Prayers answered
This is part of a series of posts on Mormonism
A couple of weeks ago, I called the local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to see if I could get my hands on a Book of Mormon. The lady who answered the phone asked if it would be okay if a couple of missionaries delivered it personally to my house, which I said was fine.
The two missionaries were sitting in my lounge, explaining to Leon and I how God answers prayers. Essentially it works like this: you pray, and then the next time an eyebrow-raising coincidence occurs (which can take months), there’s your answer! They decided it would be a good idea to invite “D”, a recent convert, to share his testimony with us as they thought we might be able to better relate to him.
D came dressed in a grey tracksuit, with a grey hat. He had a number of tattoos, including one on his neck that said ‘Detroit 313′. He also had a gold $ sign ring on his finger. Yes, D was a Mormon gangster.
D had been a Baptist who had recently moved to Australia from the USA. D met a couple of Mormons who he befriended, and apparently they never really tried to convert him, but they did give him a copy of the LDS Quad and asked him to pray to God whether the Book of Mormon was true. D said that he “axed God”, but he didn’t get an answer for months and months. When he was going on a holiday over Christmas, and so he packed the Quad that he was given in his bag. On Christmas Eve, after he had been out motorcycling all day, he decided to have a shower – when he reached into his bag to pull out some underwear, he saw the Quad there! God had finally answered his prayer and so he converted.
To put it simply; because D put a book in his bag, and the book was miraculously still there the next time he looked, that was God saying that the Book of Mormon was true.
“as they thought we might be able to better relate to him.”
Well, no shit! You’re young, of course you would relate to a gangsta bro. That’s what all the young kids are into these days, amirite?
Oh… and D probably didn’t get an answer from God because he axed him. Usually when you axe somebody, they die and, alas, can’t answer questions about theology.
hee hee
Wow, a Mormon gansta biker must be really hard to convince. I guess I’d better go join too. Not.
Its a MIRACLE! The book remained exactly where he had left it previously. Hail zombie Jesus.
If the book had disappeared from his bag, would that have meant that God doesn’t exist? Or would it still mean God exist, because He answered the prayer about whether or not He exists, and presumably answered no?
I still can’t wrap my brain around the whole rock in the hat thing. Color me kooky…
Dude you are nothing but brilliant.You remind me of a Quote – “Faith is just the denial of observation so that faith so that belief can be preserved”.Thank you. You have my support in the Scientology area also.Please keep me informed. All the best.
Ben
Faith is just the denial of obersation so that belief can be preserved