A word from Dr. Peterson

In the Mormon Church, you would think that the chief defender of the faith would be a prophet or an apostle. Yet out of the general membership comes BYU Professor of Islamic Studies and Arabic Dr. Daniel Peterson. Peterson is fairly big on internet boards as an expert on LDS apologetics. I've read some of his things and don't he's that much different from other internet apologist but he does seem to be a legend in his own mind.

He recently gave a talk reported by the Mormon Times:

He said that people have to want the gospel to be true. If they don't want the gospel to be true, the evidence is not designed to be so overwhelming that they have no choice."A lot of times it's a matter of asking, 'Do you want this to be true?' " Peterson said. A person who has a love of the gospel, but may have some problems with some things, is reachable. But not everybody wants the gospel to be true......The Lord will not force people to believe what they do not want to be true. The goal is to present things so that people will want it to be true, so they will be willing to take the experiment on the word. If they take the first steps, Peterson said, their testimony will grow.

I'm a bit tired right now...but let me see if I have this straight. In order for something to be true you first have to want it to be true? I don't think it works that way.....or maybe it does?

Do you want this to be true?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxIEaJXSPmA

People have to want the healing power of Hinn to be true. If they don't want the healing power of Hinn to be true, the evidence is not designed to be so overwhelming that they have no choice."A lot of times it's a matter of asking, 'Do you want this to be true?' " I said. A person who has a love of the Benny Hinn Ministries, but may have some problems with some things, is reachable.

The Lord will not force people to believe what they do not want to be true. The goal is to present things so that people will want it to be true, so they will be willing to take the experiment on the word. If they take the first steps and go to a Benny Hinn crusade their testimony of Benny Hinn will grow. Just make sure they don't see Benny's multi-millionaire lifestyle.

God it's so easy to scam people!!!