Today I had a conversation with my sister, she indicated that her daughter had received an e-mail from someone at church who chastised her for her political preferences and the choices she made when she voted in Tuesday's election. I have often heard from the pulpit, admonitions to be thoughtful and prayerful when voting. I, however, do not think that means everyone will receive the same answers, as what is important to one individual may not have the same importance to another. I think the inspiration is very much connected to the individual's specific concerns and who will best represent those individual concerns. If they match up with someone else's, then perhaps they will recieve the same inspiration. I can't imagine the kind of intolerance that would allow a person to tell another that their opinion was invalid. If I did not agree, I might express my own thoughts, or even say that I couldn't agree with a point of view, but I certainly feel I would have no right to trash another's ideas. It states total arrogance to me that someone should do something so rude! We are, after all, intitled to our own convictions.
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Megen told me about that. It's unbelievable that the person in question would feel comfortable passing that stuff out to anyone in the church (because we all think exactly the same way, right? And aren't we asked not to use those connections for anything non-church related?). It's sad, too, because it lowers my respect for the sender.
Mom, did you know that you have more than one blog? You're "attempt" at setting up the first blog was not really an attempt; it was successful.
Oh, and I didn't hear that story about Mindy. That's awful; I can't believe someone would be that rude. Well, actually, I can, unfortunately.
Hey! I just looked at my followers list and it connected me to your blog! I did have someone send me an email right before the election urging me to vote a certain way and making accusations about one candidate that I was not comfortable with. I also had another person from my ward send an email with a link from fox news (ugh!) advertising a show that smeared the candidate I supported. I sent both of these individuals a polite reply explaining why I was choosing to support a particular candidate and linking them to resources that addressed some of the concerns and accusations they had. They both received my email through church-related lists. That frustrated me. I felt like, if you are going to use my email for this type of political thing, at least send me a few personal friendly emails first, right? They're both really great women and I don't hold a grudge, but I don't use emails from the church list to forward my business. Then, recently, someone starting collecting signatures to get someone on the ballet at ward activities - I was so uncomfortable with that!
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