Mastodawn

A major concern in most religions is faith. I just saw a FB post saying "faith kills doubt and vice-versa." OK, but what the hell is faith? It tends to be defined in circular terms and/or with so much vagueness that there is no way to formalize or even really understand the concept (e.g. that "evidence of things not seen..." scripture).

Different religions have different definitions of faith. The LDS church (a.k.a. Mormons), established in New York in the 19th century, tends a bit more toward concrete definitions of terms than some other Christian flavors. I learned that faith was more or less (in my words) a response to an information signal about the reality of God, the truth of the church, Jesus' love, etc. received via channels placed in our minds for this purpose. I always found the LDS church's pragmatism and groundedness (in many things) both comforting and boring. But in this case it provided an operational definition.

And now I'm not religious.

(My father, the origin of my rational approach to spirituality, did not appreciate this explanation of my faith transition)

#religion #faith #lds #mormon #exmormon #operationaldefinition #DefineYourTerms

novaTopFlex Mar 14

Hype for the Future 133LDS: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Introduction Though Joseph Smith was originally born within the boundaries of the State of Vermont, his experiences within the upper New York region had resulted in the eventual formation of the LDS Church, thus forming the modern-day concept of Mormonism. After New York, the historic sites associated with Joseph Smith had pushed increasingly westward, from a site in Harmony (now known as Oakland), Pennsylvania, west to sites in Kirtland, Ohio, followed by Nauvoo, Illinois. After being […]

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Hype for the Future 133LDS: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

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StarTrek Gifs Mar 10

Which episode do we see here?

#startrek #gif #quiz #riddle #game #LDS #startrekLDS #guid302dc25dc89f

LeonianUniverse😁Mar 8

I've been thinking about this for quite some time, whether I should make a song about my religious beliefs. I think that a lot of people here think that because I am very left--leaning, it means I don't believe in God, but that's just not true. I wanted to create something that would show my feelings about God and religion in general in a way that people would understand, and so I think #Music is the best way to do this. I did create this using #Suno, but I hope that this gets the message across about my beliefs. Some might hate me for it, in fact, I'm expecting a lot of hate from #Christians or believers in #God, especially members of the #LDS church, but this is how I feel, and I want people to understand my position. I hope this sparks discourse, I hope people understand where I am coming from, I want people to talk about this with me, but most of all, I just want to lay out who I am in this song.

StarTrek Gifs Feb 26

What episode?

#startrek #gif #quiz #riddle #game #LDS #startrekLDS #guid1173f72bb139

StarTrek Gifs Feb 24

Can you tell the episode?

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Katrina Katrinka

Feb 23

RE: https://mastodon.online/@xankarn/116120793504340920

#Utahns, it is our responsibility to press #GovCox #GovernorCox and #TaCOJCOLDS #LDS #Mormon church about this potential concentration camp. It is our shame that #Utah lobbied for the Topaz concentration camp in 1942, and we can't condone our state repetiting that shame again with a new concentration camp for #ICE.

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Dr. Folke Bernadotte 🇪🇺Feb 22

5/15. The LDS (Latter-day Saint) perspective is the ultimate "Cold Case Recovery." If the "Gnostic Intel" was lost during a "Great Apostasy," then Joseph Smith was the agent tasked with "Restoring the Signal." The Book of Mormon serves as "Recovered Hardware"—Golden Plates containing a "Second Stream" of data. It confirms the mission wasn't just local; it was a global, Trans-Atlantic Intelligence Operation. 📀🦅 #LDS #Mormon

StarTrek Gifs Feb 18

What episode?

#startrek #gif #quiz #riddle #game #LDS #startrekLDS #guid192579638950