Re: Blind religion vs. obvious Truth.

Thank you for the long response. I completely understand your point of view and I respect it but I also completely disagree with it and I don't think any further discussion is going to resolve anything between this. However, I am always open to the possibility that I am wrong because I am not completely guided by the Holy Spirit and I need to search the scriptures more. If the Lord shows me that I am incorrect in my views on this, I will gladly accept it. I only want to understand the truth in all things and I know that this requires an open-minded viewpoint. Once we have decided that we understand something and become close-minded and set in our ways, the Lord can no longer work on us. It is only when I have experienced something myself, such as God's love, that I am set firm in that belief and nothing can shake it.

In other words, I had faith that God loves me, then I experienced that love so strongly, now it no longer requires faith and I am unshakable in my knowledge of this and nothing anyone can do or say could make me believe otherwise. Also, that Christ is the savior and other core things that I have experienced for myself first-hand make me unshakable and firm in my beliefs. Most other aspects of the Gospel I am still just a baby and learning.