I consider the currency of heaven to be the manifestations of the Spirit. The scriptures, God’s word, teach that there is a means of exchange between mankind and God, “draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you”.

Mormon missionaries from the beginning have told investigators that if they will read the Book of Mormon and pray sincerely they will receive a testimony, “light and truth”. This approach has been the foundation for the growth of the church. I have a clear memory of the testimony I was given when I read and prayed about the Book of Mormon in 1966.

We also learn from the scriptures that there is a means of exchange between the adversary and mankind, “the fiery darts of the adversary”. We’re taught that the adversary “taketh away light and truth”.

When these two basic concepts are considered in the light of other scriptures we begin to see that “where much is given, much is required; and he who sins against the greater light shall receive the greater condemnation”.

Sins of omission, not doing something we should, have consequences (parable of the 10 virgins).

In the story I related in this post, the man dwindling in unbelief, was negligent in not maintaining and strengthening his faith by following the simple “to do list”. The easiness of the way became a stumbling block for this brother.

Anemic testimonies have symptoms that create Spiritual pain and if we’re not observant then we can be injured or even die Spiritually. In other words, we can end up of Spiritually strapped or even go bankrupt Spiritually.

Happy to have a conversation. I’m not entirely sure about your concern with moderation.
Please let me know what your concerned about. I’ve never moderated anyone.

Happy to have a conversation about your posts, but like to make sure that I’m not going to be moderated.

Yes, I think you make a good point. There is no doubt in my mind that we choose what we want to believe in when we live exclusively in the rational realm.

Fortunately, there is another realm. I discovered the Spiritual realm many years ago an have embraced it for 50 years now. The Spiritual realm is not controlled by fallen man. In the Spiritual realm Heavenly Father reigns. He works with men in the rational realm and reveals to them His ways. If they follow Him they are given Spiritual gifts that transcend the rational and puts them in possession of Spiritual knowledge and experiences like those we learn about in the Book of Mormon.

I am a witness of these gifts and know they are as real as the sun that rises each morning.

I relate some of my experiences to help others who are seeking to follow the plan of salvation. If you’re interested click here

Reaching the conclusion that maybe it’s all really a fraud is not an acceptable conclusion. People are desperate to find some way to reconcile what they see with their own eyes and what they, deep down, really want to believe.

https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/01/12/the-confidence-game-maria-konnikova/

“Reality is what we take to be true,” physicist David Bohm observed in a 1977 lecture. “What we take to be true is what we believe… What we believe determines what we take to be true.” That’s why nothing is more reality-warping than the shock of having come to believe something untrue — an experience so disorienting yet so universal that it doesn’t spare even the most intelligent and self-aware of us, for it springs from the most elemental tendencies of human psychology. “The confidence people have in their beliefs is not a measure of the quality of evidence,” Nobel-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman asserted in examining how our minds mislead us, “but of the coherence of the story that the mind has managed to construct.”