tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960447.post98639781367721716..comments2024-03-24T03:21:55.744-06:00Comments on Life On Gold Plates: "I would not give up trusting God"BHodgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01751807169882645742noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960447.post-28494103876167527152009-09-16T13:39:55.283-06:002009-09-16T13:39:55.283-06:00Emily, thanks for the response. It's nice to k...Emily, thanks for the response. It's nice to know people have been affected by Greg's perspective. Speaking of doubts, or of uncertainty or whatever people want to call it, I did a two-parter a while back you might like as well. <br /><br /><b>"Simultaneous Searching and Certainty?"</b><br />http://bit.ly/Z9Oz7<br /><br /><b>"Is Doubt a Sin?"</b><br />http://bit.ly/DiicL<br /><br />I think it was too subtle, but the titles of both posts are questions on purpose.BHodgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751807169882645742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960447.post-44900692258718539062009-09-16T13:15:39.265-06:002009-09-16T13:15:39.265-06:00These posts are gorgeous...I can't believe I t...These posts are gorgeous...I can't believe I tripped onto this site today. Just last night my husband and I were discussing just this-- what it means to question, inquire, live with uncertainty, and be faithful in the church. <br /><br />These posts illustrate how the balance can be set. And I love the opening quote about how ultimately all answers to questions link back to "Do I trust Father?" Beautiful. <br /><br />We've been discussing questioning testimonies (questioning everything, really) with my BYU-I freshman, and it was refreshing this morning to hear their surprisingly fair-minded approach to a healthy inquiry of what could easily become a dogmatic cultural bubble of Mormon 18-year-olds in an all-Mormon campus. <br /><br />I don't have anything I really want to add or ask Blair or Greg at this point (though I plan to continue to read this series and questions may come later). Right now I just want to express gratitude and empathy from Rexburg, Idaho. <br /><br />My husband said something last night along the lines of how he knows we've been given the talents (from God) to inquire, to be wise, to be selective in our beliefs so as not to have the wool drawn over our eyes, to see what lies in the shadowed corners that most people cut across, but it's not always clear what God wants us to do with these gifts when church situations (such as the bishop who suggests there is no room for doubt in the church)seem to antagonize our allowance for questioning.<br /><br />I'm not making sense. But I'm full of appreciation, so take that until I can shape what I'm thinking a bit better.Emily Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04269841451462164578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960447.post-21787887010180204642009-09-03T11:02:53.934-06:002009-09-03T11:02:53.934-06:00At this point was your relationship with God &...<i>At this point was your relationship with God & Christ unpinned from you relationship to the LDS Church? If you lost trust in Joseph Smith, why would it be necessary to stay with the organization he founded?</i><br /><br />It was not unpinned, but I was (I suppose) willing for it to be so if necessary.<br /><br />My relationship to the Church and Joseph is secondary--it's God and Christ that matter, and that have driven all revelation, improvement, etc. in my life. The Church and Joseph are tools (albeit very useful ones), but not ends unto themselves.<br /><br />So, I would like to think that I'm always willing to do what I'm told. I've had so many experiences because of and related to Joseph, the Book of Mormon, and the Church, though, that by now I think the chance of God ever changing that is vanishingly small.<br /><br />But, at the time I was at least willing to entertain the idea if I was required to. As it turned out, I was not.Gregnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960447.post-39197204696821747282009-09-03T05:28:46.437-06:002009-09-03T05:28:46.437-06:00Blair, this question is actually for Greg.
“I wo...Blair, this question is actually for Greg. <br /><i><br />“I would give up trusting Joseph if I had to, but I would not give up trusting God.”<br /></i><br />At this point was your relationship with God & Christ unpinned from you relationship to the LDS Church? If you lost trust in Joseph Smith, why would it be necessary to stay with the organization he founded?Don Kauffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720800952856482379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960447.post-26565526322512953792009-08-25T17:05:48.475-06:002009-08-25T17:05:48.475-06:00Thanks Sandra. More to come!Thanks Sandra. More to come!BHodgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751807169882645742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960447.post-37367802851243176702009-08-25T15:48:48.689-06:002009-08-25T15:48:48.689-06:00Thank you much for this analysis. I've gone th...Thank you much for this analysis. I've gone through a version of this experience, although not to the extent Greg has. I appreciate the way you've put this concept in terms so well understood and how it can be applied. I was at the FAIR presentation and was profoundly moved by Greg's comments at the end of his presentation. Thank you for continuing the discussion.Sandra Hildreth Ballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284841585033500677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960447.post-53979964543553742112009-08-19T20:50:53.823-06:002009-08-19T20:50:53.823-06:00Thanks for this. It describes something deeply pr...Thanks for this. It describes something deeply profound in an amazingly clear way.Papa Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.com