Book of Mormon Experiment Honolulu 

dlberker You know what else is a miracle? Being able to be free without having people tell you what to do.

however, it's not true...

Mike He did love the Book of Mormon and the church. He literally died because of it. I recommend the talk “Safety for the Soul” by Jeffrey R. Holland.

@@EB-bu3bs Evangeline, you can find out that it's very true without taking anyone's word for it! Simply, read and then kneel down, and sincerely, without any preconceptions or animosity, ask God if it is true! And, He will let you know that it honestly is True! That's the only way I found out for myself that it really is true! Terry Kelley Miramar Beach, FL

@@dimitriosglous4156 Yes, you're right Dimitri. You don't have to take anyone else's word for it! God will let you know that it is really true, without any person telling you! I didn't want anyone telling me what to believe. I read and then sincerely asked God, and He let me know for sure that it's TRUE! Terry Kelley Miramar Beach, FL

Welcome home. Remember, it's not about others that you attend church but about your relationship with your Father in Heaven. Your humility and sincerity to follow Christ will shine through. I am your brother in faith and in trial. You can do it.

Lord loves ya, get ready for a holy opposition as you come back, but it's worth it, always will be! :)

You give me hope that my children will one day return to active membership! God bless you!

Me too bro since 1996

Love to have to back

Mike I can guarantee you that he did

Are you talking about D&C or talks in general

Mike that’s near impossible. But JS did say that the Book of Mormon is the Keystone of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Mike I don’t think it matters if he quoted it or not. What matters is if you have a personal witness of it.

Doos there are so many awsome people named Jeff! My bishop, the host of the Survivor show, my old math teacher who is also teacher of a club for disabled kids and eny other kid to meat togather and be friends, and more i hear about. Edit: oh ya the giraff guy from Toys R Us

@Mike We are taught, 'when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost. And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.' This promise is found at the end of the Book of Mormon (Moroni Chapter 10, verses 4-5). Thanks for your question!

Aloha! :) I love your questions and concern and your faith in Christ. Through study and prayer, you will find that the doctrine the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints supports your beliefs. We'll build on what you already know. Having said that, we believe that without the Savior Jesus Christ and his atoning sacrifice and his loving grace that He provides to every person who has ever lived and will live, we cannot return and live with God, our Eternal Father. No matter our efforts, it is the Savior's grace that saves us. Christ saves us from physical death (through His resurrection) and spiritual death (through His atoning sacrifice). The resurrection is a gift to all mankind. It's through the grace of Christ that we will all live again. "Paul testified, 'As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive' (1 Corinthians 15:22). In this sense, everyone is saved, regardless of choices made during this life. This is a free gift from the Savior to all human beings." Sin, which we will all do (except for children) keeps us from God's presence since no unclean thing can dwell with God. "To be cleansed from sin through the Savior’s Atonement, an individual must exercise faith in Jesus Christ, repent, be baptized, and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost (see Acts 2:37-38)." And, lastly, which touches on your question of grace, 'We believe that we are saved by grace after all we can do' (see 2 Ne. 25:23). We don’t earn salvation. Heavenly Father and the Savior will bless us with eternal life, through Their grace, if we do our part." Having said that, we are also commanded to love God and love our neighbor (the two great commandments)...both requiring our heart, might, mind, and strength. That's a lot--I apologize. If you want to learn more, I encourage you to contact the missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

William Birt has related the very nature of a belief in Jesus Christ. The LDS reply is full of nothing but a Playlist. I pray for all goodness in each Faith...I pray that the Mormons will one day reconcile their beliefs. I am Catholic...

I love these verses in Ephesians and know them to be true. As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints I know that no matter how good I am, no matter how many good works I achieve, it is impossible for me to receive eternal life without the grace of our Savior Jesus Christ. The good works that God wants me to do help me become more like He is, compassionate, loving, determined, focused, and joyful. I rely on grace 100% and am eternally grateful for this wonderful gift.

mcchylite sounds awesome! But how can you justify the passage from Nephi of being saved “after all you can do” (which suggests works are involved in salvation) if you’re totally relying on his grace?

@@williambirt8557 Thank you for such an important question. Any loving Father wants his children to act on truth, to do what is right, and make a valiant effort to become what they were created to become. No perfect father would do everything and provide everything for his children, depriving them of growth and happiness through work and sometimes real struggle. The passage in 2 Nephi 25:23 is often misunderstood. This quote from the book "Believing Christ" by Stephen E. Robinson explains it really well. "I understand the preposition 'after' in 2 Nephi 25:23 to be a preposition of separation rather than a preposition of time. It denotes logical separateness rather than temporal sequence. We are saved by grace 'apart from all we can do,' or 'all we can do notwithstanding,' or even 'regardless of all we can do.' Another acceptable paraphrase of the sense of the verse might read, 'We are still saved by grace, after all is said and done.'" I hope that helps understand how we view the all-important doctrine of grace.

