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On Own Now wrote:
In other words, there was a set way to do things, but accommodation was given for adjustment to circumstances.
I remember hearing a story of an elderly woman who was baptized, but the don’t water was cold as the heater was broken. Her for kept coming up, or her hand, and after the third attempt she had enough. So she kept coming to church, but was never ‘officially’ baptized. Long story short, a GA was visiting, the SP asked what to do about this problem, and once the GA found out she was still active, he said to count it.I don’t know if this story is factual, or Mormon Urban Legend.
I think the tricky part is that after you realize there are accommodations for everything spiritual, then…when should we ever apply the learnings of steadying the ark of the covenant results in instant lightening death? Both lessons are taught at church. Sometimes we let the baptisms stand. Sometimes we require them to be re-baptized to fulfill all righteousness with exactness and faith that God will protect us from the freezing waters.
We are taught that somethings really do matter. It is just hard to tell what those things are. At least…I struggle with knowing that. We seem to cover it up with “let the spirit guide you”.
Heber13 wrote:
I think the tricky part is that after you realize there are accommodations for everything spiritual, then…when should we ever apply the learning of steadying the ark of the covenant results in instant lightening death?
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Heber13 wrote:
Both lessons are taught at church. Sometimes we let the baptisms stand. Sometimes we require them to be re-baptized to fulfill all righteousness with exactness and faith that God will protect us from the freezing waters.We are taught that somethings really do matter. It is just hard to tell what those things are.At least…I struggle with knowing that. We seem to cover it up with “let the spirit guide you”.
I put that part in bold because that is what I am struggling with. In the last 6 months, I have been thinking about what re-framing what I felt I knew about myself that really mattered in an entirely new light. It is liberating – I no longer have the ability to see things the way I previously saw them. It is very scary and lonely because I no longer have the ability to see things the way I previously saw them. Overall, it is not a bad thing – I have become a better friend to myself and made new friends along the way.
I think my greatest struggle right now is acknowledging that I don’t know what the best options are – and I am the best expert I’ve got in the human realm. I have given it a lot of thought, and I am not in the anger stage, the bargaining stage, or the depressive stage. I don’t think I am in the denial stage because I am here, among other reasons. I feel slightly sad that these are the circumstances, but I choose to be cautiously optimistic that I will be able to make the best choices available to me. I have also chosen to focus on the basic 2 commandments – Love God and Love Others while I figure it all out.
The entire temple film is symbolic. The garden sequence is much as the Bible – the bit after is obviously using Adam and Eve as stand ins for the human race over the course of history.
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