Bio: Heather MacDonald

Heather Mac Donald is a contributing editor of
City Journal and the John M. Olin Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. She also is a recipient of 2005 Bradley Prize for Outstanding Intellectual Achievement. Ms. Mac Donald is the author of
Are Cops Racist? How the War Against the Police Harms Black Americans and
The Burden of Bad Ideas: How Modern Intellectuals Misshape Our Society, and the co-author of
The Immigration Solution: A Better Plan Than Today's. Her articles have appeared in the
Wall Street Journal,
The New Republic, and the
New York Times.
To believe in God is much easier for me than not to believe in God. As I sat and pondered as a young child, pinching my arm and realizing I am "me"....but who am I really, where did I come from and why am I here? were questions that came into my mind. So began my search for the answers to those questions....in finding those answers I found a reason to believe in God. __ My father was CAtholic and my mother was Mormon.....two very opposite religions, hence my parents agreed that neither religion would be taught or practiced in our home. We were not forbidden to attend any other Church, and hence I have attended many of which was the Lutheran Church...very much like the Catholic Church, Baptist, Methodist, .....none of which answered my questions satisfactorily.__ In time I met some friends who were LDS, and who invited me to youth activities in the Church which led to other meetings which began my understanding of the beliefs of the Mormons. My questions were answered adequately and after over 50 years, I continue to ponder and search for further understanding of life's questions. It is vast and consuming!__ Who am I? I am a child of God....His spiritual offspring! Acts 17:28-29__ Where did I come from? I was spiritually begotten in the preexistence.....John 3:13 John 17:3-5 Num. 27:16 Eccl. 12:7 Hebrews 12:9 Revelations 12:7-12__ Why am I here? To reveive a mortal body of flesh and bones
Ms. MacDonald, I do not understand why you decided to make the debate go into the tangent of other religions. From my experience this is a discussion tactic that is used against believers. It completely attempts to by-pass the topic though staying within the realm of the subject of Faith. Religion is something that you discuss after you believe, or after you have discussed belief. It would be like for a 15 year old to dismiss getting their license because they don't like certain things about some car brands. The truth is that you are addressing Christianity when you speak of other religions. You want to make the sinister parallel that Christianity is no better.
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