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Featured Multi-post Articles

Some­times there is too much infor­ma­tion for just one post — each of these series approach their top­ic from mul­ti­ple angles for a more com­plete analysis.

Introduction to Examining Church Claims

Don Cohen No Comments 

This entry is part 1 of 7 in the series Exam­in­ing Church Claims — Don Cohen

The Church was orga­nized in Man­ches­ter, New York, on April 6, 1830. The orig­i­nal name used on that date was actu­al­ly the “Church of Christ.” This was changed in… 

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Leaving the Church: A Compilation of the Evidence Against the LDS Church

Eric Nel­son 18 Comments 

I hope those of you who read this doc­u­ment do not get the wrong idea: I am not leav­ing the Church out of anger, sin, or lazi­ness. I am not leav­ing due to anti-Mor­mon lit­er­a­ture or to pur­sue dif­fer­ent lifestyle choic­es. And I am not leav­ing in hopes of bringing… 

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Tribe of Manasseh — North American Nephite Model

Dave Mack 81 Comments 

I have always loved apolo­get­ics. I enjoy dis­cussing doc­trine, scrip­tur­al ver­sus and evi­dence that sup­port or are seen as evi­dence against the Book of Mor­mon or LDS church. For that rea­son I have stud­ied the most com­mon com­plaints and evi­dence for and against the church. 

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Why I No Longer Believe

Wes T No Comments 

I have always appre­ci­at­ed that LDS mem­bers are taught to val­ue intel­li­gence and truth. I want the church to be true. It has gen­er­al­ly been a pos­i­tive force in my life. I would appre­ci­ate dis­cussing this with any­one who reads through this document. 

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Additional Submitted Stories and Articles

The fol­low­ing are a mix of addi­tion­al per­son­al accounts or opin­ions about how Mor­monism has impact­ed their lives.

Leaving the Church, Part 13 — Testimony, Truth, and the Holy Ghost

Eric Nel­son No Comments 

Series, Ques­tion­ing, Spir­i­tu­al­i­ty

This entry is part 13 of 13 in the series Leav­ing the Church — Eric Nelson

1. Back­ground: Despite my doubts and con­cerns about var­i­ous aspects of LDS doc­trine and his­to­ry, I remained in the Church for sev­er­al years due to the spir­i­tu­al and… 

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Leaving the Church, Part 3 — Kinderhook Plates

Eric Nel­son No Comments 

Series, Trans­la­tion

This entry is part 3 of 13 in the series Leav­ing the Church — Eric Nelson

1. Back­ground: On April 16, 1843, Robert Wiley began dig­ging a deep shaft in the mid­dle of an Indi­an mound locat­ed just out­side of Kinder­hook, Illi­nois. The Quincy… 

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Tribe of Manasseh — Native American DNA

Dave Mack 23 Comments 

Series, Book of Mormon

This entry is part 2 of 6 in the series North Amer­i­can Book of Mor­mon Geog­ra­phy — David McKane

DNA Hap­logroup X a Mid­dle East and Euro­pean DNA mark­er found in North Amer­i­ca Hap­logroup X in DNA dis­tri­b­u­tion match­es Hopewell and Book of Mormon… 

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