Consumer vs Producer and why it matters.

[Reluctant Watchman]

We have become a society largely comprised of consumers. The vast majority of us are not producers, especially when it comes to basic necessities. When we hand over these responsibilities to someone else, it can be used as leverage to get us to think, feel, or act in a manner contrary to our conscience.

Now take that principle and move it from the physical realm to the spiritual. Are we a spiritual consumer or producer? Do we rely upon someone else to provide us with spiritual nourishment and care, or do we work to produce the fruits ourselves? When we hand over the task of spiritual growth into the hands of another, where we wait upon them for insights and truth, are we giving up some of our personal autonomy and allowing them to have leverage in shifting our spiritual priorities?

[Niemand]

I tell people all the time that they should write, paint and produce music because it turns them from passive consumers into creators. It doesn't even matter if they are very good at it, to some extent, the act of creation is more emotionally fulfilling than mere consumption.

[tmac]

We have become a society largely comprised of consumers. The vast majority of us are not producers, especially when it comes to basic necessities. When we hand over these responsibilities to someone else, it can be used as leverage to get us to think, feel, or act in a manner contrary to our conscience.

Now take that principle and move it from the physical realm to the spiritual. Are we a spiritual consumer or producer? Do we rely upon someone else to provide us with spiritual nourishment and care, or do we work to produce the fruits ourselves? When we hand over the task of spiritual growth into the hands of another, where we wait upon them for insights and truth, are we giving up some of our personal autonomy and allowing them to have leverage in shifting our spiritual priorities?

Something we do agree about.

[Niemand]

One interesting aspect of Mormon theology often picked up by our opponents and downplayed by the current leadership is that we are described as helping out in the creation (which is ongoing by the way) and reorganisation or matter. The notorious personal planet doctrine is a version of this, that we may end up creating new worlds and looking after them. We should do all this to the honour of our Heavenly Father which is what anti-Mormons neglect to mention.