[Jeff Head]

Thank you my FReind. I believe that too...irrespective of where we may be at a particular time, if our hearts are sincere and our faith in, and acceptance of Christ are genuine...He brings all to Himself for He knows and judges our hearts

But try telling some of the folks on this thread about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to which I belong, that.

IMHO, it's a sad thing to see on FR.

God's speed and His blessings to you and yours.

[editor-surveyor]

You could join Anton LaVey’s church, and my estimation of your personal testimony would be the same. Your actions and words match, and you emulate Christ persistently.

[Little Bill]

Jeff, a long time fan and ping list member, I am glad that you are prospering and sharing your experiences about the absolute wonders of modern medicine. I think that you have a part in Gods plan but who can judge.

Half my family is LDS and early settlers in Idaho, 1880’s, and I share your distress at some of the threads that have been posted.

God bless you and your family.

Bill

[Matchett-PI]

"..irrespective of where we [individuals] may be at a particular time, if our hearts are sincere and our faith in, and acceptance of Christ are genuine...He brings all to Himself for He knows and judges our hearts.

Very wise and accurate words.

"...As we have said before, the world is only relatively intelligible because it is absolutely unintelligible. In other words, it is only because the world is created that we can understand it at all.

"But for the same reason, we can never completely understand it, since we can never be the Creator. Therefore, in the ultimate sense, the cosmos too pours out its own inexhaustible stream of truth and beauty.

"In Salt of the Earth, Ratzinger is asked how many ways there are to God. His answer may surprise you: "As many as there are people."

"For otherwise we wouldn't be persons, nor could God be One. ..."

You continued:

"But try telling some of the folks on this thread about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to which I belong, that. IMHO, it's a sad thing to see on FR."

It is a sad thing, I agree. Insufferable, small-minded religious bigots will always be around no matter where one goes, because that's where THEY'RE at, at a particular time in their lives. Unfortunately, some of them will choose to remain invincibly ignorant religious bigots their whole lives. Their teachers and their god are just as shrunken and shriveled as they have freely chosen to remain, themselves.

"....he never managed to overcome his awe over the very existence of persons, from which proceeds his belief in their intrinsic dignity, nobility, and potential greatness.

"Absent this prior ground of meta-cosmic personhood, there can be no secure and inviolable ontological basis for a whole range of truths we know to be true, but could never "prove" with mere logic, e.g., the sanctity and infinite worth of the individual, the intrinsic right to religious freedom, and the a priori illegitimacy of any state that intrudes upon man's claims to truth, dignity, and justice. ...

"...not everyone is built the same way, and some of us want to place our invisible hand on the open wound at the center of our intellect."

HERE: Head First Into Christianity

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