A Witness to the Divine Authenticity of the Book of Mormon

I read this today, it was a good publication by David Whitmer, one of the 3 witnesses of the book of Mormon, it was published in 1987. He talks about how although he disagrees with the L.D.S. church on somethings that they were practicing at the time, like polygamy, he still believed in the divine nature of the book of Mormon. It was interesting that it could be taken as pro or anti Mormon at the same time. Thanks for sending it to me JR.

http://www.greaterthings.com/Topical/DavidWhitmer.htm

By David Whitmer

Drunks

There are people who drink and people who get drunk. Drinking is not an evil of the world in my mind, there are many people who drink on a semi regular basis that rarely if ever get drunk. One glass of wine, a beer or two, a margarita or a mixed drink after a rough day or when relaxing is not immoral in my book. That being said, I have become more and more disgusted with people who drink fast and heavy so they can get drunk fast. It turns people I respect into people who should be arrested for being drunk and disorderly.

I'm getting tired of the immature mindset of binge drinking and acting stupid for a good time.
In short I think I'm going to excuse myself from situations where I know the majority of people will be getting drunk because it's just not fun for me anymore.

I wish I could

Let me start by being 100% honest to you and my self, I wish I could believe in standard idea of "God". I have often heard it said that people don't believe in God out of convenience or to make their life easier. Now for my second piece of honesty if you think that not believing in a Christian God is convenient or easy your a IDIOT! It makes life harder, it makes relationships with religious people harder, it makes connecting with people on a personal level harder. If I could accept religion at face value it would make my life much, much easier.