What are "Mormons" selling?

If I want to convince you to join our church I could talk to you logically about the benefits of membership. As a member you have immediate access to friends, social groups, and teachers and mentors for your children. Members generally live longer and are healthier because they obey the word of wisdom--God's revelation on health which is to eat healthy and refrain from tea, coffee, tobacco, alcohol, and harmful drugs. You can play basketball in the gym at the church. There is no fee for a temple wedding and no rental charge for a wedding reception in a church building. When you move, the men can pack your truck. When you have a baby, a member of the Relief Society will bring you dinner.

Then there are the reasons I want The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be true. If I obey the commandments, I can have the blessings of a healthy and happy life now and I can be with my family,  and my Heavenly Father for eternity on the earth which will be celestialized or changed to a perfect world. There will be no evil or temptation or disease. And Christ will reign. My savior, my protector, my advocate. I will be able to embrace Him. The Savior, Jesus Christ is the pivotal selling point of membership. Yet, Jesus Christ is the Savior for every person on earth. Being a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does not give me exclusive access to the Savior. So, why not just keep attending your church or not attend any church and keep being a good person and help others and pray and repent and read the Bible? Why join a church with rules and "new scripture" and exclusive temples?

There's nothing I can say or do to convince you or sell you on membership in our church. It's your choice. You, personally, need to study and pray and ask God if our church is the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. If the Book of Mormon is the word of God. If Joseph Smith saw God, the Father and Jesus Christ. If Thomas S. Monson is the prophet today. If the priesthood is again on the earth and through it, we can receive ordinances and make covenants. You need to be taught by the missionaries, read the Book of Mormon, pray, and ask God. If you sincerely work to know if The Church of Jesus Christ is true, you will find out that it is. This will happen through the Holy Ghost. We don't all feel the Spirit in the same way. It may feel warm and comforting as you study and live the gospel. You may feel tingly and cold when you ask or learn a truth. You may feel joy. You may feel scared and unsure because you are being prompted to do something that is not comfortable to you. Then you need to humble yourself and ask again and be obedient to your feelings.

With membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, you receive the benefits of following Christ or being Christian plus more. So, find out for yourself. The Spirit will testify to you of the truthfulness of the restored gospel. That's what we're selling. The decision is yours.