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| {{Resource Title|Do Latter-day Saints believe that members of other religions can receive a spiritual witness that their own teachings are true?}}
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| Latter-day Saints claim to be able to confirm the truth of their religion through a direct spiritual witness from God.
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| *Do Latter-day Saints discount the spiritual witnesses that members of other religions may receive?
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| *Do all other major religions in the world also use a "spiritual witness" to confirm the truthfulness of their beliefs?
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| |publication=Preach My Gospel: A Guide to Missionary Service
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| |title=Lesson 1: The Message of the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
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| |link=https://www.lds.org/manual/preach-my-gospel-a-guide-to-missionary-service/lesson-1-the-message-of-the-restoration-of-the-gospel-of-jesus-christ?lang=eng
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| |summary=Just as the Christian world was blessed by the courage and vision of the reformers, many other nations and cultures have been blessed by those who were given that portion “that [God] seeth fit that they should have” (Alma 29:8). Teachings of other religious leaders have helped many people become more civil and ethical.
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| Buddha (Gotama): Born in 563 B.C. of a Hindu chieftain in Nepal. Concerned with the suffering he saw around him. Fled from his father’s luxurious palace, renounced the world, and lived in poverty. Seeking enlightenment, he discovered what he called the “path of deliverance.” Claimed to reach Nirvana, a state of oblivion to care, pain, or external reality. Became a teacher for a community of monks.
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| Confucius: Born in 551 B.C. Orphaned as a child. China’s first professional teacher. China’s greatest moral and social thinker. Said little about spiritual beings or divine powers. Believed that heaven had entrusted him with a sacred mission as champion of the good and true.
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| Mohammed: Born in 570 A.D. in Mecca. Orphaned in childhood. Lived a life of poverty. Gained reputation as a trusted peacemaker. Married at age 25. In 610 prayed and meditated on Mount Hira. Said the angel Gabriel appeared to him and delivered a message from Allah (God). Claimed to receive communication from God through Gabriel from 620 to 632. These communications, which he recited to his disciples, were later written in the Koran, the sacred book of Islam.
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| {{:Question: Do Mormons believe that other religions can be inspired by God?}}
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| {{:Question: Do other religions confirm their beliefs through spiritual witness?}}
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| It would indeed be arrogant for a Latter-day Saint to deny the spiritual experiences of those who belong to other religions. We should never try to tear down what someone believes. We should, however, present the Gospel in its fullness and encourage those who are so inclined to accept it.
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| Gordon B. Hinckley talks of some of the comments left at Temple Square by visitors: <ref>"An Ensign to the Nations," October 1989 General Conference</ref>
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| *From a Protestant from New Jersey: “I have often heard the word Mormon and associated it with a fanatic religious group. I couldn’t have been more wrong!”
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| *From a Congregationalist from Massachusetts: “I have always felt that religion should be a joy, and you certainly show it!”
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| *From a Christian from Maine: “This is beautiful; it is the first time in my life I have wondered if my religion is the right one.”
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| *From a Catholic from Pennsylvania: “I envy your way of life.”
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| *A Presbyterian from Canada: “God is in this place; we see him everywhere.”
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| *A Christian from Germany: “I enjoyed myself very much here. I cannot believe such a place exists that offers so much and asks for no money.”
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| Joseph Smith, in 1843: <ref>''History of the Church'', 5:498.</ref>
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| The Saints can testify whether I am willing to lay down my life for my brethren. If it has been demonstrated that I have been willing to die for a ‘Mormon.’ I am bold to declare before Heaven that I am just as ready to die in defending the rights of a Presbyterian, a Baptist, or a good man of any other denomination; for the same principle which would trample upon the rights of the Latter-day Saints would trample upon the rights of the Roman Catholics, or of any other denomination who may be unpopular and too weak to defend themselves.”
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| [[es:El Mormonismo y las otras religiones/testigos espirituales]]
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| [[pt:Mormonismo e Outras Religiões/Testemunhas espirituais]]
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| [[Category:Letter to a CES Director]]
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