determining factor in where I am with relation to the box. I believe what I believe, and I'm really hard to categorize. So, I am LDS - since that overall paradigm fits into Mormonism and the LDS Church. (in my mind)
I have a friend who put it this way in an online discussion a few years ago:
Whether I stay LDS or not is MY decision. If I can feel I "belong" in the LDS Church, ain't nobody gonna convince me otherwise.
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Interesting, and I think you're correct. Certainly your friend's quotation rings true, consistent with the priciple of agency.
In the end, we choose what we believe, don't we?
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