Attached to my POV
DKL’s story over on LDSLF has me thinking. I’m attached to my current POV about things Mormon. I am reluctant to shed my perceptions. They have become my truth, and I don’t want to surrender them.
There is a saying, “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” When I came to believe that Joseph Smith made it all up, I felt like a fool. Stupid, stupid, stupid. How could I have bought such an obvious con? That perspective makes it very difficult for me to consider actually doing the work that is apparently necessary to come to belief. Just because I can convince myself that the sky is green doesn’t make it so.
If I’m going to achieve some peace on the spiritual growth front, I’m going to have to get over this fear of being made a fool of.
Again.
There is a saying, “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” When I came to believe that Joseph Smith made it all up, I felt like a fool. Stupid, stupid, stupid. How could I have bought such an obvious con? That perspective makes it very difficult for me to consider actually doing the work that is apparently necessary to come to belief. Just because I can convince myself that the sky is green doesn’t make it so.
If I’m going to achieve some peace on the spiritual growth front, I’m going to have to get over this fear of being made a fool of.
Again.
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