I have a question wrote:sock puppet wrote:I too would return. The premise is that there is a god, Mormon god at that. If that were true, then his judgment would affect me for a very, very long time. Sure, I'd fear him, and return. Would I have to work through why then god is a moral derelict vis-à-vis 21st century thinking? Sure, and I am not sure how that would get sorted out or how quickly. But, there is no evidence of such a being that I've come across yet. Everything I've heard pointed to by religionists lends itself to a more reasonable explanation than that (Mormon) god exists.
Sock, if it was categorically proven that the Church was true, would you support the Church in outlawing same sex marriage and calling it a sin?
No. I would not call it a sin. I would not 'support' the Church on that point.
If it was categorically proven that god (presuming such entity exists) insisted on my supporting outlawing same sex marriage and calling it a sin in order for my own 'salvation', then I'd be in the jaws of a vise. I think that the categorical proof for such, for me, would have to be a one-to-one, face-to-face with god, and that would enable me to ask god directly why I cannot follow my convictions in this regard. Since I don't think any reasonable, thinking god would have much of an answer, I don't think such god would be nearly as insistent on this point as a prerequisite for my 'salvation' as is Oaks and Co.