My world religions class is absolutely facinating. I am learning so much about worship and finding christ in all religions. I love the parallels that he draws between the doctrine of these other religions and the doctrine of the church. I especially love the idea taught that there is some truth in all religions and no person, organization or religion has ALL of the truth that is out there. The church has the part that is essential for salvation but there is an entire ocean of knowledge out there and the amount that we need to know to get us back to Heavenly father is an atom in the depths of a great ocean. So saying we have all the truth, isn't quite true. I also have been learning that the culture of a society can interfere with the teachings of the spirit. For example, western society is so caught up in obtaining material posessions, that the teachings of living simply are difficulty for many. Also western society is so busy being busy we forget to "be still and know that I am god". The eastern religion's meditation is focused on quieting the mind to be able to better become one with their gods. Should this not also be our goal? See what I mean about learning truth from other religions?
In my old testament class we were reading and discussing about the pre-existance in Abraham 3. My teacher pointed out a verse that had never really stuck out to me. He called it the big question. In verse 25 it says, "and we will prove them herewith, to see if they will do all things what so ever the lord their god shall command them." The big question to ask yourself every morning before you start your day, and every evening before you go to sleep, " Have I done everything the lord has commended me to do?" I think implicit in this is the idea that to know that we are doing everything that the lord has commanded, we also have to be in tune with the spirit. If we aren't in tune how do we know when we are being promted to obey the lords commandments?
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