Posted by:
Darren Steers
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Date: February 26, 2017 04:26PM
I've been conversing with a TBM friend about the church. Been doing my bit to spread the facts and truth with the brainwashed.
Anyway, he's approached his local leaders about his concerns. Their response was to ignore his questions and to send him the following link to this article about anxiety in the March 2017 Ensign. My friend does have a clinical level of anxiety, and his leaders know this.
https://www.lds.org/ensign/2017/03/anxiety-and-anxiety-disorders?lang=engWell it hasn't gone over too well with my friend. He now feels insulted, and this line was a humdinger in the article,
"Anxiety is loud and obnoxious, so to speak, making it difficult to feel the Spirit and depend on your faith. Faith is trust in God. The opposite of faith is uncertainty and mistrust. Is it any wonder that anxiety disorders often undermine faith?"
It is now starting to be clear his church leaders are more interested in pointing out what is wrong with him, rather than trying to look at what might be wrong with the church. This is such a typical below the belt blow from Mormons to try and blame the person, and not address the actual issues.
This type of blaming the anxiety issues of a person for their questioning nature is outrageous. What a stupid Mormon church, teaching in their premier magazine that people with anxiety have spiritual problems because of that anxiety. That is just total bloody nonsense.
I love it! Long live the Ensign and the uninspired words from those that don't have a clue.
My friend however, he isn't so impressed by it as me, ha ha ha.