tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736612120087106800.post1600923805456520288..comments2024-03-24T00:27:42.082-07:00Comments on mormonomics & mormonethics: Some Thoughts on Certainty and BeliefRoger Terryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01833699821255820282noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736612120087106800.post-56368778385605761222017-01-11T08:47:01.360-08:002017-01-11T08:47:01.360-08:00You have reflected a lot of my sentiments. I have ...You have reflected a lot of my sentiments. I have been trying to look in from outside the fishbowl, as it were, for the last five or six years and have come to similar conclusions. I think the emphasis on certainty, as you stated, stifles questions and the growth and spiritual maturation that can come from asking those questions.<br />When I started down this path I promised myself that I wouldn't allow myself to simply trade one black and white set of ideas for another black and white set of ideas. This has caused me to come to some complex, if not blurry, ideas.<br />So, was Joseph Smith (and other church leaders) called of God? Maybe. Does that mean everything they claim(ed) while in that capacity God's word? My internal moral compass (and history) tells me no.<br />It's a lot of work to walk the uncertain path and there are many reasons to avoid it so we end up taking the easy path (tradition, etc.) and simply assume it's the best route.<br />I agree with your idea to talk with the youth ahead of time. Give them a chance to actually evaluate their beliefs and you will more likely than not be impressed. No one benefits from simply falling into the rote of things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736612120087106800.post-89974560516379486512017-01-07T09:13:28.255-08:002017-01-07T09:13:28.255-08:00Have you read the book The Sin of Certainty by Pet...Have you read the book The Sin of Certainty by Peter Enns? If not, I think you would like it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736612120087106800.post-53325392209540637712017-01-04T21:49:14.031-08:002017-01-04T21:49:14.031-08:00I carry spiritual scars from just the sort of prac...I carry spiritual scars from just the sort of practice your Bishop is engaging in. We do no favors when we do not allow room for doubt. In fact, would Joseph Smith have prayed in the woods as he did if his family had not allowed his doubts space to be heard? I don't think so.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10996963531198972421noreply@blogger.com