Posted by:
Elder Berry
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Date: October 26, 2014 07:32PM
Right? They have more of the truth than other religions. They have a plan for happiness and salvation.
They are absolutists.
"This moral compass is built around four absolute truths."
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1997/10/four-absolute-truths-provide-an-unfailing-moral-compass?lang=engThey are perfectionists.
"How does baptism help make perfection possible?"
https://www.lds.org/manual/preparing-for-exaltation-teachers-manual/lesson-22-striving-for-perfection?lang=engThey think that being absolutist and perfectionist is following a plan of happiness and salvation.
They are like you said creating a "perfect storm" for the human psyche to find itself in an impossible situation which they claim their proper form of repentance leads people from but it doesn't.
It doesn't remove the hopelessness one feels in attempting to follow a plan, believe a philosophy, and live a human life without them through their lay member leaders reassuring the miserable and despairing member that the member is forgiven and is "doing it right."
Any cognitive dissonance that comes up and it will can't be fixed with repentance. Doubting your doubts won't fix it. The only thing that will is what Jeff Holland does - trust LDS Inc. over his own senses.
http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,1413333Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/26/2014 07:34PM by Elder Berry.