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dadsprimalscream
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Date: September 18, 2012 07:06PM
My suspicion is...not many because they never research or study it out...or truly listen.
I had an experience with my former Mission President who is a member of the Quorum of 70 now.
I discussed a few of my issues with him and he said the same thing that my brother who has never been more than an Elder's Quorum Secretary said, "Oh I've heard all the anti-Mormon talking points and none of it has ever bothered me."
The truth is they haven't, so how could it bother them. What they've heard are the Mormon talking points in SS lessons and Quorum meetings and on their missions ... most of which bear no resemblance whatsoever to the concerns of those who actually have studied it out for themselves.
At the end, I was given the lamest testimony which was essentially this, "I always come back to realize that there is a place in the Middle East with the same name of the river that is described in the Book of Mormon. How could Joseph have known THAT?!"
Seriously, that was it. These people aren't looking to find out if it's all believable. They are merely looking for the thinnest of reasons to give themselves permission to believe. And in the end you CAN believe anything you want....so
http://dadsprimalscream.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/believability/Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/18/2012 07:07PM by dadsprimalscream.