Do you believe the Book of Mormon?

Instead of mocking the Mormon religion, I would suggest reading The Book of Mormon, the whole thing, to learn something about it. There are MANY false rumors out there that most base their ideas on, generally coming from those who are very antagonistic against the Church. You wouldn’t go to the Pharisees to learn about Jesus would you?

I’d begin by examining your assumption that there are “so many internal contradictions” or that it was created “without any basis in fact.” Your first a priori assumption takes entirely too much for granted and your second surely needs some explanation. No basis in fact? Are you approaching this from an atheist’s or a Christian’s perspective? My answers to you would be significantly different depending on your own paradigm.

Simple…brain washing…you star ‘em young and they’re hooked. There are plenty of good reason to NOT be a mormon, jehova’s witness, latter day saint…etc etc…search the web for problems with mormonism…you’ll find several.

The founder of mormonism was a self-proclaimed con-man…as were his “witnesses” so just do a good search.

And the answer to your last question…simple…you can’t. You have to go off the fuzzy gut feeling…that’s how they do it…they make themselves believe it. Cause if they don’t then their family will disown them and they will be outcast.

You are entitled to your opinion. God bless!