tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22877324.post5327416526781306767..comments2023-05-13T04:50:48.956-05:00Comments on Keep Changing- A Gay Mormon Journey: Rational faith 4: Creative calculus-L-http://www.blogger.com/profile/02854867259876731599noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22877324.post-40244177578099480862007-02-07T13:33:00.000-05:002007-02-07T13:33:00.000-05:00spiritually is the sixth sense. some of us have a...spiritually is the sixth sense. some of us have a perfect pitch spiritual sense, others are tone-deaf. being the latter, i work things out rationally. i have a logical moral code that is based on the teachings of the lds faith. <br /><br />i don't worry about a conflict between religion and science any more than i worry about the conflict between my dreams and my conscious awareness. both are perspectives on reality. each has its flaws<br /><br />if i look at a mountain from its south face, then look again from the north. do i sense conflict? do i struggle to reconcile the two? of course not. it's the same mountain. if my goal is to climb it from the south, i use one perspective, and vice versa. no conflict just a rational decision that for any given purpose one perspective is the better.<br /><br />my lack of a spiritual sense is discouraging at times, but how many other times have i been able to avoid the false 'spiritual' paths that others in and out of the church have traveled?<br /><br />some of you will say that i should develop my spiritual gifts and will cite wilford woodruff who as young man taught himself to sing. unfortunately, though he did memorize the words, he never sang well. <br /><br />at the end of each day i ask myself have i done any good? that's all i ask; that's enoughAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com