When I was growing up as a Mormon (not LDS anymore), every Sunday during Sunday School class (where people break up into different age groups and study scripture and church teachings together), there were always some people who you could tell either they were bored and weren’t really paying attention but still felt obligated to participate, or the topic was just kind of going right over their heads, and it was really common for these people to chime in during discussions to repeat the tired and overused Mormon platitude “just follow the Spirit” (referring to the guidance of the Holy Ghost). Now, they weren’t wrong per se, one could argue that’s always the right advice, but that’s the thing, it was a catch all. Something nobody could disagree with because it was true, but also because it was always true, wasn’t even necessary to say. Water is wet, we get it. God (or Jesus, depending on how you personally define them and do or don’t separate them) is the only person you should ever really trust. Yes. Got it. The sky is blue, thanks for acting like the rest of us must’ve forgotten this. How dare we have discussions that delve beyond that into specifics, right?

Like I said, some people just want to participate in a discussion, whether or not they really have anything meaningful to contribute aside from obvious platitudes. And yes, it qualifies as Christian virtue signaling in my book. And then jumping into hyper humility mode “I know I’m nothing BUT” is just more Christian virtue signaling.

We get it. Jesus was your life raft. You swam and swam and hung on for dear life. Thanks for the nebulous generic metaphor we’ve all heard a billion times. We hear it every day. We get it. But we’re trying to engage in an actual discussion here and frankly, you’re being rude.

When I was growing up as a Mormon (not LDS anymore), every Sunday during Sunday School class (where people break up into different age groups and study scripture and church teachings together), there were always some people who you could tell either they were bored and weren’t really paying attention but still felt obligated to participate, or the topic was just kind of going right over their heads, and it was really common for these people to chime in during discussions to repeat the tired and overused Mormon platitude “just follow the Spirit” (referring to the guidance of the Holy Ghost). Now, they weren’t wrong per se, one could argue that’s always the right advice, but that’s the thing, it was a catch all. Something nobody could disagree with because it was true, but also because it was always true, wasn’t even necessary to say. Water is wet, we get it. God (or Jesus, depending on how you personally define them and do or don’t separate them) is the only person you should ever really trust. Yes. Got it. The sky is blue, thanks for acting like the rest of us must’ve forgotten this. How dare we have discussions that delve beyond that into specifics, right?

Like I said, some people just want to participate in a discussion, whether or not they really have anything meaningful to contribute aside from obvious platitudes. And yes, it qualifies as Christian virtue signaling in my book. And then jumping into hyper humility mode “I know I’m nothing BUT” is just more Christian virtue signaling.

We get it. Jesus was your life raft. You swam and swam and hung on for dear life. Thanks for the nebulous generic metaphor we’ve all heard a billion times. We hear it every day. We get it. But we’re trying to gage an actual discussion here and frankly, you’re being rude.

When I was growing up as a Mormon (not LDS anymore), every Sunday during Sunday School class (where people break up into different age groups and study scripture and church teachings together), there were always some people who you could tell either they were bored and weren’t really paying attention but still felt obligated to participate, or the topic was just kind of going right over their heads, and it was really common for these people to chime in during discussions to repeat the tired and overused Mormon platitude “just follow the Spirit” (referring to the guidance of the Holy Ghost). Now, they weren’t wrong per se, one could argue that’s always the right advice, but that’s the thing, it was a catch all. Something nobody could disagree with because it was true, but also because it was always true, wasn’t even necessary to say. Water is wet, we get it. God (or Jesus, depending on how you personally define them and do or don’t separate them) is the only person you should ever really trust. Yes. Got it. The sky is blue, thanks for acting like the rest of us must’ve forgotten this. How dare we have discussions that delve beyond that into specifics, right?

Like I said, some people just want to participate in a discussion, whether or not they really have anything meaningful to contribute aside from obvious platitudes. And yes, it qualifies as Christian virtue signaling in my book. And then jumping into hyper humility mode “I know I’m nothing BUT” is just more Christian virtue signaling.

We get it. Jesus was your life raft. You swam and swam and hung on for dear life. Thanks for the nebulous genetic metaphor. We hear it every day. We get it. But we’re trying to gage an actual discussion here and frankly, you’re being rude.

When I was growing up as a Mormon (not LDS anymore), every Sunday during Sunday School class (where people break up into different age groups and study scripture and church teachings together), there were always some people who you could tell either they were bored and weren’t really paying attention but still felt obligated to participate, or the topic was just kind of going right over their heads, and it was really common for these people to chime in during discussions to repeat the tired and overused Mormon platitude “just follow the Spirit” (referring to the guidance of the Holy Ghost). Now, they weren’t wrong per se, one could argue that’s always the right advice, but that’s the thing, it was a catch all. Something nobody could disagree with because it was true, but also because it was always true, wasn’t even necessary to say. Water is wet, we get it. God (or Jesus, depending on how you personally define them and do or don’t separate them) is the only person you should ever really trust. Yes. Got it. The sky is blue, thanks for acting like the rest of us must’ve forgotten this. How dare we have discussions that delve beyond that into specifics, right?

Like I said, some people just want to participate in a discussion, whether or not they really have anything meaningful to contribute aside from obvious platitudes. Thanks for stopping by.