"That is the genius of the Book of Mormon—there is no middle ground. It is either the word of God as professed, or it is a total fraud." Tad Callister
"C. S. Lewis spoke of a similar dilemma faced by someone who must choose whether to accept or reject the Savior’s divinity—where there is likewise no middle ground: 'I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: ‘I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept His claim to be God.’ That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. … You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. … But let us not come with any patronising nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to.'”
All through this beloved gift, Jesus speaks to me to do better, to be better, to strive to be like Him. How could this book possibly be from any other source than my Savior, Jesus Christ? I am somewhat of a numbers geek. Elder Callister's points and lines geometry reference made perfect sense to me. Although, using logic to explain things of the Spirit is unnecessary to those, who receive witness from the Holy Ghost, it is still interesting and thought provoking. Like Elder Callister, I have read every page of the Book of Mormon many times. Each page encourages me to emulate the Savior and has 'emblazoned on my soul an undeniable witness' of its Godly truthfulness! I want to do better and be better, because it has strengthened my witness of all His words and His mission.
