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Originally Posted by tubaloth
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?
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My testimony on Christ and Christianity came from God obviously.
On the body part, I don't know. On the Trinity, it is what I have always been taught, and it makes sense.
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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!
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Like I have said, I have tried going to church. But when the people there do not want you there, its not exactly appealing. Even in my old good ward, it still did not do much for me. On reading the BoM, I do not currently read it. Like I said, I have tried multiple times but when I get about halfway through, I can not continue because I am not getting anything out of it. On the first vision, I have never had any reason to believe it or not believe it. I will probably go to the missionaries before I leave. Though I do not have much hope with them.
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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.
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I have been, and have been trying to pray with as much of an open heart as I can.