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 had no choice but to sail away.
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, and I think it might be worthwhile to gather the most relevant Mormonism-related links into one place. So here it is.
Understand that 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.
Also, I have been at this blog for a really long time now, so do note the date on these posts as you browse them. Some of them are pretty old and may not necessarily reflect my current opinions and thought processes, or the intensity of the emotion behind them.
With that out of the way, here are the posts, in thematic groupings and not in 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
Thoughts On My Mission: No Regrets
Why I Go to Church: Real Presence in the Eucharist
An Open Question for Mormon Women Seeking Priesthood Ordination
Two Models of the Atonement in Mormonism
Why Rejecting the Cross as a Symbol is Stupid
Jesus Was Not Talking About Temple Garments
The Bad News of “You Never Know”
Sailing to Byzantium 