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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 the event using the play button below - https://mormonbandwagon.com/wp-content/uploads/mp3/AnEveningwithZhenya.mp3 Program notes for: A journey home to Liahonagrad In song, verse, and story [2015…
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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 times. I have decided to leave the Mormon church and I would like to explain why. I will…
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FairMormon Inadvertently Discredits First Vision Accounts
A common observation of Mormon apologetics, and FairMormon in particular, is that their explanations are rarely internally consistent. The explanation for one issue contradicts or conflicts with the explanation for another issue. Sometimes, it doesn’t matter much that they contradict each other. Other times, they really do damage to their arguments. One case…
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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 see I was a born apostate. It must have been my sense of humor. For years I thought…
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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 I went away to college, I stopped going to church all together. I could never believe in a church…
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Meeting with Maxwell, the Special Witness
In 1993 I personally asked Neal Maxwell a question: “As an apostle of the lord Jesus Christ, have you seen the savior?” He was embarrassed and could not answer that question, he finally told me to read an article about someone else’s dream. Many in high positions feign authority from…
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Four Alternatives to Church Policy in Handbook 1, Section 16.13 with “Clarifications”
Over the last two weeks, the LDS church has had their new policy on LGBT and LGBT children leaked, provided an explanation by Christofferson, then finally “clarified” through a statement from the first presidency and commentary from Church Public Affairs. The church stated that the “questions” regarding the policy change was…
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Letter to Bishop & Stake President
This is my first post so I should introduce myself. I met my wife to be, in the last year of high school and married her when we were both 19. My wife came from an LDS family with her father serving as Bishop at the time. I was baptized…
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I’m Still Angry
(original post found at www.mostlymormon.com) This is that angry letter you write and then tear up, only I’m not going to. Maybe instead I should go to the garage and beat on a punching bag or go shoot some guns, but I don’t own a punching bag and my newly developed liberalism has me…
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Bogus Justifications Behind Church’s New Policies
The LDS Church released changes to its Handbook on November 5, 2015 in relation to same-sex couples and children raised by same-sex couples. Specifically, the Church now prohibits children of same-sex couples from being baptized until they are 18 – and only if they move out of their parents’ homes, disavow…
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What it’s Like to Leave…
Brown patches in the lawn. Garden weeds. Melted bubble gum strings draped across my black car bumper. The nagging sting of a sunburn on my shoulders. Children shrieking at the cold water erupting from a sprinkler placed strategically beneath a trampoline. Proof that life has moved on. Proof that a…
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Tribe of Manasseh — Conclusion and Sources
Final Thoughts I have spent the last two years gathering evidence for this document. It has been frustrating and exhilarating all at the same time. There are people I need to thank, including Wayne May and Rod Meldrum. I also thank Wes Trexler for helping review and edit this material.…
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