8 ‘Facts of Life’ for Latter-day Saints that Really aren’t True


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You know those phrases, sayings, philosophical observations that tend to pop out of your mouth when someone's going through a trial? Or that show up frequently during fast and testimony meeting? They are almost second nature sometimes. We actually repeat them so often that we rarely stop to think what they really mean. Just because we hear them all the time doesn't mean they're grounded in real doctrine. Some actually go against what we truly believe. Here are eight we should think twice about. 1. Everything happens for a reason via Manon's Geography Blog Are you sure? This is one of those stock phrases that deeply cuts into the hearts of our friends who are mourning or in shock because something absolutely terrible has just happened. Its sister phrase is "nothing happens by accident." Here is a truth from late prophet Thomas Monson: There is a guiding hand above all things. Often when things happen, it’s not by accident. One day, when we look back at the seeming coincidences of our lives, we will...

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