You have likely heard a person who is taken against her/his free will say something like, "You can have my body but you can't have my mind."
Like the movie Gothika:
Chloe: I'll tell you one thing: He can have my body, but he will never have my soul. Never. The devil.
Unfortunately, I can't shake the very same thought as I navigate my own NOM'ness. Do any others out there feel this way as you stay involved in LDS while not believing?
You go to church in order to preserve your relationships (truly a noble cause). You do this at the expense of your free choice to do something else you might find more joy in. You give your body up but you do it knowing that you don't have to believe the same way as everyone else. Your mind is "free" but your body is not.
I have never thought about it this way but now that you bring it up, yes, that is an apt description of how I often feel when I am sitting in the LDS pews these days.
quark wrote:You have likely heard a person who is taken against her/his free will say something like, "You can have my body but you can't have my mind."
Like the movie Gothika:
Chloe: I'll tell you one thing: He can have my body, but he will never have my soul. Never. The devil.
Unfortunately, I can't shake the very same thought as I navigate my own NOM'ness. Do any others out there feel this way as you stay involved in LDS while not believing?
You go to church in order to preserve your relationships (truly a noble cause). You do this at the expense of your free choice to do something else you might find more joy in. You give your body up but you do it knowing that you don't have to believe the same way as everyone else. Your mind is "free" but your body is not.
Thoughts?
Yes, I do feel this way at times.
I honestly feel, particularly when some members present a "holier than thou" attitude, that I hold a very cherished secret in what my own perceptions and beliefs are involving the gospel.
I'm getting to the point where I'm having a hard time with the "have my body" part.
(Nevo, Jan 23) And the Melchizedek Priesthood may not have been restored until the summer of 1830, several months after the organization of the Church.