On my mission I taught a very poor man. He was borderline homeless. Anyways I was new to the mission and ate every ounce of the shit up. When I was confirming him, I clearly remember my attempt to keep a clear mind and allow the "spirit" to guide my words. Oh man I was feeling it! I wrote home and loved every second.
A few months later he was arrested. He was a child porn producer on the run from California. He was trying to avoid the 3 strikes your out law. He had received tons of welfare from the local branch, etc. He had us all going.
As time went on, I resented that moment. I reflected on the confirmation. How did the "spirit" prompt me to bless him and offer encouragement? Shouldn't it have told me "hey this guy like to video tape young kids"?
I shared this with MP and family when I got home. I'm sure you can guess their response.... "Maybe it was to seal his condemnation? Or maybe it was for your learning" All a bunch of bull shit. My take from their response is "so God allows this to happen to children so I can learn or so he can condemn himself"? So fucked up and it's bullshit. I can't believe I didn't slap these people for insulting my intellegence.
Also what about blessings? Family is going through some cancer. Yeah its terrible an I love them. I hope they make it. But is God really involved? Can't they see the stupidity? So if my family makes it, they will say " I know God has a plan for me, he loves me so very much, etc, etc, etc." If they die, should i just say "God doesn't help" or maybe its "God has plans for me in heaven bullshit"
Anyone else deal with this kind of crap???

Alma and Amulek were constrained by the spirit to allow women and children to be burnt to death just so the judgments of God would come upon the perpetrators. Nice!

I hate this crap!