Comments on: RE: Warning: EXMO Virus Alert http://onedudesms.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/re-warning-exmo-virus-alert/ These are the personal studies of one guy on his spiritual journey through Mormonism. Many articles, books and podcasts reviewed and reflected upon. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:42:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Glenn thigpen http://onedudesms.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/re-warning-exmo-virus-alert/#comment-3358 Glenn thigpen Thu, 27 Sep 2007 04:11:01 +0000 http://onedudesms.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/re-warning-exmo-virus-alert/#comment-3358 ''' I many times think to myself, “why would God lay out (or allow to be laid out) all of this incriminitory evidence” and then ask us to just turn off our critical thinking skills and “just have faith”.''' I would really like to know just what incriminating evidence has been laid out ofr anyone? There are so many things that we must be careful of when weighing any evidence though to be incriminating. How many people have been convicted based upon "incriminating evidence" and have later been exonerated by DNA? I recently gave a priesthood lesson on a talk by President Gordon B. Hinckley titled "These Things That I Know" President Hinckley is certain of at least four things, one of which is that God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ appeared to Joseph Smith in answer to a sincere prayer. When one prays and gets ans answer to a prayer concerning that event, the Book of Mormon, or any other point of doctrine, it is more than just a "good feeling". It brings a conviction, a certainty which evicts all doubts. I have done a lot of reading on the Book of Mormon. There is no hard evidence against it, although there is much that has not been found to verify it. However the knowledge that has come to light about the old world as it relates to the Book of Mormon to me is a powerful bit of evidence that no critic has dealt with in any logical manner. Yet it is not that evidence that has led me to conclude that it is true. It is the witness of the Holy Ghost. And yes, we must put our faith above our reason because our reason can only deal with that which we know, while that which we do not know is immeasurably greater. Until someone who really knows everything can prove the Book of Mormon wrong ....... Glenn ”’ I many times think to myself, “why would God lay out (or allow to be laid out) all of this incriminitory evidence” and then ask us to just turn off our critical thinking skills and “just have faith”.”’
I would really like to know just what incriminating evidence has been laid out ofr anyone? There are so many things that we must be careful of when weighing any evidence though to be incriminating. How many people have been convicted based upon “incriminating evidence” and have later been exonerated by DNA?
I recently gave a priesthood lesson on a talk by President Gordon B. Hinckley titled “These Things That I Know” President Hinckley is certain of at least four things, one of which is that God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ appeared to Joseph Smith in answer to a sincere prayer.
When one prays and gets ans answer to a prayer concerning that event, the Book of Mormon, or any other point of doctrine, it is more than just a “good feeling”. It brings a conviction, a certainty which evicts all doubts.
I have done a lot of reading on the Book of Mormon. There is no hard evidence against it, although there is much that has not been found to verify it. However the knowledge that has come to light about the old world as it relates to the Book of Mormon to me is a powerful bit of evidence that no critic has dealt with in any logical manner. Yet it is not that evidence that has led me to conclude that it is true. It is the witness of the Holy Ghost. And yes, we must put our faith above our reason because our reason can only deal with that which we know, while that which we do not know is immeasurably greater.
Until someone who really knows everything can prove the Book of Mormon wrong …….

Glenn

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