Astute religious observation by Kirby

This is for encouragement, ideas, and support for people going through a faith transition no matter where you hope to end up. This is also the place to laugh, cry, and love together.
Post Reply
User avatar
moksha
Posts: 5294
Joined: Tue Oct 18, 2016 4:22 am

Astute religious observation by Kirby

Post by moksha »

From Robert Kirby in the Salt Lake Tribune:
There’s nothing the deeply religious love more than taking something to a blithering extreme.
Good faith does not require evidence, but it also does not turn a blind eye to that evidence. Otherwise, it becomes misplaced faith.
-- Moksha
User avatar
No Tof
Posts: 382
Joined: Sun Nov 27, 2016 8:54 am

Re: Astute religious observation by Kirby

Post by No Tof »

wise wise Kirby.

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
User avatar
SeeNoEvil
Posts: 413
Joined: Tue Oct 18, 2016 10:41 am

Re: Astute religious observation by Kirby

Post by SeeNoEvil »

moksha wrote: Sun Sep 24, 2017 9:05 am From Robert Kirby in the Salt Lake Tribune:
There’s nothing the deeply religious love more than taking something to a blithering extreme.
"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:
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.
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?
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
User avatar
Hagoth
Posts: 7311
Joined: Fri Oct 14, 2016 1:13 pm

Re: Astute religious observation by Kirby

Post by Hagoth »

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."
Post Reply