The other day I was talking to a dear (non-LDS) Christian friend of mine. He knows I don't believe in the church anymore, but he asked me to explain how Mormons believe in the Bible and The Book of Mormon. Personally, I think that's pretty easy to explain. I said just said the whole "Jesus also visited the Americas," "gospel for the whole earth," "the two books complement, not contradict," etc. I was pretty satisfied with my explanation, so I said something along the lines of, "I know it's not true, but it makes sense, right?" And he said:
"The fact that it's so logical makes me not believe it."
He was dead fucking serious. I was all "?!" And he tried to sound less insane by saying that a lot of aspects of Christianity are paradoxes. Those were his words. I kid not. So, everything that doesn't make sense is true. Lorsh help us.
In other illogical news, check out this Facebook post from one of my TBM friends:
"Favorite part of scripture study yesterday: Jazz was reading and Jayden's turn was coming up. I didn't know how much he actually listened before his turn until he says "Oh! I love this part!" and started reading. He's nine years old and all boy and he drives me bonkers, but he strengthened my testimony just by being himself."
Ok, that's cute. He's smart for a 9-year-old. Reading level. I get that. But "strengthened your testimony"? Just because a kid likes a story doesn't mean that story is true.
End of rant.
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