To Those That Attack Me For My Beliefs

[One Brow]

Guys/gals I know that God lives and that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is true through sacred experiences I have had. If you chose to investigate that is up to you. We are taught to honor free agency (never force anything on anyone). To try to force our belief on others is wrong.
I apologize for trying to share with all, as it has upset many of you. Please accept my heartfelt apology if I have made you upset or uncomfortable. I really mean that.
If you desire to learn what I have experienced and how I know please contact me individually. Thanks again for understanding I meant no harm. Being a former football and basketball coach at one time in my life, I tend to get competitive at times. We all have weaknesses, that is one of mine.

What a beautiful notpology.

 

[bigb]

I’m not bagging on the non believers here (you’re perfectly entitled to think what you think), but a life not believing in a God and an existence after this sounds depressing to me.
The way I figure is that if I go through life believing in God, and it turns out not to be true, what have I lost?


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[One Brow]

I’m not bagging on the non believers here (you’re perfectly entitled to think what you think), but a life not believing in a God and an existence after this sounds depressing to me.
The way I figure is that if I go through life believing in God, and it turns out not to be true, what have I lost?

As a believer for the first 40 years or so of my life, it is depressing by comparison. doesn't change what's real.

You've only lost what you invested in your religion being true.

 

[Ron Mexico]

I’m not bagging on the non believers here (you’re perfectly entitled to think what you think), but a life not believing in a God and an existence after this sounds depressing to me.
The way I figure is that if I go through life believing in God, and it turns out not to be true, what have I lost?


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If there is no God then you wasted your life following rules and feeling guilty for breaking those rules. You have lost the chance to live life how you wanted instead of someone else wants you to live it.

Not believing in God makes life a lot more easy. There is far less guilt and pressure.

I dont really spend any time caring whether or not God is real. If he is real then I feel like ive been a nice person and done the best to make my life better and life better for people around me. If he isnt real then Ive enjoyed life the best I can.

 

[Stoked]

As a believer for the first 40 years or so of my life, it is depressing by comparison. doesn't change what's real.

You've only lost what you invested in your religion being true.

What’s “real”? None of us “know” what’s next. None of us. That’s what’s real.

And you don’t lose what you invested. You learned and grew from it. To me the only time you “lose” is if your belief goes negative. Drags you down, makes you bitter/angry/aggressive. And we see that on all sides. Christians, Muslims, atheists...

 

[Ron Mexico]

On a side note I just read a study that made me laugh. It found that highly religious people answered that they were very happy in life at a much higher rate than non religious people. But the study also found that a lot of the same highly religious people were overweight, didnt exercise, and were "couch potatoes." They also answered that they were very happy with their health.

To me it just shows that they were lying about being very happy. I think they feel obligated even on an anonymous poll to answer that they were very happy. But it also might be programming from being religious that gets people to answer that way. Or maybe they are very happy in life being overweight and watching a lot of TV.

 

[bigb]

If there is no God then you wasted your life following rules and feeling guilty for breaking those rules. You have lost the chance to live life how you wanted instead of someone else wants you to live it.

Not believing in God makes life a lot more easy. There is far less guilt and pressure.

I dont really spend any time caring whether or not God is real. If he is real then I feel like ive been a nice person and done the best to make my life better and life better for people around me. If he isnt real then Ive enjoyed life the best I can.

That’s the beauty in my beliefs. I’m living the life I want to live. I don’t follow rules because someone tells me to. I’m far from “Peter Priesthood”. I’m also enjoying life the best I can. I don’t feel guilt when I curse. I don’t feel pressure to attend church meetings every week. I go when I want to and I don’t go when I’m not in the mood.


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[str8line]

Guys/gals I know that God lives and that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is true through sacred experiences I have had. If you chose to investigate that is up to you. We are taught to honor free agency (never force anything on anyone). To try to force our belief on others is wrong.
I apologize for trying to share with all, as it has upset many of you. Please accept my heartfelt apology if I have made you upset or uncomfortable. I really mean that.
If you desire to learn what I have experienced and how I know please contact me individually. Thanks again for understanding I meant no harm. Being a former football and basketball coach at one time in my life, I tend to get competitive at times. We all have weaknesses, that is one of mine.

As Gameface said, you've attacked others with your beliefs. Way too late to walk that back.

If you really are a member of the LDS faith you have learned little in the process. Honestly I'm surprised no one here who is LDS has called you out on this. You bring shame upon your church.

If there really were a just and true god he would strike people like yourself down. Instead babies die by the millions and people like you and Trump continue to live.

I shudder to think that you've had an influence on children as a coach.

 

[Ron Mexico]

Guys/gals I know that God lives and that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is true through sacred experiences I have had. If you chose to investigate that is up to you. We are taught to honor free agency (never force anything on anyone). To try to force our belief on others is wrong.
I apologize for trying to share with all, as it has upset many of you. Please accept my heartfelt apology if I have made you upset or uncomfortable. I really mean that.
If you desire to learn what I have experienced and how I know please contact me individually. Thanks again for understanding I meant no harm. Being a former football and basketball coach at one time in my life, I tend to get competitive at times. We all have weaknesses, that is one of mine.

Thanks for the apology. You definitively didn't upset or make me uncomfortable. Nor do I think you did that to anyone. Thanks for offering to share your beliefs in a more appropriate way. I dont think anyone has a problem with you sharing your beliefs on this forum its more the way you did it. You were very judgemental of everyone else. You also are mixing religion into politics to claim why your political beliefs are better. Religion and politics should be separate.

For me personally I dont know if there is a higher power or not and frankly dont care. But I do know without a shadow of a doubt that the LDS religion is not the only true church and does not have answers.

 

[Stoked]

To troll. At one point, jazzrule posted a screenshot to brag about how many responses they had received in the last 24 hours.

My attacks were directly aimed at his sincerity. Or lack there of. On basically anything he posted.

 

[Ron Mexico]

That’s the beauty in my beliefs. I’m living the life I want to live. I don’t follow rules because someone tells me to. I’m far from “Peter Priesthood”. I’m also enjoying life the best I can. I don’t feel guilt when I curse. I don’t feel pressure to attend church meetings every week. I go when I want to and I don’t go when I’m not in the mood.


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I have a hard time believing you are living the life you want to if your church wasnt true. But thats good you do what you want to do. There are certainly some positives in following a religion, but there are also some negatives as well. I am happy for people to follow their beliefs as long as they are okay with me doing the same.

For me there is nothing gained by believing in God or following a religion. For me I feel far more happy and enjoy my life a lot more not being religious than I did when I was. I didnt expect that. But everyone is different.

 

[fishonjazz]

I’m not bagging on the non believers here (you’re perfectly entitled to think what you think), but a life not believing in a God and an existence after this sounds depressing to me.
The way I figure is that if I go through life believing in God, and it turns out not to be true, what have I lost?


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Good post.
I wish I believed. I just don't.

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