A collection of self-published essays, personal accounts, and long-form studies by people who once believed and began to ask questions. The longer works are gathered here as books — read them chapter by chapter, at your own pace.
The Series
Long-form studies, one chapter at a time
16 chapters
My Search for Truth
I religiously lived my faith for 30 years, and then while trying to defend my faith I discovered its weak foundation. This essay…
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7 chapters
Examining Church Claims
A Multi-faceted Approach to the Claims of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsWritten by Donald L. Cohen, MD
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6 chapters
North American Book of Mormon Geography
A well documented exploration of the evidence in favor of a North American geography for the Book of Mormon as a historical…
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13 chapters
Leaving the Church
A compilation of the evidence against the LDS Church.
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Essays & Stories
A random selection · standalone pieces from contributors
Questioning
What it’s Like to Leave…
Questioning
Our Questions Aren’t the Problem
Questioning
Check Your Premises
Spirituality
Five Key Facts
Questioning
Navigating Death
Questioning
Riding the Wake of 60 Years of the Good Ship Zion
Spirituality
Eyes Opened by my Mission
Leadership
The 1832 First Vision account was suppressed between 11 and ~30 years.
Story
Thanks TSCC, thanks for nothing
Questioning
How I Lost my Faith by Defending it
Questioning
FairMormon Inadvertently Discredits First Vision Accounts
Spirituality
Eyes vs Heart
Doctrine
Letter to parents: Thoughts on the Word of Wisdom
Doctrine
Too Big to Fail
Church
Carson Calderwood’s Leave And Leave It Alone
Polygamy
Joseph Smith and Polyandry
Questioning
Finding Truth: Response to “8 Anti-Mormon Tactics That Satan Uses To Attack The Latter-day Saints”
Church
Faith of a naturalist: response to “Faith of a Science Teacher” questions
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