Tag: sin
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Hypocritical
One of the talks in Sacrament today was about The Sermon on the Mount. The word for hypocrite hasn’t changed much from the Biblical Greek two thousand years ago. For some reason I had never broken the word down to parse it. It’s “hypo” meaning beneath and “critic” meaning to find fault. A hypocrite is…
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The Poverty of Language
The map is not the territory. Words are a poor excuse for reality. Language is finite and arbitrary and yet the fact that I am communicating at all is a mystery. Each word means something a little different to me and each of you my faithful readers. You probably have a good idea what’s in…
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Interfering With My Agency
I have been arguing the past week over whether freedom means the ability to choose just what is good or whether I am not really free unless I can choose evil. My primary sins are coffee, tea, beer, THC, and porn. If my agency to indulge myself were taken away I would be less free.…
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Do You Love Jesus?
It’s a straightforward question, but I’m coming to the conclusion that I don’t. I respect him, there are still things that I can learn from him, and I sometimes even fear his ultimate judgement. And yet I don’t love him the way most people say they do. He has I am told payed the debts…
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My Testimony
I believe in God. I believe His primary characteristics are eternal love and limitless wisdom. I believe that a person’s first duty in life is to love and obey God. I believe each one of us, because of our finite and imperfect nature, must continually seek to know and do His will and draw closer…
Latter Day Sinner 