I’m not sure what ‘Christian’ really means anymore. There are so many different sects, many of which concentrate on different, specific points of dogma; and each thinks that their way of believing is the only ‘right’ way.
That’s the problem with dogma - it attempts to force everyone to think the same way; but God made us all different, with different viewpoints.
I’ve also known Mormon people of fine character; so I have to believe that the guiding ideals of their lives are generally positive, beneficial ones for them.
(Some religious posts on FR seem deliberately designed to stir-up trouble and contention...people often think they are doing this in honor of their ‘god’, when it’s really in honor of their own egos.)
Well said!
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The problem with the "Can't we all just get along" dogma is that it allows ignorant people to continue to travel that broadway that leads to Hell.
Are so many of us so afraid of a little conflict that we shy away from confronting False Doctrine?
Are you neither hot nor cold?
Jeremiah 29:13 tells us....'You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
I was at the place of not knowing....I finally decided to read the Bible, since it's His words to us, and I did so for several weeks as often as I could. I began with the four gospels and found there was a whole lot I understood that I had never before as I asked the Lord to teach me about who He was.......he did not fail to do just that.
And then...When the "student is ready" God provides the teacher....
It's all about Him.....The old testament rings out "He's coming".....the Gospels ring out "He's here"....And Revelations "He's coming again". HE truly is the beginning and the end.