why me wrote:The creation story makes sense. And it is impressive.
No it doesn't, and maybe it's impressive to 3rd graders with no concept of science.
I will admit I was mightily impressed with those hand-drawn flowers, plants, and animals. Those rock.
Here's one example for you Why Me. God tells Jesus to go down and plant seeds of every kind in the Earth to grow grass, trees, flowers, etc.
At this time there was no soil in the true sense of the word, because soil contains a lot of biomatter, and that comes from things that previously lived and died. So there wouldn't have been a medium in which the seeds would have sprouted and flourished.
Also, how could flowers have grown without bees to pollinate them? What about the trees that require animals to eat their fruits and poop out the seeds elsewhere in order to propogate themselves and spread?
Can't you see that the plants and animals, insects, etc. are interdependent on each other, and trying to create just one of those kingdoms apart from the others wouldn't work?
So how does that story make sense to you?
For you it is now mumbo jumbo but when you believed you found it sacred.
Because I was told that it was sacred, and I trusted the people who told that to me.
Good to have empathy for those who still believe and not mock that which they consider sacred. But in our realityTV world, it is difficult to have empathy or respect.
I have empathy with those who will be offended, but they still choose to be offended, and I am not convinced that everyone else should let their (the Mormons) proclivity toward offense dictate the conversation. It's a conversation that the Mormons shouldn't necessarily be allowed to own, or exercise control over.
Mormonism ceased being a compelling topic for me when I finally came to terms with its transformation from a personality cult into a combination of a real estate company, a SuperPac, and Westboro Baptist Church. - Kishkumen
