Car-less

Check out my sweet ride today
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I’m car-less today because I had to drop my car off to the auto clinic place last night to get it checked and ready for that road trip to Orlando next week. Besides, I think it’s time for those quarterly check-ups, which I have been putting off for weeks because I don’t have the money to pay for it. For weeks, I have been driving with a broken brake light. Hehe. Now that I need to drive at least 13 hours to Florida, I have to get my car tuned up and fixed.

I took the bus to work today. I haven’t ridden the bus in years, since I started driving. I’ve gotten so used to the convenience of driving around anytime and not have to wait for the bus to arrive. I’ve become spoiled. Ridding the bus wasn't really that bad. Sure, I had to leave home earlier, my commute took longer, and I had to transfer to 4 different buses at different locations, but I actually enjoyed it. Especially now that the weather is warmer, all the waiting and standing outside wasn’t too difficult. I’m actually considering taking the bus a few days every week to save on gas.

The Mormon Church

The Mormon Church & Christianity

I had a very interesting talk with my boss last night, about the Mormon Church. He’s a Mormon and pretty much grew up in the church. He started talking about death and went on to tell me what they believe about life after death. There are basically 3 levels of heaven. How obedient, good, and faithful you are in your earthly life will determine where you end up in. They believe in hell but very few people actually stay there.

In regards to the nature of God, they believe that God was once human eons of years ago, and he was able to progress and become God by living a perfect life, following all the commandments and so on. Therefore, Mormons have that potential to become god themselves and rule a universe.

We also talked about polygamy a little bit and how it came about in the Mormon Church, but it’s now abolished around the beginning of the 1900s.

It’s really interesting how most religions focus so much on good works and being a good person in order to achieve or receive salvation, but Christianity is all about grace. Salvation is a gift, which you don’t have to work for.

"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV)

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Discussions on religion are very though provoking, and I enjoy it a lot. I love learning about different stuff.