Mormons and Gays – REPOSTED

REPOST

I have received many comments on this topic, which before publishing, I have shared with my friend who wrote this letter to his stake president.  Per his request, I have removed his letter.

Now, I need to say a few things.  I have been deeply moved by many of your comments.  Many of them are intelligent, heartfelt, real, and thought provoking.  Others are angry and provocative.  I have appreciated both.  I do not profess to know any of you or to know your hearts.  And the last thing I want to do is accuse or condemn or judge anyone.

MY POINT IN THIS POST

…Was not to anger or insult anyone who is gay or is sensitive to the topic.  I wished to merely point out that I see the church’s new stance as disingenuous, politically timed, and a complete 180 degree turn from its Prop 8 days.  That’s it.  I am not intelligent enough, and God knows, not holy enough, to make any larger pronouncements than that on this subject for now.  For the doctrinally incorrect comments I’ve already made (God as my Judge) I ask for patience and forgiveness.

THIS IS A NEW BLOG

I’m still trying to figure out why I feel compelled to start a blog.  Who knows, it may be short-lived.  I know that I do not wish to project to anyone that I think I am better or smarter than anyone else.  I do not desire to be a full time debate moderator, that much I know.  I do not wish to make money or to make or lose friends.  I do not have a message from heaven.  In fact, I truly feel like I KNOW nothing!

I am at a point in my life where even in my testimonies I cannot and do not say “I know” unless it is “I know that I am a sinner and that I need Christ.”  I say “I believe… God lives, etc.”  Sometimes I even add “I believe with all my heart.”  BUT my new blog friends, I KNOW nothing.  I am more MORON than MORMON, and who knows how much longer I will even be the latter.  I feel in my heart to love everyone.  I even love the church and the people who I feel are behind the “movements” I disagree with.  That’s why perhaps we share, because we do love and we do care.

I hope that my posts will be insightful and will make people think.  There may be times where I may feel more inspired than that.  But, please do not follow me, a weak and anonymous “bishop” who is only seeking to point things out (not accuse) with the hopes of helping people’s faith.

If there is anything I feel strongly about, it is that I need to stop placing people between me and Christ.  You will quickly conclude if you read even a single one of my three posts that the church’s leadership is flawed from top to bottom.  I AM AT THE TOP OF THAT LIST of those deeply flawed.  And hence, the ironic or oxymoronic, or perhaps impossible goal: that my posts may help you turn from men, towards God.  I believe with all my heart that HE IS THE ANSWER.

I do not wish to become noise on the Internet.  There’s enough of that already.  I have a family and a job and a religion that occupy most of my time.  If I feel I am doing more damage than good, then I will quickly fade away.

God Bless.