mentalgymnast wrote:I have a question wrote: I concluded the Book of Mormon wasn’t what it purported to be. I prayed about that conclusion and asked if I was right. I received the qualitative burning in the bosom I described earlier.
Spiritual phenomena, or self induced feeling....
When you say you "received the qualitative burning in the bosom", did you consider it to be from an outside source or self induced?
Regards,
MG
That’s irrelevant per your premise.
- the burning in the bosom is a qualitative differentiator between spiritual phenomena and self induced. Therefore if I had a qualitative burning in the bosom (and clearly I did) it is, per you, definitively and recognisably ‘spiritual phenomena’ not self-induced, regardless of any pre held beliefs.
Or, again per your premise.
- the burning in the bosom would manifest as a spiritual phenomena and be recognisable as such as a contradiction to a pre held belief.
Either way, where I thought it came from, where I think it came from, is entirely besides the point per your asserted premises for differentiating between spiritual phenomena and self induced sensation. You asserted that if one receives a qualitatively different burning in the bosom, this is the key differentiator between a spiritual experience and a self induced one.
I had a qualitatively different burning in the bosom which, per your assertions, must be spiritual phenomena not self induced, regardless of any other factors. Otherwise your assertion, that you can tell the difference between spiritual phenomena and self induced sensations because of a qualitatively different burning in the bosom, becomes utterly refuted.
It’s a simple as this:
Either I had a spiritual phenomena confirm to me that the Book of Mormon is false, or your assertions are false. Take your pick. There is no third option, because the creation of a different option would still refute your assertions on this thread thus far.