• Gospel Truth,  Philosophy

    Why Baptizing Little Children is Wrong

    I was baptized, when I was a couple days old, into the Lutheran church. My mom was beautiful, my dad handsome, and I had no clue of what was going on. My parents decided to baptize me. The Lutheran faith believes that if you are not baptized, you go to hell. My mom was a very active Lutheran when she was young. That is an exception, normally the Lutheran churches in Finland are empty. People are not very religious. They go to church when they have to, that is when they are baptized, married, or someone dies. My mother was in the Lutheran church youth organization, so she would go…

  • Gospel Truth,  Philosophy

    Why is There Suffering?

    I gained some more understanding this week on why there is so much suffering in the world, and why we have trials. I’ve heard some people say that someone “deserved all the trouble they are in”, or “God is punishing them”, or even that “God is not a loving God because He allows so much suffering.” So, why is there so much hunger? Why do we have refugees? Why are there so many wars? How does all that reflect on God? This week I read in several sources and understood a bit more about this. There are basically three reasons why there is suffering in life; our own mistakes, the…

  • Philosophy,  Politics

    Calling All Statesmen

    It seems to me like the society has changed a lot in the past couple of weeks, the trade agreement fast track and the gay marriage, for example. Those changes and the general disposition of politicians are worrisome to me, but maybe not for the obvious reasons. The Trade Agreement The president went against his own party with the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Well, there are democrats who think that free trade is good. Maybe in this case it would be good for votes from South-American countries (not really clear, though). The labor unions, definitely, were against it. Republicans support it, probably because of businesses. I think if the US doesn’t invest in education and research,…

  • Gospel Truth,  Philosophy

    How to Access Absolute Truth

    Last week I wrote about absolute truth. This week I read in the scriptures and was reminded of how we can access that truth. The “formula” is quite simple, but there are tricks in the execution. The Formula The way to gain absolute knowledge is to ask God. The scriptures say: For behold, again I say unto you that if ye will enter in by the way, and receive the Holy Ghost, it will show unto you all things what ye should do. The formula works like this: You have an honest disposition to find the truth. It doesn’t mean a biased truth, it means you want to find the…

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