tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3905378337057904794.post8434036701712654184..comments2023-09-09T05:48:28.277-06:00Comments on You Don't Have to Can to Get to Heaven: Bitter Sweet ReligionPhanniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05000292927213606281noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3905378337057904794.post-87792039251178108612010-03-25T10:21:19.312-06:002010-03-25T10:21:19.312-06:00Thanks Amy. I will go read the article for sure.
...Thanks Amy. I will go read the article for sure.<br /><br />Chris, your comment was the perfect length. You are SO right. Thanks.Phanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05000292927213606281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3905378337057904794.post-7697868657327531852010-03-24T16:46:57.198-06:002010-03-24T16:46:57.198-06:00Hey Phannie, I linked over here from Mrs B Roth...Hey Phannie, I linked over here from Mrs B Roth's blog. Just wanted to say that I enjoyed reading your words and I always like to hear people being honest with their beliefs and feelings.<br /><br />I personally get annoyed at the way people are portrayed who do decide to leave the church (sometimes very respectfully). For instance the story that we tell so much in Sunday School about Thomas Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470804291374122969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3905378337057904794.post-33305189752308918192010-03-24T16:44:32.901-06:002010-03-24T16:44:32.901-06:00Along the lines of "the church is true, the p...Along the lines of "the church is true, the people aren't," I recently read this essay:<br />http://ldsfocuschrist.blogspot.com/2007/10/why-church-as-true-as-gospel-eugene.html<br />and it changed my outlook on the church completely. Seriously, read it.Amy Grigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12774660002363629146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3905378337057904794.post-2879599372535745852010-03-17T15:45:58.908-06:002010-03-17T15:45:58.908-06:00Okay, here I go again, commenting.
My parents are...Okay, here I go again, commenting.<br /><br />My parents are converts. They joined the church before the met each other. And they both had completely different experience when they joined.<br /><br />My dad's was good!<br /><br />My mom's, not so much.<br /><br />No one even acknowledged her presence, no one befriended her. People were actually rude and mean. <br />On top of that her Serene is my name, not my life!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02181359150279923307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3905378337057904794.post-42150769782005066562010-03-11T15:47:23.646-07:002010-03-11T15:47:23.646-07:00Really good post, well said. And a question I thin...Really good post, well said. And a question I think I need to answer for myself, as well. I often feel like I don't really need or want the church in my life anymore ... but I know I couldn't turn my back on the Gospel. I'll have to go read the article.<br /><br />(I am so grateful for the internet and to know I am not alone and crazy in my feelings and perceptions - Thank you!)Mrs. B. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07523283961030307659noreply@blogger.com