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I have had bought the CD "The Book of Mormon" for myself. A song is contained in it; which one fatally reminded me of my experiences in the church. The song is named "turn it off"". Here one short part from this song text:

When you start to get confused because of thoughts in your head,
Don\'t feel those feelings!
Hold them in instead

Turn it off, like a light switch
just go click!
It\'s a cool little Mormon trick!
We do it all the time
When your feeling certain feels that just don\'t feel right
Treat those pesky feelings like a reading light
and turn em off,
Like a light switch just go bap!
Really whats so hard about that?
Turn it off! (Turn it off!)
(Source: http://www.themusicallyrics.com/b/225-t ... t-off.html

Have you made similar experiences in the church? As handled that if criticism of the church arose into you? If somebody criticized the church from the family or circle of friends? Or, if you were homosexual or transsexual?
How do you handle it? Is this song partly true?

I've explored and delved and found the Church still to be true and most criticisms to be unfounded at best.

I personally know there is a God. So, if someone wants to come in and tell me that there is no God, they are simply wrong as far as I'm concerned. And I believe in Mormonism because God tells me it is true. Now what is necessarily true about it is something I'm fully up to discuss. However, I'm not going to put up with critics that are going to attack me and what I believe though. What I've experienced clearly tells me there is truth here. If they want to do that, I'm perfectly happy to ignore them in person or otherwise.

Tobin wrote:I personally know there is a God. So, if someone wants to come in and tell me that there is no God, they are simply wrong as far as I'm concerned. And I believe in Mormonism because God tells me it is true. Now what is necessarily true about it is something I'm fully up to discuss. However, I'm not going to put up with critics that are going to attack me and what I believe though. What I've experienced clearly tells me there is truth here. If they want to do that, I'm perfectly happy to ignore them in person or otherwise.

But you don't believe the current Prophets and Apostles are listening to God, do you?

Bazooka wrote:

Tobin wrote:I personally know there is a God. So, if someone wants to come in and tell me that there is no God, they are simply wrong as far as I'm concerned. And I believe in Mormonism because God tells me it is true. Now what is necessarily true about it is something I'm fully up to discuss. However, I'm not going to put up with critics that are going to attack me and what I believe though. What I've experienced clearly tells me there is truth here. If they want to do that, I'm perfectly happy to ignore them in person or otherwise.

But you don't believe the current Prophets and Apostles are listening to God, do you?

No, let's listen to "Bazooka" instead...

Droopy wrote:

But you don't believe the current Prophets and Apostles are listening to God, do you?

No, let's listen to "Bazooka" instead...

Let's not. I like having him on ignore.

Tobin wrote:Let's not. I like having him on ignore.

I'm right though aren't I Tobin, about your view on the current Church Leadership?

(somebody quote me so Tobin reads this)

Droopy wrote:
No, let's listen to "Bazooka" instead...

I think it's important that we look within when determining who or who not to listen to. If Baxooka or anyone else provides valuable insights then naturally he should be listened to. Each of us has to decide for ourselves whose comments have value. I don't think that anyone should be listened to merely because they claim to be God's special mouthpiece. That would be priestcraft.

LOL I would quote you Bazooka, but I am on his ignore list too. LMAO

I love the Turn it Off song. It is on my MP3 player. It is so sadly accurate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYlxvJpJMtY

Tobin wrote:I personally know there is a God. So, if someone wants to come in and tell me that there is no God, they are simply wrong as far as I'm concerned. And I believe in Mormonism because God tells me it is true. Now what is necessarily true about it is something I'm fully up to discuss. However, I'm not going to put up with critics that are going to attack me and what I believe though. What I've experienced clearly tells me there is truth here. If they want to do that, I'm perfectly happy to ignore them in person or otherwise.

In what way does God tell you Mormonism is true?