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TRUTH RESTORED
Former LDS Church historian D Michael Quinn has quoted the following remarks given to him during the course of an interview with Elder Boyd K Packer, then an Apostle of the LDS…
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Before the facts, it didn’t make sense
I’m new to this site and happy to share my experience. Five years ago my wife and I were very active, both holding callings and trying to get out to activities often.…
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It’s all about trust
There are hundreds of reasons to believe or not believe that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is true. For me I no longer believe it is true in the way…
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The Book of Mormon Came in a Box
“Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.” - Matthew 13:13 When I married my sweetheart at the age…
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Knowledge and our younger generations
3Ne 26:11 “Behold, I was about to write them, all which were engraven upon the plates of Nephi, but the Lord forbade it, saying: I will try the faith of my people.”…
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Accept all things in faith
Carson, I am not raised in the Church but rather I am a “convert”. In deciding, through much prayer and reading, I decided to be Baptized fully aware that I might not have…
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I Desire to Understand
Years ago when my son left the church, I chose to dig deep and find the answers to the difficult questions about church history and its doctrine. I went into this venture…
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Riding the Wake of 60 Years of the Good Ship Zion
It’s Christmastime 2015. I’m 61 years old, a loving husband, father of four, grandfather of nine and — eight months into the Post-Mormon portion of my life. The past two years of transition…
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An Evening with Zhenya
For the LDS Ventura California stake Relief Society on 17 March 1992In commemoration of the 150thanniversary of the Relief SocietyWritten and performed by Eugene Kovalenko - Listen to the recording of the event using the…
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The ‘wrong’ answer to prayers
This is the letter I wrote to my family telling them I was leaving the mormon church and why. I posted it to Facebook so I didn’t have to explain it 13,000…
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Born to apostatize
From a very early time, everyone in our ward knew I was going to hell. I tried to live up to the teachings of the church, but people could just look at me and…
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No longer a member
I grew up in Utah in a Mormon household. I was one of those who always asked why and was always told you just need to believe. That never worked for me. When…