"O ye fair ones, how could ye have rejected that Jesus, who stood with open arms to receive you" (Mormon 6:17)

So I was reading a friend's blog, and she was discussing 9/11 and the atheists that are trying to get the cross taken down from the site. naturally, I perused CNN and other news sites to try and understand as much as I could.
Here's what I found out:

It was not the videos that rent my soul with anguish (as Mormon would say), it was the comments below them. I haven't attached names to any of these

"Wow, I can feel the Christian love! praise the dead jew on a stick! AMEN"

"So who made God? See Atheists never said anything about something coming from nothing….it seems god believers are the one saying something came from nothing (god) and he always existed (ridiculous unless you accept magic)"

"I'm also an atheist. I was merely pointing out the ridiculousness of venerating a cross being found in the wreckage of a building pretty much made out of crosses (trusses and beams crossed with each other every which way). Of course there's also the ridiculousness of venerating a symbol/icon of a God who apparently couldn't be bothered to stop the horror that was 9/11 from happening"



i don't want to argue over who's wrong, or if there is a wrong or anything like that. Honestly, i kind of want to cry. I’m not going to say all atheists are evil because I don’t think that’s true. I’ve met some very kind atheists who have decided they don’t believe in a higher being and still show respect to those who do. I feel like the ignorance and insensitivity with which this is being dealt with is an issue. I’ve never been one to push my beliefs on others. I don’t need other people to believe in my God to know I do. I seek for understanding. I seek to correct the misconceptions about my religion.

My heart breaks for those who do not fully try to understand the God that they do or do not believe in. It hurts because of those who choose to tear down the belief system of others who strive desperately to hold on to it.
These people that said the quotes above are what William Golding would classify as grade-two thinkers, “For grade-two thinking destroys without having the power to create” (3). As Golding explains, grade-two thinkers use “What is truth?” to end conversations; a grade-one thinker asks “what is truth?” and then seeks the answer (4).

I’m incredibly grateful for the turmoil and fire that all of the prophets have gone through to get us The Book of Mormon. I’ve never been so grateful for the light it offers me. I hope someday that these folks will decide to search for an answer, and I hope that in finding their answer, they allow others to believe in the answers they have found for themselves.