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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 1992 In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Relief Society Written and performed by Eugene Kovalenko - Listen to the recording of…
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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…