Yesterday a Grandma at Brooke's school was telling me she hopes her granddaughter can have a play date with Brooke sometime because all the kids and families in their neighborhood are "a tad religious" and "over the top." I wanted to laugh out loud because if she only knew how religious we are!
It also got me thinking, What is so wrong with being religious? Why is that such a bad thing?
Not to say that believers should shove their beliefs in everyone's faces all the time, but it did remind me of a quote I heard years ago by Carlos E. Asay:
"There is a lie—a vicious lie—circulating among the Latter-day Saints and taking its toll among the young. And it is that a “balanced man” is one who deliberately guards against becoming too righteous. This lie would have you believe that it is possible to live successfully and happily as a “double-minded man” with one foot in Babylon and one foot in Zion. " (See James 1:8.)
Our society guards against being "too righteous" because if you are, you're such a drag. Or I love this new one-- you're not truly "authentic." Please, people, please.
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Thank you. I agree. I appreciate your willingness to be bold and be who you are.
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