A deeply personal question for believers

[ute4ever]

Not a hijack but a question on the side, concerning Moroni 10:3-5:

Why is the reader exhorted to ask if the book is not true, rather than asking if it is true?

Perhaps it's a question for Hugh Nibley.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by ute4ever

Not a hijack but a question on the side, concerning Moroni 10:3-5:

Why is the reader exhorted to ask if the book is not true, rather than asking if it is true?

Perhaps it's a question for Hugh Nibley.

It seems that asking a question in that manner isn't really a big deal. The Aaron types jump all over it as if it's proof that the Book of Mormon is a sham; however, if we continue with verse 4 it states that if one asks with a sincere heart that the truth of the Book of Mormon will be revealed.

Besides, isn't it true that lawyers use that wording in court when questioning a witness to prove what happened?

[DrumNFeather]

I suppose everyone has their own way of gaining a testimony. I think that my testimony ultimatley came out of the Joseph Smith story. I took the same approach that President Hinckley has discussed many times...if that event did not happen, then there is no point in pursing the truthfulness of any book we teach from or doctrine we teach.

My testimony began with the Joseph Smith story and expanded from there. As I had questions, I asked them, I did the research, and I put in the time needed to know for myself. I certainly had a number of people that helped steer me in the direction of the answers I was seeking, but I found them nontheless.