Why I rejected Mormonism as a Mormon Missionary
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- Опубліковано 19 лип 2024
- This video is going to be a little different. This is the story of my faith transformation, told as honestly and truthfully as I could manage. Take from it what you will.
I know I have friends and family subscribed to that are still a part of the LDS church. This may come as a shock, or some of you already knew.
Thanks for the video. It is enriching to hear about your experience.
There is a very interesting book by Amanda Montell that tackles this subject.
Such an awesome video Caleb! It’s not an easy thing to completely readjust your worldview to be more authentic and honest with your truth when everything your raised with is the opposite. You presented your experience very intellectually and clearly! Much more clear than I would be able to. For me it was mostly my internal feelings and values that didn’t align with the realities of LDS doctrine. Especially deeper doctrine, things didn’t add up. I stopped believing at 17 and went through a whole mess of shit to realign and find what I feel to be truth. Again thanks for sharing. Us curious truth seekers gotta stick together 👍🏼
I think the most important thing a man can do is seek understanding, truth, and wisdom. May your journeys and path bring these in abundance.
I enjoyed your story !....
I listen to MORMON STORIES,and Mormonism live podcast and really enjoy them tremendously.
Your not alone... check them out.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful story 💖
If you really want to understand spiritualism and religion in relation to humans and an amazing explanation for why it exists, and its connection to the existence of consciousness in general, I HIGHLY recommend this book (you will never see the world the same way again if you read this): The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes.
I think you are young and I can see it is clear that you wish only to seek the truth. So I would also recommend reading the dialogues of Plato, which helped me tremendously when I was your age. I remember thinking I was agnostic for most of my life and through my 20's, I'm now 32 years old and I am finding out that my years as an agnostic thinker I was wrong on so many levels. But also that I needed that experience to finally come to an understanding and know what God actually is, not what I learned that God is from fundamentalists church-goers in my family and community but in factual reality what this phenomenon means and why it happened to mankind. And what God, or the Christ consciousness, is, is this: your own wonderful human imagination. And everyone is tapping into that power every day and is receiving exactly what he or she has imagined for themself.
With that being said, and I apologize for writing so much, but I also recommend reading the works of Neville Goddard; most specifically the book entitled "Feeling is the Secret". I normally keep all of this information to myself because the power that comes from it comes from silence (cast not pearls before swine) but I can see you are looking for this and so I am here to be a catalyst to bring this important information to you. If you really seek confirmation of what I'm saying, study Hermetics and the Hermetic-Alchemical royal tradition and you will see that the information I'm speaking about, which pertains to the power of the "rebirth", is older than ancient egypt yet universally accepted across all sources of authority throughout all of history.
Thank you for that well-spoken comment and the great book recommendations. They are added to my philosophical texts list! I've received a lot of value from studying the Hermetic philosophy, particularly the Kybalion, a great little book. I also have read Maps of Meaning by Jordan Peterson several times which has completely altered my way of percieving and interacting with the world. I still stand by agnostic however just because of my hesitency toward bold metaphysical claims. Like you said, I'm still young and I don't know a lot, so I'm really trying to be careful with my language.
@@calebcreates8555 Awesome man. You will like the Origins of Consciousness book, he comes at the task of explaining spiritualism and religion from a totally agnostic standpoint. I will let you interpret it all for yourself though, hope you end up reading it!
@@calebcreates8555 Oh I almost forgot, the Neville Goddard book "Feeling is the Secret" is very short and concise, you can read it in less than an hour. Here is an awesome youtube audiobook version with HD shots of all the pages so you can read it on youtube instead of having to buy it: ua-cam.com/video/ffNWoefuwPM/v-deo.html
This book is no doubt one of the best and most helpful books I have ever read, and I would say it is 100 times more concise and powerful than the book "Think and Grow Rich" which you often hear being recommended.
( Do Christians And Jews and "OTHER" non-Muslims go to Heaven? )
Quran 2:62
'' Those who believe (in the Quran) and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures) and the Christians and the Sabians->ANYAllah< Is The Protector Of Monasteries, Churches, Synagogues And The Mosques )
Quran 22:40
[They are] those who have been evicted from their homes without right - only because they say, " Our Lord is God " And were it not that God checks the people, some by means of others, there would have been demolished monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques in which the name of God is much mentioned. And God will surely support those who support Him. Indeed, God is Powerful and Exalted in Might.
Note: Why did Allah protected Churches and Synagogues if they worship false Allah ?
( Why Are There So Many Different Religions In The World ? )
Quran 5 48
''...... If God wanted He could have made all of you a single nation.( ie single religion ) But He willed otherwise in order to test you in what He has given you (ie Scriptures) therefore try to excel one another in good deeds. Ultimately you all shall return to God then He will show you the truth of those matters in which you '' >DISPUTE verb < not noun like other religions
Islam mean "submission" to God
( The above verse saying is that God will not accept a religion from the >MUSLIM< and the Non-Muslims but total "submission" to God )
Question: How Can Muslim And the Non-Muslim "submit" to the God?
Answer: Be kind to other human beings and Do not lie, Do not steal, Do not cheat, Do not hurt others, Do not be prideful and Do the charity work.
Note: If you obeyed all the ABOVE Allah-God's moral laws "YOU" submitted to God.( ie Islam mean "submission" to God )
The only people who will enter Paradise those who '' Submitted to God '' ( ie by good deeds )
God does NOT accept your religion of birth but only ''Your Total'' Submission to Him.
( God Allows Interfaith Marriages And Eat Food From the Christian And Jew And Vice Versa )
Quran 5:5
''This day [all] good foods have been made lawful, and the food of those who were given the Scripture (ie Christian and Jew) is lawful for you and your food is lawful for them. And [lawful in marriage are] chaste women from among the believers (ie Muslim ) and chaste women from among those who were given the Scripture (ie Christian and Jew) before you, when you have given them their due compensation, desiring chastity not unlawful sexual intercourse or taking [secret] lovers. And whoever denies the faith - his work has become worthless and he in the Hereafter will be among the losers.''
Note: > Only < Islam allows interfaith marriages (>14 hundredsSame God< but They are >ALL Corrupt< more or less, some more than others from their original foundational teaching. The older religion are MORE corrupted than newer religion.
Question to Muslim and Christian:
Does God / Allah only answer your pray ?
And God / Allah does not answer non Muslim / non Christian pray?
Did Allah '' Canceled '' all other religions Judaism and Christianity?
Quran 5:48
'' And We have revealed to you [O Muhammad] the Book in truth, confirming that which preceded it of the Scripture ( ie New and old Testament ) and as a criterion over it. So judge between them by what Allah has revealed and do not follow their inclinations away from what has come to you of the truth. >>>TO EACH OF YOU WE PRESCRIBED A LAW AND A METHODone nation>differ qualified < for to enter Paradise )
On the day of judgement God will ''NOT'' judge humanity bases on Sunni Muslim sect VS Shia Muslim sect ''NOR'' by Muslim VS non-Muslim >but< Doer of Goods VS Doer of Evils.
'' YOUR " birth in the Muslim's family is NOT a > qualification < for to enter the Paradise.
'' YOUR " religion / sect / foot long beard is NOT a > qualification < for to enter the Paradise.
The > qualification < to enter Paradise is > Faith in God and Good Work
If he was a Muslim and wrote an essay like the one he did, would that be considered apostasy? would he be convicted and sentenced to death?