I thought the same thing. We did this as a ward and used lighter highlighters for that very reason.

Photogal Edward : I love the red, it can be seen from standing back and looking at the display. Plus, the blood Christ shed was red. Great symbolism.

Oh my! now THAT is a truly great idea!! Black-out the words referring to god or jesus christ, and "voilà!", you're left with a boring and confusing adult fiction novel with the occasional bit of archaic insight!! That's much better! Although, I'm not sure it'll sell nearly as well...

about the "highlight", that is an easy fix, just read the pages in the Book of Mormon and the "highlighted" words are there.

I completely agree! Jesus is the way, the truth and the life and our only way to heaven. What may surprise you is that I'm a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) and that is what we ALL believe! I am grateful that He loves me enough to rescue me from sin, if I will follow Him with all my heart. I am grateful that He suffered, bled and died for me and for you--for all of us. I testify that He walked the path that we might know the way and He will help us along that path as we come humbly to Him. He also introduced us to covenants (promises between God and man) that help us draw upon God's power and receive specific blessings. He memorialized those covenants through ordinances such as baptism and the sacrament of the last supper (communion--partaking of broken bread and the cup each week to help us remember Him and our promises). Remembering Jesus Christ and His sacrifice for us through this sacrament (communion) is at the CENTER of our worship and is the most important thing we do every Sunday. Jesus organized His church while He lived on the earth and gave authority to perform these ordinances and to teach His gospel. I testify that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints IS His church and is the kingdom of God on the earth with authority to administer these ordinances today and provides a place to gather and fellowship and serve and discuss His teachings to help us follow Him. I invite you to come to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and worship with us where you will feel the warmth of His Spirit and the love and fellowship that He taught.

@@adamcarlini5195 i agree jesus is our center, but i dont agree with joseph smith

Kawaii Ivy Yes it does - Isaiah 29:4-12, Ezekiel 37:15-20, John 10:16, to name a few

Yeah I don't really get what this video is saying

God inspired both.

lol yes I completely agree, this polished video is as vapid as the religion itself; no surprising message and DEFINITELY no "experiment". I think it was created for the sole purpose of tapping into our availability heuristics in order to associate the Mormon church with [superficial] diversity (something the church has always lacked and often avoided)

@@DukeofLukington It seems like you are unaware that there are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints in every nation and there are more members of the church outside the United states than in. Every race exists in the top leadership of the Church.

@@DukeofLukington Moreover, there is nothing vapid about Christ's restored Church.

You are very wrong about that. Read Third Nephi in the Book of Mormon. Christ Himself gives his Gospel there just as He did in the Gospels of the New Testament. It is complete and correct and true.

The Book of Mormon is not a NT rewrite. Instead, the Book of Mormon is a companion witness to the Bible of Jesus Christ and His exemplary life, marvelous and eternal truths He taught, His atoning sacrifice, and His death and resurrection. From its initial printing, the Book of Mormon has never claimed to replace or rewrite the Bible. I know it to be true and grateful for those ancient prophets who wrote their history and recorded their witness of the Savior Jesus Christ and His visit to the ancient peoples of the Americas. I challenge you to actually read / pray / and ponder about the Book of Mormon and ask God if it's true. If you do so with a prayerful spirit and sincere intent you will gain your own witness that the Book of Mormon is true! :)

Hey man, no judgments from your comments at all brother. But why do you think that's what the book talks about? just an honest question.

@@LofiCozyLounge Because its teachings are blatantly heretical

@@lyongreene8241 Can you expand on the subject and be more specific on what of the teachings are herectical?

One can only know that answer from God, and not from man alone. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is the Lord's restored church here upon the earth. As such we are not creedal Christians. This means that shortly after the death of the Apostles and due to intense persecution, outside philosophies and doctrines of converts leaking into the church, lack of revelation and priesthood authority in the church, and many other things, that the church Christ originally set up fell into general and widespread apostasy. During this time Christians argued and debated about doctrine, the nature of God, the interpretation of scripture, the performance of gospel ordinances and many other things. Councils of men and resultant creeds tried to define these things, and they are what many Christians beliefs about the nature of God are based off of. We believe that the church was restored with the proper authority, organization, and revelation that clarified and set a solid groundwork for doctrinal matters. More knowledge was given to man through Joseph Smith being visited by God the Father and Jesus Christ than anything written in medieval creeds. We believe God still talks to us, that He still calls prophets and apostles in our day and that His church was restored to bring further faith in Christ and His gospel in these last days, preparatory to His second coming. I know for myself that these things are true, and you can know as well. And I love it! It truly fills my life with joy, meaning and purpose and draws me closer to Jesus Christ. Remember what Christ told Peter, "Blessed art thou ....., because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father which is in Heaven."

