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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)

Mormonism and Me: A Short Q&A

Incoherent Eternal Families

“Not Important For My Salvation”

The Fullness of the Gospel

Mormons and Motives

Something I Have Noticed

Once Again, Mormonism And Easter

Why It Matters Whether Mormons Are Christian

Mormon Criticism Classics: Theology and Debate

How Great Was The Apostasy?

Why Wasn’t Joseph Smith Catholic?

Why I Am Sure That Mormonism Is False

Testimony

A House Built On Sand

Things That Are Not Personal Revelation

Truth And The Book Of Mormon

The Bishop

A Little Disappointed

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

I Don’t Worry

Spiritually Crippled?

A Fun Little Paradox

Name Removal

A Letter, A Letter

Never Mind; No Letter

Resigning Over Proposition 8

The Letters Are In The Mail

The Mercy of Original Sin

Why I Go to Church: Real Presence in the Eucharist

Not Even Once?

An Open Question for Mormon Women Seeking Priesthood Ordination

The Girl No One Wanted

Two Models of the Atonement in Mormonism

The Vague and Boring Year-Long Story of How I Inexplicably (and Apparently Suddenly) Became a Christian

It Was the Way they Said It

Why Rejecting the Cross as a Symbol is Stupid

Jesus Was Not Talking About Temple Garments

The Bad News of “You Never Know”

I Am A Mormon

Belonging, Integration and Zion

Polygamy in My Family Tree

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