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It would probably be easier to tell you what I don't believe about the Mormon church anymore as opposed to what I believe since I'm now in search of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

As an apostate, I know what I believed as an active Mormon and at the time, believed it to be true. However, during a priesthood meeting one Sunday, the class was going over the D&C's and skipped Section 132. I wondered why and began to read and study it. It didn't pass the “smell check”. I started looking into it more and eventually approached our bishop about it.

I was told that in due time, I would gain an understanding of what was meant. I didn't accept that answer, so I began researching the answers to those questions. What I found out is what gave me the impetus to quit Mormonism.

I was asking you those questions in hopes you would research the answers so that hopefully, you would see the conflict within the LdS religion.

See the post you replied to by posting the LdS articles of faith without answering any of the questions.

I believe those questions undermine not only the credibility of JS, but ultimately, the LdS church as well.

I also believe God gave us the ability to reason and use our powers of deduction to separate truth from fiction. I don't rely on my feelings to determine what is and isn't true.

The main problems for me are; The hubris of a Mormon priesthood holder to believe that he can become a god is not only egotistic, it is heresy. The temple ordinances are another. The fact that a supposed eternal principle in Mormonism has been changed numerous times and has no scriptural backing invalidates its authenticity or the LdS claim of its necessity to return to heaven.