Originally posted by ChrisJr03
It's all just a popularity contest to them.
...if you want to know just how deep the "popularity contest" goes, you should try living in Utah, or try to imagine being raised amongst them. it
is a difficult social climate, to say the least.
i scanned over the posting of the endowment session, and from the massive amount of studying i have done, it appears to be mostly correct. i have
been obsessed about this particular subject for more than 10 years now...ever since i made the decision NOT to enter into the temple for myself.
the mormon version of the gospel of christ (and plan of salvation) has been the single source of deep pain and inspiration in my life. it has
destroyed my family, and has also brought me ineffible spiritual insight. there are many deep messages in the text which have application to a
unified theory of physics and the true nature of the universe. in my mind it is the perfect parable, which describes the place where science and
spirituality unite. it is NOT merely mumbo-jumbo rhetoric. it is also well beyond the scope of freemasonry.
i neither encourage rejecting it, nor pondering it too heavily. the first will leave you empty-handed, and the second might drive you mad. move on,
move on.