Gazelam wrote:Perdition means one that is lost. As in he was once found, but is now lost.
Ok, so hes not dead yet, and could still repent, but I see no signs of this, just an aggresive stance against the things of God. So you tell me, where do you think he stands, and who does he serve?
I don’t believe that Harmony can answer that question for you, only I can.
I will never repent to the Mormon God, or any God for that matter. Now that I have been out of Mormonism for five years and run one of the largest “anti” Mormon sites on the web, I have a totally new perspective on Mormonism and in religion as a whole.
My view is that religion, while not entirely at fault, is one of the most detrimental influences to mankind that has ever been created. I myself do not consider myself an atheist, nor a secular humanist or any other kind of label. Quite frankly, I do not care if a God exists or does not exist. I have come to the stark realization that this time that I live now is all that I have. I do not care about life after death, nor do I believe that there will be such a case. I am resigned that when I die, the game is over and all time and eternity will pass around my remains and I will be quietly absent from it.
This acceptance has brought new meaning into my life. I love my wife more. I love my children more. I gave up my personal wants and desires after work to spend all of my free time raising my children and spending time with my wife. I watch with sadness as family members who are entrenched in the Mormon Corporation have to choose between eating and paying tithing – and watching them starve because they paid their money to the cult. I watch their cars break down, their houses become dilapidated all because they cannot afford to “live”. I watch their lives devoid of richness, of meaning – because they spend all of their time in callings, temple service and Mormon Corporation business – and in the end, they offer nothing to mankind – and at the same time, see that the Mormon Church offers them nothing back except promises of blessings and salvation.
Life has improved a thousand fold for me since I left Mormonism. My perspectives have broadened. I no longer rely on “it will be solved in the next life” mentality that Mormonism taught me. I care more. I am more responsible. But best of all, I am guilt free and have grown to love myself in a way that Mormonism would never let me.
I am truly free. Satan has not sifted me as wheat. My life has not grown worse. The threats of “You will never be what you could have been if you stayed Mormon” have fallen away. I am no longer bitter, angry or resentful of how I was treated, lied to and miss-guided in Mormonism. Now my goals are to help others who are struggling with Mormonism and to help guide them to knowledge and healing.
You ask who I serve? Well, depending upon the time of day, my boss, my wife, my beautiful daughter or my sweet son. Other times I serve myself and my own purpose as I plant tomatoes in the garden or wax my car. I take solemn walks and contemplate life. Each fills me with rewards and happiness – something I never found nor ever would find in Mormonism. I trust myself; I trust in the arm of my own flesh and find that it works very well for me. All of those things about my individuality including my own strengths, my own voice, my own volition, and my own thought and destiny – I explore and have found strengths in them. These were all things that Mormonism commanded that I abandon before Jesus Christ would love me. Why would he not love me for who I was? Why did I have to conform to his standards? You get the picture.
If that doesn’t answer your question Gaz, I don’t know what will. Personally I think you are looking for a way to point the finger – because your religion demands it. The old dogma still works: I left the church: Satan will now have hold of me. Wait, Satan didn’t do anything – so I am being blessed to test the faithful. There is always an answer for everything in order to place me in perspective, label me, judge me.
Cheers Gaz, I hope that you are truly happy with what you have accepted.