Ex-Mormons Why Did You Leave the Church II

[Becca3]

I left because, as I was studying old LDS History and Doctrine in order to become a better LDS apologist, I discovered doctrine I could not accept (Adam/God, God was once a man, etc.) and history that led me to accept Joseph was not a prophet (the 9 versions, his con-man background, the William Law stuff that included wife-swapping, the Fannie Alger stuff, etc etc etc. I lost my testimony. One of the worst days in my life, and, ultimately, one of the best.

When no one could answer my questions, I decided to go inactive. I asked to be released from my callings. That is when it got bad. Horrible harassment from members culminating in the attempted kidnapping of my children.

I asked for my name to be removed from Church records. Instead, they help a court and excommunicated me. I did not attend the court.

I am converting to Catholism and while I did attend the mormon church, I never even heard of the 9 versions, William Law or even the Fannie Alger stuffs, or was never even taught those things. But I knew something was missing tho. And maybe that was why I was always so lonely being a single girl in the ward and surrounded by “eternal” families. That was hard. So, when I started reading the Catechism I discovered here was the truth that had never changed for 2000 years! And I discovered the mormon church left out the missing 7 books of the Old Testament!! Like Tobit and Sarah. I was angry. That emotion took me by surprise but it was only natural. Why would the mormon church leave out those books of the Old Testament. So, therefore, ever so slowly, I am discovering the inconsistencies of the mormon doctrine. So, here I am. I am becoming a better christian than I was a poor mormon. Know what I mean??

 

[TexanKnight]

I am converting to Catholism and while I did attend the mormon church, I never even heard of the 9 versions, William Law or even the Fannie Alger stuffs, or was never even taught those things. But I knew something was missing tho. And maybe that was why I was always so lonely being a single girl in the ward and surrounded by “eternal” families. That was hard. So, when I started reading the Catechism I discovered here was the truth that had never changed for 2000 years! And I discovered the mormon church left out the missing 7 books of the Old Testament!! Like Tobit and Sarah. I was angry. That emotion took me by surprise but it was only natural. Why would the mormon church leave out those books of the Old Testament. So, therefore, ever so slowly, I am discovering the inconsistencies of the mormon doctrine. So, here I am. I am becoming a better christian than I was a poor mormon. Know what I mean??

I know exactly what you mean

 

[Becca3]

I am converting to Catholism and while I did attend the mormon church, I never even heard of the 9 versions, William Law or even the Fannie Alger stuffs, or was never even taught those things. And if I was taught those things, then I must have not been paying attention due to my boredom and loneliness in the mormon church. I was always so lonely being a single girl in the ward and surrounded by “eternal” families. That was hard. Sure, I felt the Holy Spirit in the chapel but I knew something was missing tho. Finally, after 9 years of dealing with an abusive and inactive mormon alcoholic husband and still felt like I was a lonely single girl, I filed for divorce, and it was shortly after that when I met my fiance who is a devout and obedient Catholic. So, when I started reading the Catechism I discovered here was the truth that had never changed for 2000 years! And I discovered the mormon church left out the missing 7 books of the Old Testament!! Like Tobit and Sarah. I was angry. That emotion took me by surprise but it was only natural. Why would the mormon church leave out those books of the Old Testament?? There must have been something in there they didn’t want its members to see?? So, therefore, ever so slowly, I am discovering the inconsistencies of the mormon doctrine. So, here I am. I am becoming a better christian than I was a poor mormon. Know what I mean??

 

[superwimp]

Hello Becca 3

And I discovered the mormon church left out the missing 7 books of the Old Testament!! Like Tobit and Sarah. I was angry. That emotion took me by surprise but it was only natural. Why would the mormon church leave out those books of the Old Testament?? There must have been something in there they didn’t want its members to see?? So, therefore, ever so slowly, I am discovering the inconsistencies of the mormon doctrine. So, here I am. I am becoming a better christian than I was a poor mormon. Know what I mean?? <<<

The LDS use the King James version of the bible which has less books that the Catholic bible. This is the version used by all of protestantism. This means that the LDS didn't actually leave them out. They are guilty of changing and removing some of the scripture which is unique to them, (D&C, and BOM) but they had nothing to do with removing books from the bible.

