mentalgymnast wrote:I wouldn't use "The Spirit" as the final say all/end all in regards to whether or not a testimony is or isn't valid and/or based upon what may be absolute capital T truth. Like I said upthread, in the end, faith and belief in the restoration becomes a personal matter/choice based upon what one feels are the available evidences that point this way or that.
On the other hand, folks such as zerinus that have had what they believe to be an experience that defies counter evidence...more power to them. I have no qualm with those that go that direction. The problem is though, that you then have to put zerinus, Nightlion, and the Snufferites...oh, and the folks down in Manti that believe they have the truth...and others too numerous to mention, in with the mix.
So I'm not one to place all the eggs in one basket. Even though I've personally had experiences that I would enter/throw into the 'numinous' realm of human experience. As have others here on this board.
Regards,
MG
If the spirit isn’t the determining factor in assessing validity of religious testimony, what is?
What eggs do you place in baskets outside of Mormonism?