There's a pleasantly short little post over at FAIR entitled Dealing With Difficult Issues. The author gives seven suggestions for dealing with "difficult issues, noting that [f]aith, and what the LDS term testimony, can be a fragile thing. Sometimes we can run across information that challenges our long-held beliefs . . . . [W]e may question our testimony or wonder how our faith can survive intact in the light of the new information.Best point: Remember to focus on what you know. It is a common fallacy to think that we have to have all the answers. I'll buy that. There is "expert opinion" on both sides of every disputed issue, in religion or any other area of human inquiry. Weakest point: Remember that someone has already dealt with it. There are enough historians, apologists, and members in the Church to have heard every historical issue that you might deem difficult. This seems to invite the reader to have faith that "Mormon experts" have dealt with every question that might arise. You can have too much faith, you know. Paul counseled a degree of skepticism: "Test everything. Hold on to the good" (1 Thess. 5:21, NIV). We should take Paul's advice and ask more questions.
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