Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE The following is part 2 of an exploration on the meaning of Fruit in the scriptures. To read part 1, click here.  So, are you saying that just because I know some things about Joseph Smith, that either you don’t know or choose to ignore, makes my fruit “wild?” No, Tom, though I don’t pretend to know everything that you do, I have wrestled with many of those same issues and have to agree with Elder Hafen’s comment that God doesn’t hold Himself responsible to prove anything, and thereby, compromise agency. Rather, He keeps the playing field level so that we are left to choose because of where the choice will lead; what it will make of us. Both sides of most issues can be competently argued. But, we so often ask the wrong questions taking us down roads of inquiry that just distract and confuse, until we quit wondering; sound familiar?[1] Wild fruit comes from confusing the branches for the fruit. Even science doesn’t pretend to truth, only to incremental discovery. It is the scientific method, empiricism, that is so powerfully important as a tool for discovery and deception-avoidance. Competent scientists … Continue reading Understanding the Heavenly Method for Finding Truth