Fowler’s Stages of Faith

[Old-Timer]

What a great example! I think I’m going to incorporate that into a talk (or various talks) I can give in Sacrament Meeting.

[jmb275]

@Heber13

Seriously, your post brought tears to my eyes. What an amazing learning opportunity!! I cannot wait to have such teaching opportunities with my kids (they’re all still very little).

[Brian Johnston]

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so all the new people visiting the site can see this thread better.

[hawkgrrrl]

Quote:

how long is this stage 4 thing gonna take, anyway?

Between 0 and 100 years.

[HiJolly]

Heber13 wrote:

His response: “That’s stupid. The weeds are gonna just grow back. Why do we have to have weeds. Why can’t the grass just grow green on its own?”

Not to trivialize your awesome post, but a mystic in the Western Mystery Tradition would answer your son thusly:

“Nature, unaided, always fails”! 😆

HiJolly

[Tom Haws]

Quote:

how long is this stage 4 thing gonna take, anyway?

“Despise not the stage, my son” :ugeek:

Fowler says all the stages can be protracted. And all the stages are adequate for life. No reason to talk of stage 4 like it’s a cockroach or something. Sure, I wanna be at Stage 6. But I am where I am, be that 2 (highly unlikely), 3 (very unlikely), 4 (quite probably), or 5.

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