Pogo...it's like this....


Don't read any assumptions into this because it's just for comparison sake......

There were two boys. One was raised in a poor family and lived in the country. His parents loved him dearly. He had to either grow or hunt for his meals. He would have it no other way. He couldn't understand how anyone would want to go to a market and "buy" what was provided to him with a little hard work and elbow grease. His senses to his surroundings grew strong and he was full of common sense and knew the meaning of a hard day's work.

The other boy was born in wealth. He never had to use his hands to do anything. Everything was either given to him or done for him. His parents loved him dearly. He went to the finest schools and was taught by the greatest lecturers. He had lots of book sense. He could not understand how anybody would want to dig in the ground and butcher their own meat when you could go to the store and get the food already prepared.



....you and I represent these two boys (you can decide who you want to be). Both of us were raised probably with the same family lifestyle but our philosophies on our individual religious doctrines are as far apart as the lifestyles and beliefs of the two boys above. I'm not trying to convert but trying to, perhaps, gain a little better understanding of why you believe in a way that makes no sense to me. Some of the LDS beliefs are so foreign and (for lack of a better word and by no means meant to offend) wacky to me, that I have a hard time understanding why any (again, not meant to offend)sensible person would believe and justify these beliefs when they come from the mouth of a "man" claiming to be a modern day prophet of God......

I hope that I might have cleared up why I was asking the questions above.....if not then we may just have to agree to disagree and continue to pray for each other.......

Susu's hubby!