Julie has an interesting perspective. She creates an atmosphere of abrasiveness but I lean towards thinking she would have you think outside the box. She makes a lot of assumptions which are not based on any real facts but I feel shes doing that out of the inability to make her point without being a martyr. People like to blame others for their plight yet they own it. No not everything is in ones control but ones attitude and posture surely is. She sees what she wants just like the uneducated person looking for the flaw in a piece of paper and then comparing that to someones life full of flaws, yet what is truly missed is the fact that their is much more white on the paper than the dots and marks we so willingly focus on. Shes painted an image and leaves us to think that it defines all about the Church and its membership. Sadly too many jump at the chance to cross swords rather than to paint a truthful all encompassing picture. I dont have to explain away her gripes or complaints. I simply know they hold no water and that the purpose of the edifices she seemingly abhors is much more grand and full filling than simply a lunch room and laundry facility. To be truthful I doubt she encounters much that she would consider sacred, but, I venture too far myself and must leave those pinning up to her. People in despair and discomfort have solace through the Bishops and the Bishops store houses as well as through the local congregations and the efforts of civil and societal organizations in addition to the other religions and governmental agencies. What she doesnt understand is that those Temples were built (especially the older ones) with funds from people much poorer than those with the worst conditions on our streets today. It was a sacrifice they gladly made to honor the work of their God and to believe and to be reminded of what can be achieved with coordinated efforts and undying devotion to correct principles of love and compassion for their dead and the living. It is a place of expressed love, devotion and honor. To bad she cant see the weight of the white paper is far above the small failures we imperfect people carry around with us. It is a perfect place of honor, nobility, perfection and love that we can experience and savor in quiet away from the cares of the world. If even for just a few minutes. There is no other place like it on this planet. That is what a temple is and what she has evidently never experienced. People of all classes regularly attend and it is the one place that everyone is truly treated equal, with love and respect regardless of their status in life. So sorry you dont understand why they are so important.
Posted on: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 06:37:41 +0000
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