tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post1942427434711847514..comments2023-12-26T10:22:04.630-05:00Comments on Things of My Soul: Church-Wide Vanilla; Individual FlavoringPapa Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-45802981637780017012010-10-21T23:45:40.797-04:002010-10-21T23:45:40.797-04:00Don't worry about your writing, Matthew. I th...Don't worry about your writing, Matthew. I think I understand what you are trying to say. <br /><br />Fwiw, it took me a while to be as comfortable in not knowing and in having to figure things out for myself as I am at this point in my life. I think most of the foundational things have been revealed (the basic principles, if you will); for me, it's just the "details" that Papa Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-50858272648447563352010-10-20T23:14:26.974-04:002010-10-20T23:14:26.974-04:00I just wonder about the many things yet to be reve...I just wonder about the many things yet to be revealed, which haven't been.<br /><br />I do agree that a point by point gospel doctrine is not the best solution, but at the same time, there has been so little official revelation since the early days of the church. Perhaps we, as a church, treat lightly what we have so far received and thus lose the opportunity to receive more. I don't Matthewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-18700064022328000182010-10-20T22:38:21.768-04:002010-10-20T22:38:21.768-04:00Bethany, I agree in essence with ji's response...Bethany, I agree in essence with ji's response - that there are lots of things that simply have not been revealed yet, and the concept of Heavenly Mother is one of them. Our Article of Faith is explicit when it says there are LOTS of important things that have not been revealed yet. <br /><br />ji, I don't think you are weak in faith, but I do agree totally with the principle in the Papa Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-42708298448456501722010-10-20T11:54:31.051-04:002010-10-20T11:54:31.051-04:00I want to follow up on my last posting -- maybe I&...I want to follow up on my last posting -- maybe I'm the one who is weak in the faith and is not ready to accept "true" doctrine -- and maybe some of these notions which are "true" to other and stronger Latter-day Saints are stumbling blocks to me -- if so, then I suppose I ask for some of the restraint or courtesy of which Paul writes in the fourteenth chapter of Romans. jinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-88047428532606543982010-10-20T11:02:06.619-04:002010-10-20T11:02:06.619-04:00Bethany,
The Church can only share what God has r...Bethany,<br /><br />The Church can only share what God has revealed, for doctrine, and what its leaders adopt, as practices. God has revealed almost nothing regarding our pre-earth existence, and almost nothing about our post-earth existence. Any answers to your question would necessarily be man-made answers, and man-made answers do not fit well as doctrine in a Church that calls itself the jinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-24434007766935298652010-10-19T12:50:48.060-04:002010-10-19T12:50:48.060-04:00So what about spiritual answers? What about learni...So what about spiritual answers? What about learning more about our Heavenly Mother? What about our roles in the afterlife? <br /><br />The "church" does have a responsibility and should clarify these issues. If the whole point of our religion is that we receive modern revelation, and its being led by God Himself every day, then we should be able to have these HUGE issues cleared up. <{ Bethany }https://www.blogger.com/profile/08390799154032651714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-11931610356118276052010-10-19T00:48:48.916-04:002010-10-19T00:48:48.916-04:00Thanks for the input, ji. In rereading the post, ...Thanks for the input, ji. In rereading the post, I didn't make that part clear at all. <br /><br />When I used the term "dirty laundry", I was echoing something someone else said in another forum - basically saying that the Church should publish a definitive answer for all questions that trouble or might trouble members. My response essentially is yours - that I want apostles andPapa Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-54716482435029015852010-10-18T21:44:47.815-04:002010-10-18T21:44:47.815-04:00Papa D,
In your first sentence, you speak of &quo...Papa D,<br /><br />In your first sentence, you speak of "dirty laundry." But you never develop the "dirty laundry" idea. Who should be airing (and cleaning) the Church's "dirty laundry"?<br /><br />For myself, I have no problem with a local or general Church officer recognizing some matter that is troubling to some and offering explanations for their benefit. jinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-72045648788347175612010-10-18T12:53:53.980-04:002010-10-18T12:53:53.980-04:00I like the analogyI like the analogyRichard Algerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08921970283086332560noreply@blogger.com