Runtu wrote:My wife said the other day that she believes that God works through all religions and all believers, so it's not so much that you're in the "one true church" as much as it is that you're where God wants you to be doing what he wants you to do. Of course, her point was that she believes God wants me back in the LDS church.
That seemed to me to turn traditional LDS doctrine on its head, but then as I thought about it, I think that's what I've always believed. I used to think that people like Mother Teresa would not have had the impact they had if they had been LDS, so God must have needed them to be where they were. These days, I'm not so sure God even exists, but if he does, I doubt very much he's concerned about particular points of doctrine or what kind of building one worships in.
Does this make sense to anyone else?
It sounds like a way of rationalizing why global believers of differing faiths are right where God wants them to be.
As a Christian, this doesn't really equate with the ressurection.
However, I suppose you could take Romans 13:1-7 in the broadest sense possible....and it still wouldn't fit...well at all.
"Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you." - Mr. Beaver in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
John Larsen wrote:My take is that since all Churches are man made institutions, they each have at their heart the fundamental goodness that is a product of their human participants. All churches tap into the one true source of universal goodness, the human heart. Unfortunately they also have access to the bad parts of humanity also.
There are people who are made better by attending Church and/or adhering to its tenants. However, it is not true that one Church will make all people better. If you find something that speaks to you, does not offend you core morality, and makes you a better person, then stick with it!
This is in line with what my experience with God has been. Churches are made by men, for men. God works at the individual level, in the individual heart.