57 Years Mormon

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I’ve sat in many church courts. They used to call them “courts of love”. Nothing could be further from the truth. They are all about humiliation and embarrassment. There is nothing uplifting about a church court.
 
No, you are directed by your feelings, which you have been trained by Mormonism to interpret as the Holy Ghost speaking to you. In Mormonism, feelings trump facts, logic, history, and common sense. But feelings are the worst way to confirm whether something is true or false, because feelings can so easily be manipulated, which the LDS church has down to a fine art.

Never mind that Joseph Smith pretended to find buried treasure to trick people out of their money, or that he married 14 year old girls, or that he married women who were already married to other men, or that he lied to his first wife about polygamy, or that the Book of Abraham scrolls have nothing to do with Abraham, or that the Book of Mormon has no real history in the New World, or that DNA shows the native Americans have no genetic links to people in Israel, etc., etc. etc. For LDS, feelings trump all of that.

Fortunately, thousands and thousands of LDS are seeing the truth that the entire thing is a fraud, and they are leaving not out of apathy, but because they realize they’ve been lied to for so long.
 
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I remember how the Holy Ghost spoke to my soul when I listened Elder Paul Dunn tell his stories 🤣
 
Gosh, I don’t even remember them all, to be honest. I just know that I would listen to him as a young, impressionable teenager and hear him talk about his experiences in the war and a lot of baseball stories. I always felt a strong Spirit. Most of his stories turned out to be a pack of lies. But the LDS church thrives on lies. I have even heard apostles in general conference counsel the members to lie.
 
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Yes, by your enemies. Like this billboard…put all over the country by your own church’s Public Relations department.(Please Note: This uploaded content is no longer available.)
 
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My guess those views are by the “Never Mormon” or “Former Mormon” people. They can believe whatever they want.

My conviction of my church is solid and unwavering.
 
If you believe that, why do you keep coming here and trying to convince people that are never going to believe it? It’s one thing to stand up for your beliefs, it’s another to make the mistaken assumption you’re going to get us to believe it. We don’t have a problem with you defending your beliefs mate, we have a problem with you proselytising. You can believe whatever you want bro, that’s your right to do so, but you can’t be violating forum rules every time you come here.
 
Which “views” are you talking about? It’s not my “view” that Joseph Smith married teenagers and other women that were already married. Even your own church admits those as facts. I guess maybe it’s just my “view” that these practices are somewhat messed up, but that’s just me I guess.

You are of course free to believe whatever you want. All people are. But it’s not o.k. to go into something without a large portion of the information made known to the person involved, like a potential convert to the LDS church.
 
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I do not know what lead you out of the church in detail.

For me, I did a lot of research before joining, recognizing the church has enemies, who according to a friend of mine “can not leave the church alone”, referring to a effort to show the world what the LDS church does not want its loyal rank and file members to know. You are a “Former Mormon”.

I wish you well in your future. My conviction is as I stated ---- no plans of returning to the world you are now apart of.
 
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the church has enemies, who according to a friend of mine “can not leave the church alone”
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If that were only the whole picture. Actually, a lot of us leave quietly. The Church won’t leave us alone. Case in point, I come to a Catholic forum to mingle with friends and who do I see here?

Hahahahahahahahaha . . . .
 
The “views” in my mind are well known to folks like me.

Regarding Joseph Smith and the multiple wives — I understand the purpose the Lord had for the men who made the decision regarding multiple wives.

My point is this ---- if you believe I am not familiar with the “views” that you and others state — of course I am.

As I keep saying — you can believe whatever you want. Does not mean I have to, will ever believe, etc — “Never Mormons” or “Former Mormons” have had their agenda against my church before I was a member. That is not new to me or a worry.
 
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Regarding Joseph Smith and the multiple wives — I understand the purpose the Lord had for the men who made the decision regarding multiple wives.
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I could be wrong, but I thought that D&C 132 sort of explained that. Unfortunately, Joseph didn’t even obey the requirements for polygamy if you consider what God told him in 132.
 
I would like to ask, in the D&C, God said that a plural wife had to be a virgin. Where and when did that change?
 
You continue to make my point regarding “Former Mormons” or “Never Mormons” — so your purpose is to state your view, OK ---- I am suppose to believe the church is now false based on this or for that matter the several things I see on the forums/etc??

I guess some active member may believe this or something for that matter ---- I do not believe.

Nice try.
 
What view did I state? I asked you a question about your scriptures.
 
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