365 Reasons Why I (And Others) Won’t Return To Mormonism

Reason #49: The Proxy Baptisms of Jews

An ethnic group which has done public battle with the LDS Church is Judaism. According to Richard and Joan Ostling,…

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Reason #48: The Love of God (from Susan Storm Smith)

  FROM SUSAN STORM SMITH:    As I was in Bible study this morning, the most beautiful thought came to me…

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Reason #47: The Monitoring of Church Members and Ex-Members

   The LDS Church once instituted an organization "“ more of a practice, really "“ called the "Strengthening the Church…

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Reason #46 — Big Love and the Introduction of Polygamy into American Culture

  Big Love, indeed.  Mormonism, in all its incarnations, institutionalized what many people see as the inevitable successor to legalized…

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Reason #45: Joseph Smith’s Boasting about Languages

  On one occasion Joseph Smith Jr., the founder of the LDS religion,  quoted from seventeen different languages (not always…

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Reason #44: The Whitewashing of LDS History

Mormons are taught that abstinence from tea, coffee, alcohol, and tobacco is essential for entrance into the celestial kingdom. If…

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Reason #43: Joseph and Nauvoo

There's an error in the upcoming edition of The Mormon Mirage. (Yes, since I'm human, there will be errors.)  This…

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Reason #42: from Susan Storm Smith

Here are a couple of reasons why I would not return to being a Mormon. 1) The whole Temple and Endowment…

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Reason #41: The Sheer Number of Joseph Smith’s False Prophecies

  Because of the Sheer Number of Joseph Smith"'s False Prophecies: False prophecy became a habit for Joseph Smith. Most…

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Reason #40: Joseph Smith’s Failed “Miracles”

  False Prophecies and Failed Abilities of Joseph Smith: While at Kirtland Ohio, Joseph made a prophecy that is unfamiliar…

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