The Official "Ask A Mormon" Thread

[Gameface]

I'll try again.

Obviously faith is important to religious people. Does faith require a lack of evidence?

 

[CONAN]

I'll try again.

Obviously faith is important to religious people. Does faith require a lack of evidence?

You can't have faith in something you know for sure to be true.

 

[Gameface]

You can't have faith in something you know for sure to be true.

faith in God... from the LDS perspective.

 

[One Brow]

Oliver Cowdery was present for that particular event. So either he's a first hand eyewitness, or else he was colluding with Joseph Smith.

Sorry, but that's a false dichotomy. People convince themselves of all kinds of things that they don't actually witness.

 

[Hartsock]

Sorry, but that's a false dichotomy. People convince themselves of all kinds of things that they don't actually witness.

Like yourself?

 

[Stoked]

Like yourself?

Hahaha!

 

[One Brow]

Like yourself?

Sure, at times. Why would I claim otherwise? That's why it's always important to second-guess yourself.

 

[One Brow]

Hahaha!

Example A.

 

[Hartsock]

Example A.

ok, that was funny, I'll admit it.


But just curious as to why OC being present is a false dichotomy? I haven't studied it that much but if he says he was there, why should we believe otherwise?

 

[colton]

They admitted they'd be disappointed

I thought nightmare gave a good answer/explanation of the other people's answers:

So I think that saying they'd be disappointed is more based on how they would feel NOW and not truly accurate as to how they would feel if they found out Joseph Smith was a fraud after death but still got into Heaven.

As for myself, yes I would be sad to learn Joseph Smith was a fraud, but I would certainly be overjoyed to be in the presence of God.(*) But frankly, if/when I meet Jesus, I think I'll be much more interested in surrounding myself in the arms of His love than in getting answers to theological questions.


(*) Kind of like you--what if you found out that the Buddhists/Muslims/Hindi/etc were correct, but somehow you made it to heaven anyway. Wouldn't you be a sad to find out Jesus was a fraud?

 

[CONAN]

faith in God... from the LDS perspective.

It begins with faith. But at some point there has got to be some evidence given that your faith is not in vain. With any religion I don't know why you would stick around unless you had some personal evidence of at least the critical tenets of that faith being true.

But both can exist together. There are things about the LDS I know to be true, and there's plenty I take on faith.

 

[Harambe]

Can you please explain to us the LDS version of the Plan of Salvation
Please include the major Players (God, Lucifer, Jesus) before, after, and where they are now.