“I have a testimony. I know this church is true.”
You’ve heard it before. It’s the refrain of every Latter-day Saint, repeated in youth testimonies, missionary visits, and Sunday meetings around the world. This phrase isn’t just part of the culture—it is the culture. And it’s built on one core idea: that truth is something you feel.
They call it a “burning in the bosom.”
Mormonism doesn’t start with Scripture, logic, or history. It starts with you—with how something makes you feel. If it burns, it’s true. If it’s uncomfortable, it’s false. And if it contradicts 2,000 years of historic Christian orthodoxy? Well, then it must be new revelation.
But this “feelings-first” faith isn’t just misguided. It’s blasphemous. It replaces the gospel with an unbiblical system of emotional manipulation, false authority, and heretical doctrine that slanders the character of God and denies the sufficiency of Christ.
Let’s talk about it.
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