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As I previously said, yes I do believe in God, Christ, and Christianity in general. On the body part, I do not know. I only know what I have been told. I believe that the trinity is one, just simply different parts of that one.

Okay lets start here…

Who told you this? Why do you believe it so much? Where did this Testimony come from? From the bible? From your friends bible study class? Or from your friend telling you this?


First we have to separate the organization (people) of the church, and the Church organization (Gods kingdom on earth).

The people in God’s church are never going to be perfect, and aren’t easy to accept change. We kind of are naturally this way. You well realize over time that you well be thrown into a lot of different situations that you are the outsiders (if it be a new job, new neighborhood) or what not. You can either blame the situation on others, or do what you know you can do to help the situation. I have seen this same type of thing happen where LDS youth treat an outsider differently. Is this a representation on the other 13 million members.. Probably not…

Next what are you doing to find out if the church is true? Don’t you think probably one of the first steps is to actually go to church? Next is to actually read the book of mormon. I assume you have read it, how often do you read it? What do you get out of it? And last, what are your ideas of the Joseph Smith first Vision. You can read the account online on lds.org. You do realize Joseph Smith was in the same boat you are in! See how he figured things out. I think you probably would need more guidance then a message board can really give. Have you considered taking your questions to Missionaries? See if there “study class” can help you!

Then pray! Pray to know if Joseph Smith was called a prophet! Ask to know if Joseph Smith really did see Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. Pray to know if Joseph Smith translated the book of mormon. The answers never came easy for really any of us in the church. For me it kind of seemed like the Lord was testing me to see if I REALLY want to know the answers.
You have to have an open heart. You have to be willing to accept that answer. The key is having faith, no doubt! If you go into the prayer already having your mind made up that it can’t be true (or that you don’t want it to be true) then the answer is going to be hard to find.

The journey you are going through is normal in the sense of questioning things. But it sounds like you have been away from the church for a while now, that mountain you need to climb is even steeper! Don’t expect the answer (or this journey) to be easy!