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*[[Question: How can you know if an answer to prayer, a personal revelation, is true?]]
The CES Letter lists several concerns about receiving a testimony through a spiritual witness. Although there are many subsections (e.g., "Same Claims," "Outsider Test for Faith," etc.), the repeated concern is how can we be certain that we know the truth through a spiritual witness, especially when others claim a spiritual witness for the opposite of what we believe.
*[[Mormonism and other religions/Spiritual witnesses|Do Latter-day Saints believe that members of other religions can receive a spiritual witness that their own teachings are true?]]
 
*[[Question: How do Mormons understand prophetic revelation?]]
Resources addressing this concern include the following:
*[[Holy Ghost/Burning in the bosom|The "burning in the bosom" in Mormonism as a method of determining truth]]
*[[Revelation]]
*[[Question: Is the Latter-day Saint conception of testimony from the Holy Ghost threatened by neuroscience or psychology?]]
*[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/12/24/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-37 "The CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 37: Testimony/Spiritual Witness Questions, Section A"]
*[[Question: Is Latter-day Saint epistemology a valid form of epistemology?]]
*[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/12/29/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-38 "The CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 38: Testimony/Spiritual Witness Questions, Section B"]
*[[Holy Ghost/Feeling "the spirit" while watching movies|Why do I "feel the spirit" when watching movies?]]
*[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/12/31/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-39 "The CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 39: Testimony/Spiritual Witness Questions, Section C"]
*[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2022/01/12/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-40 "The CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 40: Testimony/Spiritual Witness Questions, Section D"]
*[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2022/01/14/41 "The CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 41: Testimony/Spiritual Witness Questions, Section E"]
*[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2022/01/19/42 "The CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 42: Testimony/Spiritual Witness Questions, Section F"]
*Blake T. Ostler, [https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/conference/august-2007/spiritual-experiences-as-the-basis-for-belief-and-commitment "Spiritual Experiences as the Basis for Belief and Commitment"], 2007 FairMormon Conference
*Wendy Ulrich, [https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/conference/august-2005/believest-thou-faith-cognitive-dissonance-and-the-psychology-of-religious-experience "'Believest thou…?': Faith, Cognitive Dissonance, and the Psychology of Religious Experience"], 2005 FairMormon Conference
*Steve Densley, [https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2011/08/28/fair-questions-2-recognizing-the-voice-of-the-spirit "FAIR Questions 2: Recognizing the Voice of the Spirit"], FAIR blog, 28 August 2011
*Steve Densley, [https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2022/04/01/was-that-a-revelation-general-conference-and-agents-of-the-divine "'Was that a revelation?' General Conference and Agents of the Divine"], FAIR blog, 1 April 2022
 
Some resources related to specific issues raised in this section of the CES Letter include the following:
*[[Attempt to sell the Book of Mormon copyright in Canada]]
*[[Criticisms of Paul H. Dunn]]

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The CES Letter lists several concerns about receiving a testimony through a spiritual witness. Although there are many subsections (e.g., "Same Claims," "Outsider Test for Faith," etc.), the repeated concern is how can we be certain that we know the truth through a spiritual witness, especially when others claim a spiritual witness for the opposite of what we believe.

Resources addressing this concern include the following:

Some resources related to specific issues raised in this section of the CES Letter include the following: