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Stories of Former Mormons
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This letter is to confirm
that I do wish to have my name taken off any and all rolls and registers regarding ...
Feelings vs. Factuality
"I believe now we deliberately chose to ignore a lot of the stuff that didn't make sense because the religion is so well-packaged and welcoming that we wanted to believe it was true."
Why I Left
"About six years ago, I began to severely inspect the doubts that had been in my mind for years."
A "good" Mormon and bishop's daughter, her quest for intimacy with God lead her to Jesus Christ
"All my life I wanted an intimate relationship with God. I wanted to KNOW Him, not just know about Him. Mormonism was never able to give me that."
A Senior at BYU
His Research Raised Troubling Questions About the Foundations of the LDS Church
A Sixth Generation Latter-day Saint
An unfulfilled hunger for Jesus led her to question the faith in which she was raised.
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My Journey Out of Darkness
"The first 31 years of my life, I spent as an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ... the Mormon Church. I was trying to live up to the rules, standards, and requirements they had set before me as I desperately searched for a way to earn God’s love."
My Journey Out of Mormonism to the Truth
Research into LDS history and the Bible brought him to the question: "Do I believe Joseph Smith or the Bible?"
"Born under the covenant" in Utah
She Was Troubled to Discover How LDS Leaders Have Covered Up Embarrassing Parts of Mormon History
Born and Raised in the LDS Church
The Book of Abraham Controversy Helped Open Her Eyes to the Deception of Mormonism