Soul Society

This Christmas season is a wonderful time for many things.
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During this time of year, I tend to think deeply.
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At times too deeply on things. I am a Mormon, as you have read in the ending tag, and as such, I subscribe to the after life and heaven especially. But, as I look about in the world, I have to wonder if such a place as heaven exists.
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People are too obsessed with the concepts of being better then one another. We have yet to really show promise about reaching beyond ourselves and caring about one another in the way that Christ, Confucius, Mohammad, and a countless list of prophets, philosophers, dreamers and healers have said we should. So, who does go to heaven?
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According to the scriptures, and the countless theological theories, the righteous get to heaven. But who is the Righteous?
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Are people born  inherently righteous? No, well, I don't think so. We are not born righteous, we are born and pulled into the world to exist like everyone else. We are mortal, flawed, and sinful. Anyone who tells you otherwise without the mention of Christ, Confucius, Mohammad, whatever, is a bald faced liar. And, yet, I see this so many times in Utah, people who were fortunate enough to be born Mormon will outright feel superior to those who aren't and vice versa. That isn't right.
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They are no better then a convert to the church. In total honesty, I think the Converts are more amazing then those who were born into the church, and more fortunate. They knew what life was before, and they know what it is now. We should be praising the converts for their courage.
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But, that is not all. I have found the most amazing, spiritual, kind and caring people outside of the church. And I have issues with those that would and do consider those who have made a choice not to follow the precepts of the church inferior to them. No one is inferior to anyone. We were all born equal, and in the end, we all die. We are no different then any other mortal on the face of the planet.
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That thought process works in reverse. Those who turn their noses up at people in the church, are just as bad, if not worse then those in the church who do the same thing. There is no one who has the right to cast a stone against anyone for the way they lead their life. Well, within bounds. One should not impede another person's right to live freely and as they choose. We are all sinners. We are all flawed. And we are amazing because of it.
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We are faulted, broken, twisted and fractured in the most beautiful ways. That is what makes us, us. We should not judge one another, because we are flawed. The moment when we let go of it, the more likely we are to have that soul society known as heaven. Or so I choose to believe.
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Yours Truly
Kamden G. Blackstone
Tiger, Mormon, Creative.