Question for Non-Mormons.

[Jason of Wyoming]

Faith is week if someone believe the Bible to be true because of Archological evidences. Even historical fiction have archeological evidences. I believed in the Bible before I ever knew of what kind of evidences there are. I found the bible to be true the same way I found the Book of Mormon is true, and that was before I meet any mormon, or even heard of the Book of Mormon. You guys are trying to tell me that the Holy Spirit didn't tell me the Bible is true, but that I just needed alkaselzer. Archeological evidences will never tell that the bible is true, it will be the holy spirit that will testify that it is true. As far as I am concerned there is enough evidence to support the Book of Mormon, but those evidence don't matter to me at all. Heck, I haven't even heard most of them until I started to participate in these forums and decided to search on google for these evidences. I don't need "signs" to know something is true, I rely on the Holy Spirit that Jesus Christ promised us to determine if something is true.

Even atheists know where Jerusalem is. Yet nobody, even the believers, have any clue where the city of "Zarahemla" could be.

That's the difference. Places and things don't mean the teachings are true, but at least we have some evidence of existence.

 

[CrownCaster]

Faith is week if someone believe the Bible to be true because of Archological evidences. Even historical fiction have archeological evidences. I believed in the Bible before I ever knew of what kind of evidences there are. I found the bible to be true the same way I found the Book of Mormon is true, and that was before I meet any mormon, or even heard of the Book of Mormon. You guys are trying to tell me that the Holy Spirit didn't tell me the Bible is true, but that I just needed alkaselzer. Archeological evidences will never tell that the bible is true, it will be the holy spirit that will testify that it is true. As far as I am concerned there is enough evidence to support the Book of Mormon, but those evidence don't matter to me at all. Heck, I haven't even heard most of them until I started to participate in these forums and decided to search on google for these evidences. I don't need "signs" to know something is true, I rely on the Holy Spirit that Jesus Christ promised us to determine if something is true.

That makes me sad. Even if you dont need evidence to know something is true, it is nice to be able to point to them and say, see, even history holds up the record. What about the fact that evidence points to the bom being a fraud. Still just going to go blindly on through? Salvation is too important to just be a blind sheep.

 

[happyinhisgrace]

Faith is week if someone believe the Bible to be true because of Archological evidences. Even historical fiction have archeological evidences. I believed in the Bible before I ever knew of what kind of evidences there are. I found the bible to be true the same way I found the Book of Mormon is true, and that was before I meet any mormon, or even heard of the Book of Mormon. You guys are trying to tell me that the Holy Spirit didn't tell me the Bible is true, but that I just needed alkaselzer. Archeological evidences will never tell that the bible is true, it will be the holy spirit that will testify that it is true. As far as I am concerned there is enough evidence to support the Book of Mormon, but those evidence don't matter to me at all. Heck, I haven't even heard most of them until I started to participate in these forums and decided to search on google for these evidences. I don't need "signs" to know something is true, I rely on the Holy Spirit that Jesus Christ promised us to determine if something is true.

No matter how "strong" a person's faith is, if it is faith in something false, it is a worthless faith. Those who followed David Koresh had total faith that he was the messiah, despite evidence to the contrary. They had a strong faith alright, strong enough to get them killed for following a false gospel and a false Christ.

 

[pyro457]

No matter how "strong" a person's faith is, if it is faith in something false, it is a worthless faith. Those who followed David Koresh had total faith that he was the messiah, despite evidence to the contrary. They had a strong faith alright, strong enough to get them killed for following a false gospel and a false Christ.

And how, according to you, do you tell the difference between a false faith and true faith?