What if I Made a {M I S T A K E}

My description is much too long to post on the video itself, so here it is.

This is my Faith value project for my church. I had to complete a visual project demonstrating my faith in Jesus Christ. I chose to make a video, with a song by an LDS singer.

Some of you may know (others may not) that I'm a Mormon. I'm a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I'm LDS. I'm very proud of it. If you hate religion, or hate my religion, or want to flame me or this video - just go away. This is what I believe in, and no matter what anyone ever says, I'll always know in my heart that it's true. Every last word of it.

Song: What if I Made a Mistake
Artist: Stephanie Smith
Clips: MormonMessages (http://www.youtube.com/user/MormonMessages), http://www.lds.org, lds9999 (http://www.youtube.com/user/lds9999)
Program: Sony Vegas 8.0
Dedication/Request: My church. And for anybody whose ever wondered if the Book of Mormon is a true testament of Jesus Christ. To anyone whose ever wondered if the Book of Mormon compliments the Bible. To anyone whose ever hated Mormons and for what they believe. To anyone who just wants to prove that we're liars. To anyone who simply wants to know if it's true.


A couple people saw the original of this video. I took it down because I wanted to change some parts. I took out the clips of God and Jesus actually appearing to Joseph Smith, because I didn't think it was quite appropiate. If you'd like to see the Joseph Smith movie in it's entirety, please go to http://www.youtube.com/user/lds9999. They have it uploaded, along with hundreds of other informational videos.

Anyway, this is a reupload. I pretty much put everything I had into this video. I cried several times while making it. I'm a strong believer in my faith. I really and truly am. And I've been yelled at, threatened, persecuted, and made fun of for what I believe in. There are thousands of people around the world who spend all their time trying to disprove the Book of Mormon. I'm here today to tell you whatever they say are lies. I swear to everyone reading this, and even those who aren't/won't that the Book of Mormon is a second testament of Jesus Christ. I'd die on that promise. If someone held a gun to my head and told me they'd take it away if I said it wasn't true, I'd let them shoot me.

For anyone who doesn't know what the Book of Mormon is or who Joseph Smith is, I'll fill you in right now.

Joseph Smith was a fifteen-year-old boy in 1820. He was confused about which church to join, and which of them were the true church. He read in James 5:1. "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him."

Joseph prepared and went into the Sacred Grove to pray to the Father about which of the churches were the right church and which he should join. Suddenly, an overwhelming darkness gripped Joseph and pulled him down - suffocating him. He couldn't breathe. Then, a pillar of light descended on him, and the darkness was gone. Above him, were standing the Father and the Son. God and Jesus Christ.

God said, "This is my Beloved Son. Hear Him."

Jesus proceeded to tell Joseph that none of the churches were right, and that he would be the one to restore the one and true church of Christ to the earth. The church that had been lost when the apostles were killed.

Joseph was visited again by an angel several years later. The angel Moroni. He led Joseph to the Hill Cumora, in which the Plates of Brass were buried. Joseph spent 60 days, using the Urim and Thummin, translating the Book of Mormon from Egyption into English, with the help of two other men. Joseph brought it forward from the power of God and he was able to restore the gospel to the earth.

Peter, James, and John appeared to Joseph and the two men helping him (Oliver Coudry (sp) and Martin Harris) and betowed the priesthood keys to them - the priesthood Jesus and the apostles had used. These are keys no other church has.

Joseph Smith had a hard life. He and the followers of the church were run out of many cities and towns, threats and other dangers all around them. Joseph was tarred and feathered and the lives of his wife and children and himself were threatened daily.

Finally, the people who hated Joseph so finally captured him, and put him and his brother, Hyrum, into Carthage jail. There, they were shot and murdered. Before Joseph was shot, he bore his testimony to the guard watching them, of the power of the church and the Lord Jesus Christ. He died on that word.

Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum Smith, were martyrs.

Now, would a man who was a liar and a cheater die for that lie? Would he know he would face God in a matter of minutes for judgement, and lie straight to the face of a man? A liar and cheater would have denied the book, saying it was false and beg for his life to be spared.

Joseph Smith was no liar.


http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1117-28,00.html
Please, read this. Please, ask questions if you have them. I'll answer anything. Flamers and people trying to degrade this and what I believe in will be blocked and reported. This video is near and dear to my heart, and anyone who tries to insult it and what it stands for will not be tolerated.


I'm sorry I'm so serious on this video. But it's what I believe in, and what I have believed in my entire life.
For anyone curious about the Book of Mormon, you can get free copies anywhere - the church gives them out. You can be sent a copy. Please - read it. If I had one wish, I'd just want someone to read the Book of Mormon, and feel that Holy spirit when you're done and while you read that tells you it's true. I've felt that spirit many times reading the Book of Mormon - I know it's true. I don't believe it's enough to say you believe in Jesus Christ. You need to act on that belief and show that you believe it. Show it through your actions. Show it through the way you live and speak.

"There are two types of people in this world - those who believe Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God and that he restored the true gospel to the earth - and those who think he was a liar and cheater, a false prophet, and a man of the devil. There is no in between."
-My Seminary teacher, Brother Wadsworth.