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

Reason #29: The Mormon Gossip Circuit

Reason #29 is from guest blogger Michelle Scott (no relation) Privacy, to me, is very important. In Mormonism, there is…

15 years ago

Reason #28: Gods

So why would I want to return to a system of thought that would turn my attention toward -- and…

15 years ago

Reason #27: The “other sheep” problem

  I was told when I was a Mormon that the other sheep Jesus said he would bring were the…

15 years ago

Reason #26: Geography

Much has been made about how Joseph Smith just used or adapted Bible names to create the names in the…

15 years ago

Reason #25: A different Jesus

Most of the arguments asserting that the Jesus of Mormonism is not the Biblical Jesus have to do with where…

15 years ago

LDS Church Faces Gays

Over 27,000 letters were delivered to the LDS Church Headquarters this week, all protesting the LDS Church's support of the…

15 years ago

Reason #24: Why I Won’t Return to Mormonism–Karl Butcher

  Karl Butcher was "born into" the LDS church, and served a mission.  However, he left it and here explains…

15 years ago

Reason #23: A Prophet with No News

"Prophet" Gordon B. Hinckley once answered a reporter from Time Magazine, August 4, 1997: "On whether his church still holds…

16 years ago

Reason #22: Compartmentalized gods

One of the difficulties involved in leaving Mormonism is that you leave a view of the Godhead that is very…

16 years ago

Reason #21: Multiple Versions of the First Vision of Joseph Smith

At the Nauvoo Christian Visitors Center in Nauvoo, Illinois, a nine-square quilt hangs that depicts each of nine different versions…

16 years ago