> -----Original Message----- > From: John W. Redelfs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 6:05 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ZION] A Question for George > > > Ron Scott wrote: > > > Well, good doctrine drives out bad, and vice versa. We are > not free to > > > just believe whatever we want. Whatever we believe has to be > in harmony > > > with true, ie. correct doctrine.< > > > >Obviously we are quite free to BELIEVE whatever we choose to BELIEVE. > >Preaching "false" doctrine is another matter. More often than not "false > >doctrine" is an eye-of-the-beholder thing anyway and. In most > (but not all) > >cases, BELIEF is not nearly as important as how one DOES. > > Well, of course you are right that actions speak louder than > words, or even > beliefs for that matter. But there is a connection between beliefs and > actions. All actions originate as thoughts first. And beliefs, right or > wrong, very much shape our thoughts. And it is hard to do what is right > without first knowing what is right. --JWR
Well, this could turn into an endless debate. So I'll try for some shortcuts. Short of taking a crash course in Mormon doctrine, there are many non-doctrinal ways one can *learn* what is right. For instance, Jimmy Carter learned correct *do good* principles in a Baptist Church in Plains. Richard Nixon was taught (apparently he didn't learn very well) similar principles in a Quaker meetinghouse and so on and so forth. Presumably they both believed similar basic principles, even though each of them applied what they'd learne very differently. To wit: DOING counts more than the learning, which I will modify this way: good learning often leads to good doing, but you never can be too sure. Ron ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^----------------------------------------------------------------
