As you may have gathered, I’m an ex-Mormon. I grew up a faithful, committed member of the Church: I went on a mission and worked hard, I married in the temple, I always tried hard to keep the commandments, etc. But in the end, I came to the conclusion that the Church simply is not what it claims to be, and I have been in the process of moving on for almost three years now.
In fact, growing doubts about Mormonism were what really started my spiritual journey in the first place. Unfortunately, I started this blog well after my wife and I came to the decision (after months of soul-searching) to leave the Church, which means that this blog is not necessarily a very complete record of why I left Mormonism.
However, I have gone back every now and then to comment extensively on my problems with the Church and to talk about how I left and why. Since I’m becoming more involved in the disaffected Mormon slice of the bloggerverse (Outer Blogness), I think it might be worthwhile to gather the most relevant Mormonism-related links into one place. Here it is.
By the way, if you’re more interested in a general roadmap of where I’ve been since I started my spiritual journey, check out this collection of posts. Also, by way of a fair warning, these posts are sometimes arguably hostile and offensive. Proceed with caution, and remember that most of the time, I am venting about something that has been traumatic for me, so it all comes out at least 50% angrier-sounding than I really probably am.
(These are in more of a set of thematic groupings than in a strict chronological order)
Why I Am Leaving the Mormon Church (The Short Version)
“Not Important For My Salvation”
Once Again, Mormonism And Easter
Why It Matters Whether Mormons Are Christian
Mormon Criticism Classics: Theology and Debate
Why Wasn’t Joseph Smith Catholic?
Why I Am Sure That Mormonism Is False
Things That Are Not Personal Revelation
Why It Was Easy To Leave, Introduction
Why It Was Easy To Leave, Part One
Why It Was Easy To Leave, Part Two
Why It Was Easy To Leave, Part Three
What I Have Gained And What I Have Lost
Disclaimer: This is by no means any kind of an exhaustive catalog of my problems with Mormonism. Like I said, most of my coming-out-of-Mormonism dialogue happened before I started this blog, so it never got written down.
