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#1 reason for leaving the mormon faith? Please share your experience.
I'm interested in hearing the number one reason why everyone left the mormon church. What was the final straw that broke the camels back for you? Please be specific. I realize for most it's for various reasons, but if you could narrow it down to one or two reasons I'd really be interested in hearing about it. Was it a certain doctrine taught? Was it something from the history? Was it the way it made you feel? Did you have some kind of spiritual experience or vision telling you to leave? etc. etc. Please share. Thanks
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Permalink Reply by Xiban on -
Hi...I left after reading and research about historical facts. I'm historian and after my research I was sure the Church was totally FAKE. There wasn´t any doubt in my mind.
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Permalink Reply by Nicholas on -
There are just too many contradictions in the doctrine and between the leaders for me to believe that a god is running the church.
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Permalink Reply by Mimosa on -
I was innocently browsing church-type websites, when a popup ad asked, "Questioning Mormonism?" And promised to reveal things about the church. In my arrogance I clicked on it thinking I knew everything possible about Mormonism in my 40 yr active membership. WRONG!!
It led me to the YouTube video about the Book of Abraham, which shocked me badly so I kept following links. That day I also read every wive's profile from the website, wivesofjosephsmith. Tears were falling down my cheeks at what these poor women suffered through. At that moment, I had an epiphany, "There is no way Joseph Smith could be the prophet." and it was like a felt a shield cracking and falling away from my brain, thin like eggshells. Suddenly I could see things I never had before and it drove me on a study frenzy to learn everything possible. As painful as it was to learn the truth, I am grateful to be reborn with true vision.
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Permalink Reply by Liber Mens on
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Wow! I love hearing stories like this of people with open minds who follow their questions. It takes courage and integrity to do this.
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Permalink Reply by Dan on
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I agree but Mormons forgive their prophet just other believers forgave Abraham for giving his wife to the Pharaoh, Mosses for killing a man, Joshua for killing every man, women, child and the livestock as he conquered the land, Elisha for calling a bear to eat the children , the harlot adulteress and pregnant teen that are in the lineage of Jesus and many more. So if you truly want to believe you ignore the truth and rely on fables
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Permalink Reply by UteManDrew on -
I was instructed by an angel to dig into the side of a mountain, where I found some gold plates- there was actually ancient Lamanite pornography etched into the plates. Upon having the plates tested at a precious metals store, I was told they were Pyrite. That was the last straw........
All joking aside, it was the 1978 revelation regarding Blacks and the priesthood. There's no way God didn't love all people the same until 1978. I have found numerous other parts of the mormon religion that really bug me, but 1978 is the biggest thing for me.
Drew
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Permalink Reply by tethercarguy on
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So Joseph Smith ordained blacks to the priesthood around 1840, Brigham Young decided they shouldn't have the priesthood around 1850 and in 1978 they get the priesthood back. My question is, what did the blacks do to piss God off between 1840-1850? Of all the bad things Joseph Smith did, and God know there were plenty, at least he wasn't a racist like Brigham Young. So that's one Attaboy for ole Joe.
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Permalink Reply by Volga on -
Interesting enough it's the 19th anniversary of my conversion into mormon church today. It was an interesting path, I was baptized when I was a teenager so my perception of life was influenced by the religion. I knew about the contraditions in the church history and yet I still was a pretty active memeber. But at some point after doing my homework on psychology I realized that the church is nothing but a business selling people fictional remedies for their existensial fears. At a very high price. And only now I feel I'm becoming a grown up person, not a teen anymore.
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Permalink Reply by Aaron on -
I'm going to post two reasons here, the first one started me questioning and the other one was the last 'nail in the coffin' so to speak. 1: God loves his children infinitely and perfectly, right? then how come the devil and his angels (One third of the ENTIRE host of heaven) NEVER get a second chance? that seems more like a vengeful and evil god than a kind loving one. 2: when a man's spouse dies, he can re-marry and have both sealings be valid. but when a woman's spouse dies, she can't re-marry unless she want's to essentially divorce her dead husband (the one she was supposed to spend time and all eternity with) imagine how much heartbreak and trauma that has caused!
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Permalink Reply by Un-Tarded on -
My reasons for leaving are innumerable.
The last straw was being told that because my friends were unreceptive to the "gospel", they needed to be jettisoned in favor of more receptive "friends".
I never even thought converting my friends. It would been almost impossible anyway, since everything I had to say negative.
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Permalink Reply by Idaho Spud on -
It never helped me with my problems as promised.
I finally, fully realized that in 55 years, I had never felt the holy ghosty, never had a prayer answered, and never had a leader be inspired to help me. All it gave me was fear and guilt.
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