Re: The real problem.
Posted by johnross on .
Sorry, the comparisons of your hypothetical scenerios with Beth's real life ones, while good natured, are flawed to the point of non-comparison.
"Though we as parents would love our babies to stay small and cuddly for the rest of our natural lives, another part of us wants to prepare them for the life they will inevitably face."
I can assure you that Beth would rather her son be without the problems he has. She wishes no such thing for his growth to stunt in any way. She is only saying that her son is not "unwhole" because of his conditions.
"What if your child wants to grow, and learn new things, and gain strengths he didn't have before? Would you deny him this?"
No.
" Not the end of the story but merely a new chapter. This chapter is really a very short one in comparison."
What about the people that neared moral perfection while still alive, like Mother Theresa? What is she supposed to do in her next chapters, if this one was only the first? I mean, if you finish your summer project in an afternoon, what do you do for the rest of the Summer?
"That's what makes the LDS doctrines so wonderful. We don't believe in a heaven where you are suddenly changed into a perfect being."
Would have sounded more wonderful if you had said we were suddenly changed into perfect beings.
So is there no way to go to hell straight from this life? You'd really have to twist the bible to justify that. I wouldn't even know where to begin.
"o i c wat u did thar"
See that's the funny part. You can't rightly follow a belief about salvation and then just keep it to yourself. That's a major aspect of a christian religion. How could one call themself a follower of christ and not do their best to spread the good news to the rest of his children?
As for accepting people as perfect as they are, I don't think you've really thought this through. Though we as parents would love our babies to stay small and cuddly for the rest of our natural lives, another part of us wants to prepare them for the life they will inevitably face. Seeing God in this way sheds some light on the idea that we are part of this existence so we can "grow up" in our own individual ways. What if your child wants to grow, and learn new things, and gain strengths he didn't have before? Would you deny him this? I think I can speak for most people in saying that I would like to overcome the difficulties that face me in this life.
That's what makes the LDS doctrines so wonderful. We don't believe in a heaven where you are suddenly changed into a perfect being. We believe that the next life is a continuation of this one. Not the end of the story but merely a new chapter. This chapter is really a very short one in comparison.
Personally, I always feel best when I grow in some way. Mormons believe that God wishes for us to do that. We call it Eternal Progression.
As for accepting people as perfect as they are, I don't think you've really thought this through. Though we as parents would love our babies to stay small and cuddly for the rest of our natural lives, another part of us wants to prepare them for the life they will inevitably face. Seeing God in this way sheds some light on the idea that we are part of this existence so we can "grow up" in our own individual ways. What if your child wants to grow, and learn new things, and gain strengths he didn't have before? Would you deny him this? I think I can speak for most people in saying that I would like to overcome the difficulties that face me in this life.
That's what makes the LDS doctrines so wonderful. We don't believe in a heaven where you are suddenly changed into a perfect being. We believe that the next life is a continuation of this one. Not the end of the story but merely a new chapter. This chapter is really a very short one in comparison.
Personally, I always feel best when I grow in some way. Mormons believe that God wishes for us to do that. We call it Eternal Progression.