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while My intellect knows very little compared to what I thought I knew 5 years ago, I can say that my spiritual experiences have led me to know things. While your right, that many who claim to know do so without knowing the reasons that would make them less sure or unsure we also should recognize that truth goes beyond knowledge. I also smirk when a 14 year old says they know but I also am grateful for their faith.
I really sympathise with this. I recently shared my faith crisis with my parents, and my Mum (a convert) really opened up. What she shared was that Dad (lifelong member) has never questioned it, and Mum’s life is so different now because of the church that she dares not question it as it seems ungrateful for what she has been blessed with. Bottom line though is that neither of them ‘know’. This was compounded when a distant family member put on FB “I’m a thoroughly converted intellectual Mormon… I know it, live it and love it.” My wife got so mad at that because she felt it was directed at me. I just wanted to reply “You’re not a true intellectual if you’ve never read Brodie, Bushman or Quinn”. Didn’t though!
🙂 kristmace wrote:I just wanted to reply “You’re not a true intellectual if you’ve never read Brodie, Bushman or Quinn”. Didn’t though!
🙂 Ahhh… Quinn. I know I need to some time. I just don’t have the spiritual energy to take the mauling.
And you were probably right to stay quiet. I recently went off on a bit of a rant on FB at someone else’s comment about choosing the pope. They were only joking and I over-reacted. I’m concerned that despite my apology later I might have overdone it and damaged a friendship I cared about.
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