I expect most of these same things (e.g., that prayer/meditation/reflection, gratitude, forgiveness, clean thoughts, avoiding alcohol & tobacco, etc. will all lead to a better life in the ways you’ve mentioned) and am not LDS, and have no LDS reason for these beliefs. These beliefs are true regardless of LDS, not because of it. The self-help / positive psychology / happiness literature is sufficient for the above beliefs, and so are not meaningful support for LDS.
These beliefs are true regardless of LDS, not because of it.
They are known to be true now but when given were not and were and are generally thought to be not worth following by most people.
All commandments are of this nature, they are true and there are actual reasons why they are true even if we do not currently understand those reasons. For instance even tithing (or giving a set percentage to charity) is recommended in most books on organizing ones finances, unfortunately I haven’t read any good explanations as to why this works just that it does.
I expect most of these same things (e.g., that prayer/meditation/reflection, gratitude, forgiveness, clean thoughts, avoiding alcohol & tobacco, etc. will all lead to a better life in the ways you’ve mentioned) and am not LDS, and have no LDS reason for these beliefs. These beliefs are true regardless of LDS, not because of it. The self-help / positive psychology / happiness literature is sufficient for the above beliefs, and so are not meaningful support for LDS.
They are known to be true now but when given were not and were and are generally thought to be not worth following by most people.
All commandments are of this nature, they are true and there are actual reasons why they are true even if we do not currently understand those reasons. For instance even tithing (or giving a set percentage to charity) is recommended in most books on organizing ones finances, unfortunately I haven’t read any good explanations as to why this works just that it does.
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