Ramblings of the Old Geezer

Okay, I know it’s been forever (in internet terms) since I set up this blog and made a posting. I guess that you could say that life has had a way of getting in the way. However, I am back.

The first thing I need to do is to explain my belief system so you can understand where I am coming from in future postings. As you may have guessed from the video just added, I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I refer to the name of my church by its full and correct name. Others have gotten by calling it “the Mormon Church,” this is okay for others but for me I want to be correct. The act of calling the church “Mormon” really started as a slur against it, some sort of left handed reference to ‘The Book of Mormon.’

That said, I will state once for the record that I believe in God the Father, His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost, i.e., what other Christians refer to as the Holy Trinity. Before converting to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints I was raised as a Lutheran. Following my mothers faith. While still being influenced by my fathers faith and that of his parents. That was the Pilgrim Holiness Church. As you can see both very fundamental religions. So when I say that my God, my Christ and Holy Spirit are the same now as when I was growing up. I have heard and read many say, the mormon god and Jesus are not those of traditional christianity. To that I will again say you could not be further from the truth.

We believe all the correct teachings of any christian church plus some further truths which have been revealed since the organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We believe that the family can be forever. We believe that we must be accountable for our own actions. We believe that the heavens are not closed, that man still needs guidance from God to help us in our day. We do not worship Joseph Smith. We do not take multiple wives (banned in 1890). We do not believe that we can ‘buy our way into heaven’ by our good works. We do believe that they, good works, are merely an expression of our obedience to God and Christ’s commandments, and we area ‘saved by grace’ after all we do ourselves. For a better understanding of our beliefs see http://mormon.org/.

Well, that’s enough for one posting. I think you can understand my basic P.O.V. and won’t misunderstand other postings in the future. I believe in trying my best to be the best I can be. Also, I believe in trying to help others to have a better life so as is within my ability.

So long for now and

God Bless.