We believe that Jesus has placed His authority in the Church by delegating the keys of the kingdom to His earthly servants — this was the same authority the Christ gave to Peter in the ancient Church.
We believe that his authority was restored by the Lord upon Joseph Smith and continues today.
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1. Of course you “believe it”: but it isn’t based on anything except feelings.
2. Reaganaut knows more about mormonism than you do.
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I paid attention. And I was seeking the truth over being comfortable. After awhile the ‘pat answers’ the leaders gave me to questions I had just didn’t make sense or hold water no matter how much I wanted them too.
So, often the LDS think that people leave because they were ‘offended’ or couldn’t live the standards, or wanted to sin. I didn’t WANT to leave Mormonism, I was happy being LDS, but I couldn’t live the lie anymore. I wanted the TRUTH more than I wanted to be right and that is what led me out of Mormonism.