You are the second person on this thread I applaud and it has nothing to do with what I think of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, pro or con. I applaud you as a fellow Conservative who remains here with other Conservatives in spite of the religious vitriol thrown your way sometimes.
Conservatives NEED to not act like Marxist-Progressive-Liberals that do not believe in true diversity, but seek a mono-culture in which all values have been flattened to theirs and diversity looses all relevance because there would be NO true diversity to speak of.
Many Conservatives here ignore how just like the Marxist-Progressive-Liberals they constantly narrow their scope of friends an allies by lifting up our differences in some matters and in way that tears down unity we could have on other critical matters.
Don’t go away. Stay here. You are needed.
I don’t intend to go anywhere.
The Lord asked His Apostles at a critical time in The Lords travails. (Please don’t think I am trying to equate that with this but the example is good.) The Savior of The World knowing how men’s hearts had been stirred up asked his Apostles if they would leave him. With incredulity Peter asked The Lord, “ to whom would we go, You have the words of Eternal life”.
To the good Bishops of 325AD and again 385AD who were burned at the stake because they would not accept the “new” doctrines put forth by Constantine, I would say, they only wanted to follow their hearts and follow The Lord.
There are always individuals and groups who would force others to profess the same belief as them. I personally believe the inquisition and other like acts were grossly wrong. I don’t condemn the church for it but pray for those who will have to face God one day for what they did.
It is possible that I don’t ascribe to the “preferred” religion but I doubt there is anyone who who loves the Savior of The World, even Jesus Christ, The very Son of God, The King of The Universe any more than me.
Some will say I worship a different Christ than the preferred church does. Perhaps, but I worship the one who was born of the Virgin Mary, raised by fine Joseph. The same one who turned water into wine, the same one that raised Lazarus from the dead after being dead for 3 days. The same one in the Garden of Gethsemane took upon Himself the sins of the entire world and became the sacrificial lamb of the world. He carried all our sins from the garden to the altar of Golgotha where he gave up the ghost for me and you. The same one who on Easter morning rose alive from the dead allowed the world to see him alive.
That is the Jesus Christ I worship.
While there are those who would be gate keepers and decide for us what religion we must conform to be Christian or certainly to be Conservatives, I don’t think that is the majority.
When those same gate keepers thought that Trump was horrible and a-religious well I just kept quiet. We don’t hear from those never-trumpers now. Some day my turn on earth will be over. I will stand before God with all my horrible sins having been previously washed away with the blood of Jesus Christ, with Christ Himself having already suffered the punishment, my punishment, death and separation. The Savior will usher me in with Him to the Kingdom He has prepared for me.
So, I just don’t sweat the small stuff. Most people here get it and enjoy sharing it. I enjoy someone thinking enough of me to give me their hand.
Thanks,
Jakraig