Joseph studied the CES Letter and Anti-Mormon claims...why he chose to Come Back to the LDS church
Come Back PodcastShow Notes
"I personally believe that one of the ways in which the spirit speaks to someone such as myself is through logical sense. Which I think is interesting because usually those two things are pitted against each other. I never received the voice in my head saying, this is true when I'm reading the Book of Mormon as some people would. As something clicked in my head I would be at peace about it. And then obviously the heart and mind have to be unified in order to be spiritually in tune. So I am always like, well, if you're experiencing an absence of the spirit because you have all these logical problems, that's probably why. It's because your heart and mind need to be in tune. And that's obviously why I never received a purely spiritual witness, because my mind was just not in it, and my mind needs to be in it. And so I always like to view those two things as working together, not really working against each other."
00:00 Facing a Crisis of Faith 08:06 Seeking Answers and Facing Doubts 11:54 Turning to Family and Church Leaders 20:23 Finding Hope in Apologetic Literature 23:54 Discovering Influential Books 29:36 Advice for Navigating Anti-Religious Content 32:39 Reconciling Faith and Logic 39:20 What Makes The Church Different
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Come Back Team:
Director, Founder, & Host: Ashly Stone Editor: Cara Reed Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson Assistant Editor: Michelle Berger Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze Art Director: Jeremy Garcia Production Director: Trent Wardwell
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