How to Become a Mormon
Trust your feelings as a reliable source of “guidance” from God. From the LDS website:
Feelings from the Holy Ghost are personal revelation to you that confirm the truth of the Book of Mormon and the gospel of Jesus Christ as restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith.
Mormon missionaries will quote James 1:5 in support this “Moroni test” for receiving guidance. Don’t fall for it. Yes, the verse does instruct us regarding knowing God’s will and decision making. But it does not instruct us to listen to our feelings as the voice of truth. Indeed, it doesn’t even speak of “guidance” at all, but rather of “wisdom”:
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.
WISDOM. God-fearing, mind-transforming Biblical WISDOM (Prov 1:7, Rom 12:2), not feelings. Rejecting the true gospel of Jesus Christ in favor of a new substitute is not wise; rejecting the picture of God and Christ as clearly revealed in the Bible in favor of a new picture painted by demons masquerading as angels is not wise (Gal 1, II Cor 11:14). That is where Joseph Smith went wrong, and so do we whenever we follow in his footsteps.
See also my post on Knowing God’s Will.