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I realize that, informally, mind and brain are treated as though equivalent, but they aren't.
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In the pamphlet the church says they can cure SSA in most cases. I wish it were true, for those LDS that wish it would be taken away.
Unfortunately, I think it's not true. And that they are ineffective. And that for whatever reason, the Lord does not answer most of these prayers to take away SSA. |
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"For whatever reason" he "does not answer" them. Maybe I'm beginning to agree with those who say our church instruction is bland when this kind of understanding is what it produces. |
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That being said, I also think the notion that SSA can be cured by reading the scriptures is right up there with green men on the moon. It is good to see that the Church has backed off such overly simplistic counsel and has now adopted the "let's love them and welcome them and we really don't know where it comes from" approach.
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Cerebral Palsy is not a sin.
Some argue SSA is a sin. Shouldn't God be able to take away sins? Tex, what you are in fact arguing is that SSA is a lot like Cerebral Palsy, it is (most often) an involuntary condition not easily removed. Which goes entirely counter to the pamphlet. The pamphlet says God can take it away in a majority of cases. I don't think anyone believes that now. |
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