Gadianton wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2023 2:20 am
MG 2.0 wrote:Faith Matters is not an authoritarian structure. You’re blowing smoke/BS.
Please, MG, you're really outdoing yourself here. I did not say "faith maters" is authoritarian.
The Mormon Church is authoritarian. Faith Matters is a fluff, just-so, shallow dive into Mormon-related topics intended to keep members positive about staying in the boat.
MG 2.0 wrote:Silly sheep, right?
Well yes, this is what I've been saying.
Hi Gadianton, over time here’s what I’ve noticed when I’m communicating with you. Your responses are high falootin’ in the sense that a relatively small group of folks are going to ‘cash in’ on what you’re saying. Now, there is nothing inherently wrong with that. Some folks are smarter in one or more ways than someone else, and visa versa. So here’s the thing. When you say Faith Matters is “fluff” you are doing so in such a way, at least in my opinion, as to set yourself apart as someone who has greater knowledge and insight than ‘the masses’ of folks that “stay in the boat”.
Well, that may well be true. You may, in reference to certain measures of intelligence, be ‘smarter’.
Here’s what I think. Hear me out. On the assumption that Christ’s Gospel, and all that this entails (including Mormonism) is True, with a capital T, one might reasonably expect that this gospel would be accessible to ANYONE. For that to be true, it would have to, at its heart, be simple enough for any ONE of us to understand, grasp hold of, and live. Right?
So when you talk with your friends here in such a way that you’re shouting across from tower to tower and looking upon the masses below with a sense of condescension and even disdain (why don’t they GET IT!) that’s a problem. Why?
Again, the gospel IS simple at its core. We as humans make it complex. Often to the point of adulterating so that it either becomes incomprehensible or silly. If it was ONLY folks like YOU that could grasp TRUTH (as you see it anyway) we would have very few people holding to the rod or attending church. The gospel BY NECESSITY has to be understood by the greatest and the least of God’s children.
Sure, you can do workarounds and redefine what this or that means and circumvent simplicity. It was, if you choose to believe it, foretold that the ‘very elect’ would be deceived. We might ask what that means. We will each, you and I come to different conclusions.
Anyway, your “shallow dive” comment got me thinking…
Regards,
MG