couple of thoughts

So much of my 'knowing the church was true' was based on feeling rather than evaluating all of the physical historical evidence. I still don't worry too much about searching out every piece of physical evidence. It would be nice to know that all pertinent evidence was available to study, as it seems duplicitous to white wash our history and tell it how it isn't.

As far as my feelings of knowing truth. Spiritually speaking, I interpret the meaning of 'the church' to be the body of Christ. To me this means each and every member of the human family is a member of the church. LDS church members could quite possibly comprise the head of that body, but a head is just not effective without the body. At least last time I checked, they still had to be connected and communicate with eachother to get anything accomplished. We need our connection to all people. In this light, I can say wholeheartedly, that I belong to the church of Jesus Christ, because I belong to humanity. On the other hand, if i am saying that I am a possesion of the coorporation of the President, then yeah, that isn't how i see it. I am more than happy to say that because i was born into the LDS church it makes sense to stay put. There would still be work to do no matter what part of the body I am. It is possible I have more talents inolving the lower intestine, so there is a possiblity that my calling could change. For now, I just want to remember that i don't think i will ever want to stop trying to live a Christ-like life.


Title: John Lennon - Imagine

Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one