Mormons/LDS: Do you "know the Church is true" with EVERY fiber of your being, or just most of them?

Question

How many fibers are in our beings, by the way?

I took some fiber into my being today when I ate a bran muffin.

Disclaimer: This question is not meant to offend, but merely to point out a humorous anecdote in the way many LDS people testify at the pulpit.

Answer 1

For me, every third fiber isn't quite sure, but goes along with the preceding two fibers just to fit in. Exepct for a group of fibers in my left foot that are agnostic, but the rest of my fibers try to ignore them

:-)

Answer 2

Yeah, LDS clichés like that are a bit of a pain to listen to again and again... I think perhaps there are not quite so many here in Australia (although I've still noticed a few).

Personally, I tend to think of each individual aspect of the religion as something I should gain a spiritual confirmation of. I believe in all the doctrines of the Church, but I have had a spiritual confirmation of the truth of only some of them (not all)... It's a gradual thing.

Being a gradual thing, does that mean I have to learn to play the fibres in my being, a bit like a violin? Personally, to me it feels more like "heart strings"... My heart tells me what's true...

How many strings does a heart have, I wonder?

Answer 3

Very funny...those bran muffins can be suspicious!!

uh, yeah, without sounding too silly I guess...I do know the church is true, I know the gospel is true. As sure as I can see the sky and know it is blue, I know the gospel is the restored truth and that Jesus Christ is at the head of the church leading our prophets.

Thanks for asking...that was really funny. I wonder how many fibers we have???

Answer 4

LOL!!! You are right. I have heard that a lot too. I don't ever say that, but I do believe it is true. I don't think you will find many people, of any religion or belief, that will say otherwise. Having something you believe it is one of those things that just seem to be inherent in people.

Oh.. if you need a good bran muffin recipe, I have a really good one!!!!! It even stays good in the fridge for like a week or so! ;)

Answer 5

Yes with every Fiber.

I am not exactly sure how many fibers there are in my being, but I know that there are a lot of them, and every single one know the Church is true.

Answer 6

Actually, electrons are the smallest particles. A Quark is sub-atomic, but still larger than an electron.

Another point to belabor: to 'know' something implies the absence of faith. Having knowledge of the unknowable places you at odds with reality. Reality sucks anyway, but to know something based on faith is not very faith-promoting.

Elder Paul Dunn was really good blurring both reality and faith.

>>Whoops. The size of quarks apparently just got smaller that when I last read about them. Quarks are tiny.

Answer 7

There is only ONE TRUE CHURCH and it consists of those who have the Holy Spirit of God dwelling within them, making them the Bride of Christ..Anyone who has not the Holy Spirit of Christ abiding IN THEM, does not belong to Christ making up the apostate church under a falsechrist in which the Antichrist shall be it's Leader causing all to receive his mark in order to buy or sell anything damning their souls. Go to trumpetmin.org click could this be the mark??

Answer 8

I know what you mean, it sounds funny when put that way. But I am one of those people who know with every "fiber" of my being. But don't worry, I'm not offended! :)

Answer 9

"every fiber of my being" is not a strictly LDS phrase...but does bring about funny bran based imagery.

Answer 10

If you pray to Heavenly Father before you eat your bran - maybe then all your fibers would know??????