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I am an ex-mormon. I make no bones about my exposing the false doctrines or theology of mormonism. Debating mormonISM, its doctrines, theology and tenets does not make one a "hater" of mormons as individuals. Those accusations only serve to prove that the person(s) making them are themselves students of Saul Alinsky and his "Rules for Radicals", troglodytes not worthy of any respect or consideration. They resort to liberal tactics, making personal attacks like petulant little children.
I was led to believe many doctrines and tenets by the mormon church. I have come to the knowledge that the purported "prophets" in SLC have kept their members in the dark. I was a mormon for many years, temple recommend, sealed to my wife in the Wash. D.C. temple, melchizedek p.h., various callings throughout.
How did I come to leave mormonism? The innumerable inconsistencies in mormon teachings and doctrines. That the temple rites don't exist in any mormon scripture. The mormon teaching/belief that Jesus is a created being, that He "worked" or earned His way back to heaven. That man can become as God. [Garden of Eden original sin.] Once I started putting all of this together, I quit. But I didn't really. I was a jack mormon for quite some time. It wasn't until recently that I engaged some folks on FR about mormons. They helped me gain an even deeper understanding of what it was that I was missing. A relationship with Jesus Christ. Since then, it's been a rocky road, filled with a lot of false starts, but I finally got some momentum going. I have found the one, unalterable God and my salvation in Jesus Christ.
“Open rebuke is better than secret love. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful” (Prov.27:5-6).
For those mormons who are seeking support in leaving the mormon church, here are a few sites to help get you started. You can FReepmail me as well.
You can find freedom in Christ and Him alone.