Mormon Bandwagon

13 chapters Leaving the Church Eric Nelson

A series

Leaving the Church

by Eric Nelson · 13 chapters · about 237 min

A com­pi­la­tion of the evi­dence against the LDS Church.

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Contents

  1. 1 Leaving the Church Introduction 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… 13 min read
  2. 2 Book of Abraham This entry is part 2 of 13 in the series Leav­ing the Church — Eric Nelson 1. Back­ground Per­haps the most prob­lem­at­ic issue under­min­ing the Church is the Book… 30 min read
  3. 3 Kinderhook Plates 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… 9 min read
  4. 4 Book of Mormon Translation This entry is part 4 of 13 in the series Leav­ing the Church — Eric Nelson 1. Book of Mor­mon Trans­lat­ed with a Peep Stone: Con­trary to gen­er­al Church… 11 min read
  5. 5 Book of Mormon This entry is part 5 of 13 in the series Leav­ing the Church — Eric Nelson 1. DNA Evi­dence Dis­proves BOM Claims: DNA analy­sisunder­mines the premise of the Book… 39 min read
  6. 6 First Vision This entry is part 6 of 13 in the series Leav­ing the Church — Eric Nelson “Our whole strength rests on the valid­i­ty of that [First] vision. It either… 19 min read
  7. 7 Priesthood Restoration This entry is part 7 of 13 in the series Leav­ing the Church — Eric Nelson 1. Overview: Like the First Vision sto­ry, Joseph Smith wait­ed many years before… 10 min read
  8. 8 Polygamy and Polyandry This entry is part 8 of 13 in the series Leav­ing the Church — Eric Nelson 1. Back­ground: The LDS Church pub­lished an essay, Plur­al Mar­riage in Kirt­land and… 33 min read
  9. 9 Book of Mormon Witnesses This entry is part 9 of 13 in the series Leav­ing the Church — Eric Nelson 1. Overview: The tes­ti­mo­ny of the threeand eightwit­ness­es to the gold plates is… 31 min read
  10. 10 Prophets This entry is part 10 of 13 in the series Leav­ing the Church — Eric Nelson 1. Overview:Church mem­bers are taught that the prophet speaks for the Lord and… 14 min read
  11. 11 Temples & Freemasonry This entry is part 11 of 13 in the series Leav­ing the Church — Eric Nelson 1. Intro­duc­tion:Out of respect to believ­ing mem­bers, I will not lay out all… 6 min read
  12. 12 Miscellaneous Concerns There are many aspects of Mor­mon the­ol­o­gy that can be sci­en­tif­i­cal­ly dis­proven. More­over, some LDS teach­ings lack plau­si­bil­i­ty while oth­ers are sim­ply bizarre. The fol­low­ing are sev­er­al examples.… 6 min read
  13. 13 Testimony, Truth, and the Holy Ghost 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… 16 min read