Tag: belief
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Personal Witness
I am occasionally asked online to give evidence of God. On a regular basis I am told that a personal witness does not count as evidence. With strangers on the internet this is absolutely true. Me sharing my visions doesn’t supersede another person’s witness. But the closer two people become the more their life and…
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Doubting My Doubts
One of my favorite Apostles is Dieter F. Uchtdorf. He’s charming and measured. He gave a conference talk about doubt and faith and it revolved around the idea that we should doubt our doubts and not doubt our faith. Jesus told a man to believe and the man responded: I believe help me to overcome…
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Changing Beliefs
Tonight I have been thinking about how much control we have over our beliefs. I don’t think it’s very much. I think we charge into reality and only start or stop believing something because the truth hurts. I get into so many arguments online. None of them really hurt. Nobody on the other side of…
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Informed Belief
I try very hard not to tell people what they should or shouldn’t believe. But I do tend to insist the people should be informed about what they believe. For instance the Bible is the single most influential book in human history. There are only a few books that even come close. People can have…
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A Chapter from Alma
“7 Now there was no law against a man’s belief; for it was strictly contrary to the commands of God that there should be a law which should bring men on to unequal grounds. 8 For thus saith the scripture: Choose ye this day, whom ye will serve.” Alma 30 (Book of Mormon) It would…
Latter Day Sinner 