Moniker wrote:wenglund wrote:Moniker wrote:I'm sort of stunned that this went off into a tangent about the Church itself (Wade -- you always derail my threads!)
I recognize the inclination of some to "blame" (ironically in the process of speaking about derailing a thread that is not about "blame"), but not wishing to go there (and thus FURTHER derail the thread--hint, hint), let me just say that I am sorry for allegedly derailing the thread by responding to OTHER people's (hint, hint) claims about my Church as it relates to the topic of the thread, if not also the general subjectmatter of the board (which, in case people may have forgotten, is "Mormon Discussions"). ;-)
Thanks, -Wade Englund-
Oh! Wade, I'm so hurt! By saying I'm blaming you are you blaming me for blaming you?
If you look a little more closely, you will see that I did not mention YOU at all. I made a generic reference to what some people may be inclined to do (not to be confused with "blaming"), and I explicitly said I didn't wish to go there (i.e. I did not wish to get involved with discussion involving blaming). So, now that you correctly understand things, I trust that your odd hurt will subside.
This thread is how the Church emphasizes the GR principle. Not just the Church in general. There's a specific emphasis here. :)
I appreciate you reinforcing what I already knew. ;-)
Some replied that they didn't believe it did. That's a valid reply since the OP asked for instances of posters experiencing this. If the OP asked if the Church emphasized Satanic worship would it be okay for people to discuss your Church and reply it did not? ;)
If you would like to refute their points perhaps you could show how the Church DOES forward this principle in its teachings.
I am not here to argue or refute. Instead, I wish simply to pose alternate views for consideration.
You discussed how you personally practice the GR by saying that those on this thread that discuss your religion are somehow not practicing this principle and how you attempt to always do this.
That comes as news to me.
Personally I'm often frustrated when you sometimes place a motive on discussions. I think there can be discussions of religion and the practices without it having to be an attack. I mentioned growing up in Japan --- can I discuss the festivals and talk about how different and strange (yet stunningly beautiful) they were to me as an outsider? Is that disparaging anyone? What if I asked what precisely does Shintoism stress? What if some posters disagreed with some of the practices/beliefs of Shintoism -- is this not appropriate or somehow violating the GR? I don't see it as such.
You are free to do whatever you choose.
I fear I just created anther Ping! Pong! moment. :) If you do reply to me, perhaps, you could state how you see the Church emphasizing this principle? Please?
While the GR, along with a number of other principles of the gospel, are mentioned in the LDS canon of scripture, and frequently espoused and somewhat explicated in talks, lessons, articles, etc. throughout the history of the Church, I don't know that it is "emphasized"--at least not in any systematic way.
So, given how narrowly you have restricted the topic, and your stated intollerance for supposed "tangents", I am not sure there is much if anything of substance that can be said, or any point in me participating further.
Thanks, -Wade Englund-