It’s been quite a longtime now since the last time I posted a blog entry here, I actually had nothing interesting whatsoever to say. You probably thought that I was no longer going to keep this weblog updated, so I’m back after all this time. I do hope you will continue to read it.Concerning the question at the head of this post, probably most of you may think I’m a bit crazy with all these religious ideas. You might also think of it as a sign of weakness of the mind, of course, that’s also a valid opinion, criticism has always existed and will always exist; Critics are just different ideas which I highly respect, I’ve always been an open-minded person, after all, we all live in an endless Universe of infinite probabilities. Everything can be true and false, good and bad at the same time; There will always be questions concerning the true nature of things, why does the Universe exist? Why do things work in the way they do? Where do we come from? We don’t even have any scientific response to them yet. Anyways, I’m not going to discuss it here nor will I try to respond to them in a religious way either, I just don’t want to get into it now. What I do mean is that our capacity to ask such questions makes us progress and is crucial for the growth of the human knowledge, that’s the main reason I respect those who think differently. Anyway, I decided to post this religion-related article in order to explain what I feel on Mormonism which hence is the religion I believe in.

The way I became member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS or Mormon) is kind of weird even for me. All of my family is Catholic, I was educated at a Catholic school in Mexico when I was a child so I grew up among Catholics. For some reason, I started losing my faith, I didn’t believe in God anymore so I started keeping away from it all and seeing the science almost as my religion, I only believed in objectively verifiable scientific truths.

When I first met the LDS missionaries here in Brussels, I thought to myself, why are they doing such a proselytism? Actually I was sure they will never convert me to their religion, I just didn’t believe in Mormonism. Finally, I decided to listen to them and started reading the Book of Mormon which is considered within Mormonism to be another Testament of Jesus Christ (in the Americas); At first, all I did was looking for contradictory information in it, I actually managed to find a couple of logical mistakes. However, after a while, I started thinking to myself, why do I always do this kind of things just to contradict the faith of others? So I did continue my reading which I very much enjoyed actually and the lessons of the missionaries. As I really saw faith in them, a wonderful faith, I started trusting them. I just hadn’t the faintest idea what the faith was like, I’d never felt it before, so I had a radical change of mind concerning faith.

In fact, what really made me believe in the Mormon theology was a dream I had one night, after reading the Book of Mormon… what I dreamed was wonderful, I dreamed of my childhood. On that night, my dream took me to a little house of plastic that I had to play with when I was a child; For me, it was kind of a church that I used to call ‘church of Jesus’. I also remember myself trying to read a green little bible which had a complicated language for my age, at that time, I had a very bad Spanish comprehension (my native tongue) so I only understood 2 out of 10 words; It was so frustrating for me. When I eventually woke up the next morning, I took a look around and thought to myself, oh Jesus… it was just a dream. However, while taking the breakfast I realized that all I had dreamed was a memory which had been hidden somewhere in my mind for most of my life, a memory that I thought I had forgotten forever. Now, I remember every single detail… my mom was right when she told me that I was so religious when I was a child, as I didn’t remember anything about my early childhood, I actually thought that she was just kidding me but it was true !

When I go to the Church every Sunday, I remember my early childhood very well which makes me feel very happy. Sometimes when I listen to the Mormon tabernacle choir music, I remember all the religious songs that I used to sing and record in my early years, I know my voice is nowhere near as good as theirs but I did my best, I was just a little child.

Everything is a matter of faith in the LDS Church, when I felt it for the first time it really changed my life. I finally learned that it is possible to have both scientific and religious thinking at the same time, even though they seem to be contradictory. It took me so much time to accept Jesus Christ in my heart, I think. Now, I’m really happy and thankful for the chance the LDS missionaries gave me to know the Gospel of Jesus Christ and his true Church on earth.

Special thanks to Daniel (a friend of mine from Portugal) who introduced me to the Church, Elder Riley Birch (a friend from Utah, US), Elder Bize (a friend from France), Elder Bourne (a friend from Texas, US)… and all those who were involved in my conversion.

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