![]() The practice of becoming holy, becoming (or not becoming) a saint. I’m in the process of reading Jana’s book. Loved it! It was such a down to earth view of spirituality, and it was wonderful! On another note, I read Flunking Sainthood in one sitting. But I choose to distance myself from it because it can’t accept that understanding of truth, even though doing so would make it a lot easier for people like me to stay. So I hold with your idea of truth I find goodness all over the place, even in Mormonism. If it’s going to insist that it is the one true church and that it is factual and divinely inspired, I believe it should live up to that. But I also believe that if the church is going to make that claim, it should be held to it. So the church is shooting itself in the foot, which you pointed out. Hinckley said that either the church is the one true church, or it’s a fraud. The church says that the Book of Mormon happened, that you have to accept everything or nothing. ![]() My problem is that the church is claiming factual truth as well as spiritual truth. I’ve wondered that for a long time I find truth or goodness in things that aren’t aren’t factually true all the time. Jana, I love your discussion on truth, and that you’re asking whether it matters if something is factual or not. ![]() Just finished the first part, and am loving it. Cultural Context Preceding the Book of Mormon. ![]()
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