Along with Chris I would add my testimony that the restored gospel is true. The Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ. Read it for yourself and ask God. Your point to other Christians believing in a different Lord. Joseph once said when asked what the difference was between other Christian sects and that of his faith? His answer was very profound and might offend some but I see his point all the time today. He said, " We believe the Bible and they clearly do not!" Let me share one very clear example. (Bible)Christ testified that he and his Father qualified as two men under Jewish law of testimony. Yet most the modern Christian world refuse to believe that. Another case (Bible)Jesus said, "Other sheep I have that are not of this fold..." Most of the Christian world make assumptions as to his meaning. We have a record with Christ declaring the truth of his words to those other sheep. I for one put my trust in the words of the Lord. I hope you take the time to read the book and find out for yourself my friend.

That's not correct, we believe in the same God of Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, the God that created the Heavens and the Earth, Adam and Eve our 1st parents.

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints recieve their own INDIVIDUAL witness that the Book of Mormon and Bible are the Lords words. Why? Because members search, study and pray to the direct source Himself- the Lord. Members pray with sincere REAL intent in their heart along with faith. Millions if not billions by now across the globe share the same loving warm conviction of the truthfulness of the gospel. The love remains in our hearts. No man on the earth can give this kind of loving conviction. I testify with every part of my heart and being that Jesus is the Christ and He and the Lord Live. You are apart of an eternal loving family and Heavenly Father. The universe has no end. We are all eternal sons and daughters of God. The message is always the same...you are never alone. The Savior already suffered and won the battle for us contingent upon our willingness to repent daily. ChurchofJesusChrist.org There are local missionaries serving in your area ready to teach of the Savior and answer any questions you may have. ComeUntoChrist.org

Actually, I think we believe some DIFFERENT things about the SAME Christ. That is also the case with the various denominations of non-LDS christians. That said, we have more in common than different. We both believe that Jesus is the Son of God, that He is Jehovah and the prophesied Messiah of the Old Testament, that He paid the price for sin through His atoning sacrifice and that He died and was resurrected and ascended into heaven and will yet come again to the earth. We both believe that we will be resurrected because He overcame death and many, many other truths about His life. Are not those the foundational principles that all christians must believe to be saved? Finally, Jesus taught, "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have LOVE one to another." THAT is how Jesus himself defined His followers. The ways in which we differ often have to do with additional things we believe that other Christians may not believe. For example, we believe that after his death, resurrection and ascension into heaven, the resurrected Lord appeared to people in other lands--which only strengthens the case that He did, in fact, rise from the dead as there are now other witnesses in addition to those of the Bible. The Book of Mormon contains a record of His appearance among a group of people upon the American continent and His healing of their sick and His teachings to them. One by one, they felt the marks in His hands and feet and side and bore witness that He was the resurrected Son of God who had been prophesied by ancient prophets on the American continent. If other Christians choose not to believe this and we choose to believe it, it really has no bearing on being saved through Christ. We believe that Jesus' atonement occurred not only on the cross, but also in the garden of Gethsemane, where he fell upon His face in agony because of the weight of our sins which he bore there (and on the cross) and caused Him to sweat, as it were, great drops of blood and where the pain was so great that an angel came to comfort Him. We believe that He was not led up of the Spirit into the wilderness "to be tempted of the devil", but rather the Spirit led Him into the wilderness "to be with God" and as He was communing with God, His Father, the devil came to tempt him. These are examples of additional beliefs that do not make Him a "different Jesus", but are simply things we believe ABOUT Jesus that are different. They do not take away from His life, teachings and sacrifice. In fact, you might agree that they rather add positive understandings that magnify the greatness of God.

Jesus kids back? what do you mean my man? Honestly just trying to understand brother, no judgments. Much love

I agree with you about the Bible for sure and I honestly read it and believe is the word of God. Honest question, but have you ever read the entire book of Mormon? Just trying to understand where you coming from my man. Much love

@@LofiCozyLounge Dear Sir, Yes, I've read in the Book of Mormon and was been visited by the Missionaries and visited a lot of Services of the LDS. My Point was to criticice the way of proving Something in This Video. For Proving, there are given Ways to so and in the Video they have done it to flat, in my opinion. Thats all I wanted to commend before.

