1. Forget Yourself "Forget yourself," is the first thing Donny shared. "Why? Because He's there knocking on the door. He communicates with us, and if there's a problem, it's typically with yourself." His sentiment echoes President Dieter F. Uchtdorf's famous line: "Doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith."
2. Identify What's Holding You Back "Find out what's holding you back," Donny said, "whether it be a Word of Wisdom problem or [something else]." Like the old saying goes, knowing the problem is half the battle.
Find Mormonism hard to believe? Look deeply into the mirror, because you're to blame.
I'm starting to hate the term "Struggling with your faith". It makes it sound like its the member's fault. A better term would be " struggling to believe the things the church teaches because they are not credible". As for Donnie's second point "Identify what's holding you back", that's easy. The things the church teaches are simply impossible to believe. I can't force myself to believe things that my brain and conscience tell me are not true.
"We have taken up arms in defense of our liberty, our property, our wives, and our children; we are determined to preserve them, or die." - Captain Moroni - 'Address to the Inhabitants of Canada' 1775
Makes one highly confident that Donnie Osmond has thought and prayed about these issues and knows exactly what he is talking about. Yeah, right.
Donnie says he does not know why Blacks are not allowed to hold the Priesthood and suggests that Babba Wawa should ask the LDS GAs. Funny thing - when the GAs were finally asked about this, publicly, they claimed not to know either. Imagine that.
David Hume: "---Mistakes in philosophy are merely ridiculous, those in religion are dangerous."
DrW: "Mistakes in science are learning opportunities and are eventually corrected."
Marie said: "But as far as speaking her mind, that should be the man's job."
I wonder if she agrees with that now.
M.
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I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who - is reaching for a star. I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are. - Milton Berle
Maureen wrote:Marie said: "But as far as speaking her mind, that should be the man's job."
I wonder if she agrees with that now?
M.
I know, right! I didn't click the link, but this must be the old interview when they were young. I can remember wondering that same thing when I watched it some time ago.
~Those who benefit from the status quo always attribute inequities to the choices of the underdog.~Ann Crittenden ~The Goddess is not separate from the world-She is the world and all things in it.~