Sometimes in writing about why I left Mormonism “” and can”‘t go back “” I forget to let people see the really big picture. Here”‘s the question that Mormonism cannot and never will satisfy:
If God sent His only Son to earth to redeem us, and we cannot be saved without knowing that Son, and He provided a record of that Son”‘s life on earth, wouldn”‘t that record “” the Bible “” have to be protected through the ages?
Mormonism says no “” that the Bible was corrupted and thus a new revelation was necessary. But how in the world would people in 1830 be able to assess that new revelation “” if the only one they had previously was corrupted? What would be the standard for such an assessment?
Mormonism says the standard is one”‘s own feelings about it: personal testimony.
Did the first record of Jesus ask for personal assessment? Why or why not?
For more information, see The Mormon Mirage 3rd Edition: A Former Member Looks at the Mormon Church Today (Zondervan, 2009). Also available as an audiobook and as an expanded-text E-book for Nook, Kindle and other reading devices.
