There’s nothing the deeply religious love more than taking something to a blithering extreme.
Astute religious observation by Kirby
Astute religious observation by Kirby
From Robert Kirby in the Salt Lake Tribune:
Good faith does not require evidence, but it also does not turn a blind eye to that evidence. Otherwise, it becomes misplaced faith.
-- Moksha
-- Moksha
Re: Astute religious observation by Kirby
wise wise Kirby.
Too bad there aren't more heads like his making decisions.
Too bad there aren't more heads like his making decisions.
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there is a field. I'll meet you there.
Rumi
Rumi
Re: Astute religious observation by Kirby
"Blithering extreme"! Great description. I'm adding this to my awesome phrases and word list along with this weeks reintroduction to "dotard"!!
I love Kirby! I don't miss a single one of his commentaries. I do think he is one of us but shhhhh!
Here's the Salt Lake Tribune article your quote came from:
http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/kirby/201 ... of-mormon/
In reference to the caffeinated soda pop ban at BYU, Kirby said this:
And he is right! How ridiculous it is to debate over whether something has caffeine in it or not. Only Mormon's care! If the church was going to demand base ones worthiness on something so silly as caffeine consumption why then could they not get everyone on the same page. Why the decades of confusion?The forbiddance was an extreme derivative of the Word of Wisdom, a health revelation delivered in 1833. It set in motion one of the greatest idiot debates in the history of Mormonism.
Example: My now exTBM DD told me once that when she was a teenager our bishop told her she could not take the sacrament until she had fully repented from drinking herbal tea. That was what broke her shelf.
"Every event that has taken place in this universe has led you to this moment.
... The real question is, what will you do with this moment?" - Unknown
"Never arrive @ a point where you know everything - Korihor57
... The real question is, what will you do with this moment?" - Unknown
"Never arrive @ a point where you know everything - Korihor57
Re: Astute religious observation by Kirby
I have mentioned this before, but there's a guy in our ward who completely destroyed his relationship with his son by looking for every opportunity to crucify him for his defiance of God (drinking caffeinated soft drinks). I hope he will seize this opportunity to try to patch the wound.
“The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.” -Mark Twain
Jesus: "The Kingdom of God is within you." The Buddha: "Be your own light."
Jesus: "The Kingdom of God is within you." The Buddha: "Be your own light."