Too Much Anti-Mormon Hate Speech is Wrong

I think that I have been trying too hard to be anti-Mormon. Just because I think that there are evil elements to the LDS Church does not mean I have to promote hate speech against it. I am starting to tire of anti-Mormon websites that have nothing to do with individual belief systems and everything to do with hating Mormons and Mormonism without reason.

I thought that the anti-Mormon website I was posting on was honest, but I began to realize that people were distorting the facts to sound more anti-Mormon and more cool. I am beginning to feel that this is immature. I am beginning to mistrust those people.

There are still a number of things that I have an emotional attachment to in Mormonism. I like some passages of the Book of Mormon. I belief in an afterlife. I believe that people will be rewarded in heaven for their good deeds. I believe in many parts of the Bible. I believe in God. I believe in Jesus Christ. But no belief that anyone walks away with is respected by certain anti-Mormons.

And then all Mormons are ridiculed as if they are all stupid because they were raised in the Mormon tradition. If anyone is damaged by the Church they act as if everyone in that church is evil and damaging, despite the fact that there may be many good or completely innocent people in that church.

I also believe that God works with the leaders and followers of churches to help them make those churches closer to worshipping Him and closer to the truth. I think that many churches have choices to make. Will they be more accepting of humanity? Will they promote rules that really do make people happy, not rules that only restrict unnecessarily? Will they teach their parishioners how to treat one another kindly? Will they help their members in the everyday decisions and routines that bother them most?

It seems that many churches could be good churches. Rather than focusing on whether a church is THE TRUE CHURCH, maybe it should be emphasized what good that church does for its members. It should be emphasized that no church should be found abusing others spiritually, emotionally, or physically. Even if the members believe that the abuse fosters the truth. How can abuse foster the truth?

And just as I said that I would write about the chapters in the Bible that I was reading, I stopped having enthusiasm for reading the Bible. Oh my goodness! How did that happen?

I think that I am stuffing this whole search for the truth thing a little too far down my throat. I am not just letting myself be. If I want to, any time I can read that Bible. If I have no response to it, I have no response to it.

Basically, anything goes here on my blog. Any concern I have, anything I am learning. It belongs here.

In the mean time, I am going to make sure I don't go onto extra hateful anti-Mormon websites. There are lots of alternatives that I am finding on the internet. Also, I can focus on doing more interesting activities offline so that I may promote a more well-rounded life for myself.

I can still complain about the Mormon Church. I am just sick of letting my spiritual journey be defined by the opinions of others. It hurts me to be rejected for the positive aspects of my belief system. I should guard my feelings regarding those beliefs and participate only in internet communities that do not completely cut into me for being the believer that I am. I believe in spirituality. I believe in God.

Let it be. Let it be.