@@Naontaes oh I see. I guess you have a point there! haha... I wish the marker was a lighter color so we could see the words a little better as well

It showed that every page has a reference to Christ. Each participant only got a single page.

It proves that unbiased readers can find references to Jesus Christ in almost every single page of the Book of Mormon. The book, independent of its origin, is really about Jesus Christ.

rtharalson not stone gold plates. A large part of the misconception of the restored church of Jesus Christ is miss leading information passed on by misinformed people.

It showed people that try to say the Book of Mormon is just the Mormon bible that it truly does testify of everything that happens in the Bible, but better.

@@FootFungus250 I love pasta noodles. You are right it is better. It shows how god and christ loved nephi more than all other prophets. He told nephi who christ would be and his name before any other old testamant bible prophets. anachronistic or prophetic. Hummm So while god was speaking or inspiring the prophets in the americas about the name and person "christ" why did he forget to do that while speaking to the prophets in the old world...? Guess we'll have to wait till we die to ask that question.

Taking a scripture such as Galatians 1:6-9 out of context can be used to discredit all kinds of things. It's good to bear in mind that we are far removed from Paul's time, and his words were specifically directed at those he and the original apostles had preached to. To try to insinuate that the beliefs promulgated by the various sects of our day are identical to what Paul and the ancient apostles taught, and to therefore invoke Paul's words against anything else different to what one's particular group may have dogmatized shows a closed-mindedness and lack of reasoning or thought process. Things have been altered a lot since those times, which is testified to by the fact that we have so many different "christian" faiths now, which can't agree on large parts of the doctrine of Christ. Additionally, there were doctrines and practices taught by the earliest christians that are no longer accepted and practiced in our current times, as any well-read student of early texts and other contemporary writings of the day will clarify for you. People of our times get so accustomed to looking at things from a modern perspective that they forget that people of ancient times didn't see things as we see them, didn't interpret things as we interpret them, and had a quite different outlook on the world and on reality compared to the perceptions of people of our day. And as for your quote from Deuteronomy, a bit of careful study will confirm for you that the prophet of the restoration, Joseph Smith, spoke many things in the name of the Lord which have been fulfilled. Being that the scripture declares that if what the prophet says doesn't come to pass, he is not to be taken seriously (paraphrasing), what then can we assume when the things the prophet speaks DO in fact come to pass? I think the answer should be pretty obvious.

...additionally, if you have concluded that the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants (NOT doctrines and convenient), and Pearl of Great Price contradict the Bible, then you have misinterpreted things in the Bible (don't take it too hard... a lot of people misinterpret the Bible, you're not the first nor the only one to make that mistake).

@@wa1den hi and yes the bible warns us about false prophets thats why i quoted stuff and also we know a prophet by his revelations not by praying about it thats why i quoted Deut and Luke 16:16 says john was the last Apostle prophet.

@@wa1den its not about religion its about Jesus bro he's the only way and yes joseph smith made false revelations read history of the church vol 4,5,6 those are just some

@@wa1den the book of mormon teaches modelism ,pearl of great price teaches trinithians and his first vision teaches binitarianism

Or maybe it something to show people nice things

dunno about evil but it is false doctrine for sure...their true doctrine can be found in the D&C which is even more crazy then the BOM

Ali what do you mean by that?

@@stevenmoffitt9820 Translation of your question: Rather than address the obvious weirdness concerning Mormonism, insist that the concerned/leery individual cite specific words/passages in various Mormon texts, then argue that said person hasn't "read them correctly with a seeking spirit". I know the simple-minded tactics that cultists employ, so either give it a rest or go and look elsewhere for ideas.

It's hard for denominations and their followers to realize that nondenominational faith is all that's needed.

How so?

@@HalfInsaneJane they just go after your money

@@rene2582 Hey man, tell me more about this money that they go after. No judging here but for all I know no one is obligated to pay nothing. If you believe in the Bible though, give 10% and whatever the amount is part of commandments

@@LofiCozyLounge just see the governing body. see their houses, see where they live and how they live. they live like millionairs

@@rene2582 I totally understand your point of view, my man. Have you e ever searched what the people on the governing body did before starting to work for the church? I was reading about the prophet and he is a very renowned surgeon that was a pioneer and one of the first Doctors to perform open-heart surgery. The president of some country in Asia asked him personally to go there to perform surgery on him. They already were millionaires before stoping their careers and start their ministry. No trying to discredit you or anything, but that's facts ya know?

It's been 9 months but...may I ask why?