Feelings, Nothing More Than Feelings

Feelings are a peculiar set of emotions that have a unique way of transforming all thoughts into action, reaction or inaction. Most often than not, feelings are subjective or personal, and most of what we believe is a result of feelings. The outcome from any information taken in is controlled solely by the thought process in the brain. There is not one single feeling that gives an automatic response, good or bad, and is uncontrollable.
All feelings can be easily seduced and misled by preying spirits that seek out the destruction of our spirits. Those evil spirits, as well as Satan, who himself can masquerade as an angel of light, deceives unwary people into feeling that something is truth when it's a lie.

To be preoccupied with our personal feelings is selfish, and is dangerously wrong.

"Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world." (1 John 4:1)

When it comes to the Book of Mormon, people are told to 'feel' the truthfulness of it. If that 'feeling' didn't come, those people are admonished to pray again, only this time, pray harder "with a sincere heart" (Moroni 10:4), and you will get the correct outcome, or feeling. How are Mormons instructed to tell themselves about the 'truthfulness' of their feelings? "The burning in the bosom" if it is true and "A stupor of thought" if it is false. I don't remember how many times, when I was a Mormon stake missionary that I used those two phrases, burning in the bosom and stupor of thought, on those who were searching for the truth. I was wrong in doing that.

As a Christian, we are to "test" the spirits to "prove" all things.

Here is a list of Bible references to help with knowing the truthfulness of a spirit or a prophet is from God:
*1 John 4:1
*1 Timothy 6:3-4
*2 Corinthians 13:5
*Revelation 2:2
*1 Thessalonians 5:21
*1 Corinthians 15:1-8
*Galatians 1:6-8
*2 Corinthians 11:4
*Jeremiah 23:16
*Deuteronomy 13:1-5
*Deuteronomy 18:22
*Acts 17:11

It is not Biblical to pray about the Book of Mormon as the Mormons teach you to do. If you gained a testimony about the Book of Mormon, you should sit down, grab a Bible and read the scripture references above to know if you have been deceived by preying spirits.

"Why should subjective feelings be suspected? Because we are sinful creatures and can be swayed by our emotions and sinful desires:
* "The heart of man is desperately wicked and cannot be trusted." (Jeremiah 17:9)
* "There is a way that seems right to man, but the end is death." (Proverbs 14:12)"
(www.leaderu.com/offices/michealdavis/docs/mormonism/feelings/html)

"The peril is real.To become preoccupied with inner feelings is dangerous and wrong in this age in which we are called to "walk by faith, not by sight." (Life In The Son, Robert Shank, Westcott Publishers, 1982, pg. 304)