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In Gamer
Some have asked themselves (inside and outside the church),'why should I
care about what faith I belong to'? To those that have this question in mind I
would ask about your favorite place to take your car, why care? Aren't they all
the same? Of course you would tell me about the product and service that they
provide and the extension on the life of your vehicle, maybe even talk up a
technician or two. The same principal applies to religion. The fact that we are
called to dig deep into our souls for the purpose of life and meaning there of
means that we have an innate desire to know the unknown, to see beyond
ourselves and discover what is out there and what is next. Such stretches have
allowed us to create science, math and other things but has also rooted us in whom
or what is god and what does he have for us next.
Now the Mormons (LDS faith) are unique in that they dare say that there is a
place for everyone and that this place is a place of happiness. To some this is
hard to believe, a Muslim or Buddhist or Hindu (or any other religion other than
Christian) would find happiness, but it’s true. Why not? God who is the creator
of all things wants all his creation to be happy as he his. To some, they want
to be as he is, a God; reasonable request from a child of God. Doesn't every
parent want their child to have it all? Just look around you children are given
more and more than what their parents had as children all the time. These children
grow up to be as their parents, mature full grown adults with all the
privileges and powers of being an adult. Mom and Pop look at their offspring
and show pride that they got the child to where they were and allowed them to
progress from there
on their own.
Now comes the part where this title comes from. There are those that want to
play house, pretend to be adults and frankly rely on the merits, money and
abilities of their parents. Some ask themselves, 'why would God want that kid
around; all they do is mooch of their parents?' God wants happy children,
period. Many a parent has watched as their child plays the play-boy (girl) all
their growing up and when they are pushed out of the nest, let’s faces it they
almost kill themselves. God knows that some of his children will want to
worship an attribute/ideal of God or even God himself but they do not want the
responsibility of being a God because they feel either inadequate or unworthy
or better yet satisfied where they got in life. All of that is fine (sad
but...). The God of Israel has a place for someone of that caliber, HELL!! Just
kidding. It would not seem right for God to damn that kid to be with Satin and
his angels who are murderers and deny the Holy Ghost. No God would have to find
(create) a place where those kids can be in their own little piece of heaven.
Why you ask? Why not be with God and those that want to be Gods. I believe that
its best described like this. Imagine you were a silver winner of a race. Now
there had been several contests though out the day and many metals given out.
Those that had won a gold metal gravitated together, those that had won the silver
gravitated together and so on. Not necessarily because of their achievement but
because of comfort. If you were to be rewarded to hang out with the Gold
winners for all eternity knowing that you were only Silver you would begin to
feel uncomfortable, whether or not you were treated differently. To know your
place in life would be discouraging.
That is why Mormons believe what they do. We know that God wants to put us
in our own winning circle where there is pleasure in what we have accomplished
and where we feel great. God does love us. Sometimes looking around yourself
you may not realize it but he put you here for a reason. Be happy and when you
are not be comforted in knowing your creator.
