I can't remember what I was doing today, but ended up on a blog-type site of "liberal" & very politically based, "Mormons". Now, as that goes, I am totally clueless how someone could be a "liberal" Mormon due to the fact that the laws of God are becoming the EXACT opposite of what Men's laws are becoming, so how is it you can believe in or live according to God's guidelines, when liberalism is the opposite of that? Isn't it?
Anyway, I digress ;p-I was reading a post about how "pro-life" shouldn't just be about abortion, but the quality of life in general & not having war & reforming inmates etc...anyway I was so shocked to read a post from a YW leader who had her 5th YW come to tell her she was pregnant, & that she was going to get an abortion & the leader told her to be careful & find a safe to place to have it done!
Here was my response:
I apparently in my ignorance do not understand why or how there can be "liberal" Mormons & probably will not be back to this site for the simple fact that the feelings I feel are not of the spirit when I read some of these posts, but I wonder, is it a way to justify mans law vs. God's law? There are a couple of posts on here that I agree with, for the fact they are correct principles... but I actually am saddened to hear that a YW leader would ENCOURAGE a child to murder a fetus, because of her mistake. I wonder then if as a member of the church (free agency & all) if the Lord "bails you out" of all your mistakes, because if that's how it works, I've been in the wrong line this whole time! If I heard that a YW leader had given any kind of a glimpse to make that action ok, or "just to be safe", I would probably take my daughter out of YW, due to the fact that correct principles are not being taught (philosophies of man, mingled with scripture). Are we as members of GOD's church that far gone, as to think we know better because the times we live in are different? 2 Nephi 9:28 is all I can say really, again because I just don't understand. How sad that I have to continue to tell myself & children "the gospel of Jesus Christ is TRUE, the people are not". It is definitely a sign of the times that we as members will be weeded out (wheat & tarres), It is very sad to me, that I find these "articles" posted by members of Christ church. As I mentioned in that post I would not be back to the site or anything like it, because it just gets my blood boiling & is extremely sad to me. It's like so many stories in the Book of Mormon where someone is trying to bicker or find fault w/ church doctrine or principles, just to get a "rise" out of people, & we know what happens to them.....I thought the fruits of the spirit were...Galatians 5:22 & that contention was of the devil?
We were recently accused of being judgmental of someone & causing contention. Now, anyone who knows Archi, knows that he in NO WAY is a person like that....for me it is something I try to work on & although I am not perfect, I really didn't feel we were being judgmental about this person or the situation. We were making decisions based on actual facts & events that have been involved.
(Which we will not feel bad for, knowing that we did do the righteous thing)
Then, in church, we had a discussion about the City of Enoch. A city so righteous that it was taken from the earth. That at another time it will return & that we will all live among each other (Moses 7:62-63) but how will that happen if we are easily offended by others trying to help us to progress? If someone see's a fault I have & point it out...I know they are not perfect, but if I am doing something I shouldn't be doing, why should that offend me? I need to repent & do better, right? Isn't that part of perfecting the saints? How will I be able to live with people like those from the City of Enoch if I am no where near their compassion or understanding, which I think goes along the lines of, the life after our death too, I will go where I will be comfortable. I was impressed by the talk that President Monson gave, this last conference "School thy feelings, O my brother".
So if we are a people who are not easily offended & perfecting the saints & being our brothers keeper is important, then what would we be? What would we have?
I think often that if I died in my sins as I am now, even after someone tried to help me see behaviors that could be corrected, & I was too prideful to change or justified my behavior
(2 Nephi 9:28), what would happen?
What is judging someone anyway? What does it mean to judge someone vs. being your brothers keeper or perfecting each other?
