Aaron J. Aisen

Navy Brat from everywhere and nowhere; Pizza Aficionado: Always questioning

[Aaron J. Aisen @ajaisen]

@maklelan @StallionCornell I wouldn’t have even wasted my time responding to him. It only gives him credibility to some that his opinion of you actually matters.

[Aaron J. Aisen @ajaisen]

@StallionCornell @ThoughtfulSaint @collinchlarson @StallionCornell I met your father several times when I lived in D.C. many years ago. Great man!

I would let this go. It isn’t worth it. He is playing a game. He loves the reactions. The best way to stop him is to stop reacting to him. It isn’t worth the stress.

[Aaron J. Aisen @ajaisen]

In all my years of interfaith activities, I have had many wonderful discussions about faith and the differences in our beliefs.

Never once have I ever felt the need to degrade or attack someone else’s faith to discuss or defend my own.

[Aaron J. Aisen @ajaisen]

@JasminRappleye For what it is worth, you are considerably better at this than some of your fellow LDS podcasters.

[Jasmin Rappleye @JasminRappleye]

For those wondering why Pres Christofferson didn't talk about investing. He literally did, it's just in the footnotes.

[Aaron J. Aisen @ajaisen]

But I am not sure they deserve a pedestal. There are many Latter-day Saints going good things, and even better things that are seldom made public.

[Aaron J. Aisen @ajaisen]

I adamantly disagree with this for at least two reasons. First, many of us have been doing interfaith relations for years. We have discussions, not debates. We build relationships, not encounters. 1/2

[Joe Canzona (JoeCan) @JoeCan57]

Honestly, the podcasters that everyone rails against here on LDX are the ones actually on the front lines, in the arena, doing the work. Complain, if you want, but their fruits are self evident.

[Aaron J. Aisen @ajaisen]

Second, many of these LDS podcasters are on the front lines for their pet issues when they agree with the Church. But when they don’t, some of them are either silent or openly question the individuals they claim to defend.

Not saying that some of them don’t do good things. …

[Aaron J. Aisen @ajaisen]

We all sin a little differently. And we are all on a journey. It is hard. And we should have some compassion for that. And beating each other up on social media is not the best way to help each other through difficult times.

[Aaron J. Aisen @ajaisen]

If you are going to adopt the role as the public enforcer of the @Ch_JesusChrist and publicly condemn those who do not follow the prophet’s every word, please do that for everything he says, and not just for the stuff you like or agree with.

[Aaron J. Aisen @ajaisen]

I could be wrong, but I think part of being a peacemaker in the @Ch_JesusChrist means not speaking in a derogatory or condescending way to people or of people who may adamantly disagree with you on religious, social, and political issues. Just a thought.

[Aaron J. Aisen @ajaisen]

Very few people can truly persuade by using condemnation. Conversely, people who take time to truly understand someone have much more success because the real issues usually come to the surface and you can address those.

[Aaron J. Aisen @ajaisen]

One step in peacemaking is to try to understand someone instead of just going right to condemning them. Don’t assume that you know why they believe something. Really try to understand things from their perspective. You don’t have to agree with them. Just try to understand them.

[Luke Hanson @LukeFHan]

One of the purposes of starting my channel was to fight this very sentiment among members of the church. Hence why I am explicitly combining religion politics and culture in one place.

[Aaron J. Aisen @ajaisen]

2/2

3. For those that did listen to the entire case, one has to wonder where they found the time.

4. For those that got their information from the web and the news, which they distrust most of the time.

This is why the only opinion that matters is the judge’s and jury’s.

[Aaron J. Aisen @ajaisen]

Big public trials bring out the following:

1. People who don’t want to serve on juries suddenly want to be jurors.

2. People have many opinions about the case, but you have to wonder if they listened to every minute of the case like the jurors did to form that opinion.

1/2

[Aaron J. Aisen @ajaisen]

@LukeFHan If you are going to go down that road, one can ask how any “good Latter-day Saint” can be a member of either party. You are beating a drum that is old and tired.

[Aaron J. Aisen @ajaisen]

@ThoughtfulSaint Yeah, that is kind of the problem. You do know what you are doing. Not sure if that approach is a good thing. That said, Merry Christmas.

[Aaron J. Aisen @ajaisen]

@ThoughtfulSaint @ShamelessPopery I have done interfaith dialogues before. We have meaningful discussions. Not any of this burden of proof stuff. We talk.

There is nothing for anyone to prove. We talk with respect.

And did I hear @ThoughtfulSaint correctly that you sold tickets?

To each his own, I guess.

[Aaron J. Aisen @ajaisen]

@ThoughtfulSaint @ShamelessPopery These debates are so incredibly pointless.

[Aaron J. Aisen @ajaisen]

Listening to Christians argue over who is more Christian seems very Un-Christian to me.