When Mormons present the unknowing with a Book of Mormon they always ask the person to pray about it. They want you to have a physical reaction that stems from your emotional response to their gospel.
If you don’t have the feel good warm fuzzy feelings, they’ll explain this away by saying you didn’t read it with a real intent.
The bottom line is that if you had the same experience they said they had, you’re accepted by them and the Mormon god. If not then you’ve done something wrong. Ironically the truth is that most Mormons don’t experience this “burning in the bosom”, but to disclose it to anyone would be tantamount to denouncing Joseph Smith himself.
Is this how people should live their lives?
What does God say about our feelings and how we should deal with them?
Burning in Your Bosom & Man’s Deceitful Heart
Looking at the reality of man’s sin nature and why you shouldn’t be tricked into believing this lie of trusting your feelings.
Is Truth Based on Feelings or Facts?
We should never make life decisions based on emotions, so why does Mormon scripture tell members to do otherwise?
I could’ve chosen to be a cultural Mormon, but I couldn’t live a lie. Now I can be free to write what I want. I believe God used the Church to help me become more spiritual, but He didn’t keep me there. I never really had a testimony of Joseph Smith and certainly never believed the President of the Church was any sort of prophet; what’s more, I saw through my “patriarchal blessing” because some of what I had said in the interview prior to the blessing was worded differently in the blessing itself. It was a very bizarre experience, just like the temple ordinances. I thank God I wasn’t born into the Church, because I was able to make a relatively clean break. I even had my name removed from the records.
Hi Sarah! So glad to hear of your break from the Church and we’re praying you have a great relationship with the ONLY Savior! Let us know how we can pray for you, and how things are going!
Michelle