Those of us who are Mormon and who do have faith invite all to investigate our church, put us to the test, get a Book of Mormon, and cut through all the yea and nay arguments with a simple prayer, we invite all unto Jesus Christ our master and we are not afraid of any seeker asking questions. Our detractors who tell the truth in a lying way will always discover that they have only caused people to ask us questions, the "When did you stop beating your wife" style of questions, the "Deep Doctrine" questions only suffice to attract people to us, so while I worry for their souls, I do not worry that they will harm my church.Thanks for your time and support on FR.
For any who want to actually know if the church is true, there is a simple formula, Get a Book of Mormon (BOM) for free!, or Read it online.
Compare the feelings in your soul with those that happen when you Read the Holy Bible, don't have a Bible? We will give you one of those for free too! (Contrary to what the Anti's will tell you, we do indeed read the Bible, it's part of the church cannon, but that does not fit their template for us.)
Once you have both, and have read both, here is the tricky part. Pray, Yep, that's it pray. Don't take my word, don't take some Pajama clad Anti's word, heck, don't take your ministers word, when it comes to God, he invites every one to come and ask him "And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you" Sound familiar? How about this one "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him." That is the one that started the Mormon church, Joseph Smith asked and was given, in fulfillment of scripture.
There will be many anti's here who will say all manner of things about Joseph smith, which can be refuted by actually sifting the truth from the lies. The simple truth is easily available by any who read the BOM and pray about it, for if God tells you the BOM is true what further use is argument? IMHO, When God speaks, the discussion ends. There are many non christians who attack Jesus, many who accuse him also of despicable things, they have an agenda which is not of God so it is with those who would attack another's faith as the anti's here do with ours.
Again, if you are interested in knowing for yourself, Get a book of Mormon, Get a bible ask in faith and God will answer you. There will be some anti's who will tell you not to bother, for they have prayed for you, do not be deceived, for There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. Seek out your own answer from God for it is your Command John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
You have an amazing opportunity, try the spirits, seek, Ask, God will answer you, be bold but ask in faith. I have received such an answer and when the God of Abraham, and of Isaac and of Jacob speaks to your soul you will indeed know that the answer is of him and none shall have power over you if you will but heed the still small voice of the Spirit of God and come unto him.
I know the Anti's will tell you that Satan will answer a prayer to God, ask them for a scripture that says this is possible.
They will tell you we are not telling the truth, fine, don't believe us, or them ask God.
They will tell you we have already been proven wrong, can you risk it? What if they are wrong, what if they are deceiving you? would you rather trust in the arm of flesh, or of God?
Up until now, my links have all been to the Bible, or to places to ask for scriptures, try the spirit of this scripture from the Book of Mormon and see if it is not of the same spirit as the Bible: 2 Nephi 32:8 And now, my beloved brethren, I perceive that ye ponder still in your hearts; and it grieveth me that I must speak concerning this thing. For if ye would hearken unto the Spirit which teacheth a man to pray ye would know that ye must pray; for the evil spirit teacheth not a man to pray, but teacheth him that he must not pray.
Friends, brethren, beware of those who teach that God will not answer a sincere prayer of the heart. seek God. Seek to good continually, Do good to those who persecute you and despitefully use you. In the end you will in no wise lose your reward for seeking to follow the scriptures.
Amen.
If the anti’s didn’t have us to battle w/, they’ve be duling it out w/ each other as they have for centuries. Why? b/c when all is said & done, all they have is opinions & their own interpretations. Period. We’ve been pointing out for months now all the contradictions, mis/disinformation, distortions, lies, etc., etc., etc.
The bottom line is this, they might be right, we might be right, but is it right just cause we say so or b/c others have said so for a long time. The ones who are right are the ones that the Lord says are right. How do we know what he says? Is it through the scriptures alone where there are contradictions & various interpretations (i.e.,grace vs. works, Trinity, ect.), or is truth about these matters found by asking the author of it all? What in the world is so scary about that? He’s asked us to ask Him, so it’s not like going against His will. He wants us to ask & is willing to answer. That’s according to the scriptures!
So, those that are sincere will ask, those that aren’t will continue to lean on their own wisdom & sophistry's of the world. For those that have sincerely asked & received an answer contrary to mine, I can have no quarrel w/ that. But for those that would say that the Lord doesn’t answer those prayers, they are in direct contradiction to the scriptures & rely on their own wisdom not b/c they have to but b/c they want to.
For those of you lurkers out there, our challenge is to put these things to the test. Never have we said that people should believe just b/c Joseph Smith said so. He challenged us just as we challenge you. Ask the Lord! What more definitive answer could you ever receive? But ask sincerely w/ an open mind & heart, & our testimony is that you will receive. That is the testimony of the scriptures as well. I’ll take the Lord’s word over man’s any day. Sadly, many will not do likewise. I pray for them.