 

[Becca3]

Hello Becca 3

And I discovered the mormon church left out the missing 7 books of the Old Testament!! Like Tobit and Sarah. I was angry. That emotion took me by surprise but it was only natural. Why would the mormon church leave out those books of the Old Testament?? There must have been something in there they didn’t want its members to see?? So, therefore, ever so slowly, I am discovering the inconsistencies of the mormon doctrine. So, here I am. I am becoming a better christian than I was a poor mormon. Know what I mean?? <<<

Oh ok. Then yes, the Catholic Church has the full truth! I do know when the early church had the Nicene Creed back in 325 A.D., they did debate the books of the bible. I am sure there are more that we don’t know about.

 

[Porknpie]

Oh ok. Then yes, the Catholic Church has the full truth! I do know when the early church had the Nicene Creed back in 325 A.D., they did debate the books of the bible. I am sure there are more that we don’t know about.

Becca3 -

Congratuations on the path you are on to Catholicism.

The original King James Bible in 1511 had all 73 books.

I wonder what King James would say if he knew that his bible now only has 66?

Pork.

 

[Becca3]

Becca3 -

Congratuations on the path you are on to Catholicism.

The original King James Bible in 1511 had all 73 books.

I wonder what King James would say if he knew that his bible now only has 66?

Pork.

73 books! Wow! Where are the other books?? I had heard that there was the Gospel of Mary Magdelene, the Gospel of Phillip, etc… I don’t know how true that is. When I watched the movie, “The Da Vinci Code”, those books were mentioned but how did the author Dan Brown dig them up?? lol.

 

[expounder]

Many gospels were excluded because they expressed unorthodox or heretical views.

 

[Becca3]

Even so, there are people who may want to read and learn from those gospels.

 

[kimg901]

Many gospels were excluded because they expressed unorthodox or heretical views.

Can you refer us to any materials that can validate your claim?

 

[debbie_h]

I was born into the Mormon faith & spoon fed its teachings, we were strongly discouraged to question our faith & any material that wasn’t church approved was considered "worldly & of questionable standards. I was always pressured into attending seminary, youth temple baptisms for the dead, other church activities. Whenever I asked my parents about what happens in the temple, why they wear garments, polygamy etc… I always recieved what I felt was ‘church approved’ responses of ‘it is sacred so its not to be discussed in detail until you are temple endowed…’
I always disliked that during our weekly youth ‘mutual’ activities the ‘young women’ was always focused on cooking & other ‘homemaking’ skills, while the ‘young men’ played sports. The YSA (young single adult) classes were worse…
I’ve always had doubts about the churches teachings & legitimacybut kept them to myself as the fear of rejection & disapproval from my parents.
I met my maronite Catholic husband when we were 18, I stopped attending sacrament meetings & the other activities by 19 as I simply didn’t want to go anymore. I had enough. I wasn’t interested & neither was my husband in converting to the Mormon faith despite my parents constantly inviting the missionaries over for dinner to speak to him!
My husband & I got married in the catholic church at 22 despite the ‘empty threats’ from my mum to boycott the wedding. (still say that my marriage is only for time but not eternity).
We’ve had 2 children (the youngest just recently) whom we have happily & wholeheartedly had baptised in the Catholic church on their first birthdays. I’ve always felt drawn to the Catholic faith & finally I couldn’t ignore my interest & curiosity any more so through my own desire & no pressure at all from anyone, I enrolled myself into the maronite rite adult baptism classes & started attending mass weekly at my local parish. Never have I felt more sure in my life that I am doing the right thing for myself, my husband & my children. It has been & still is an ogoing process of de- programming myself from the teachings of the Mormon faith & learning of the true teachings of the true church that Jesus himself set up on this earth. I love & thoroughly enjoy attending the baptism classes & the weekly mass.

 

[Becca3]

I was born into the Mormon faith & spoon fed its teachings, we were strongly discouraged to question our faith & any material that wasn’t church approved was considered "worldly & of questionable standards. I was always pressured into attending seminary, youth temple baptisms for the dead, other church activities. Whenever I asked my parents about what happens in the temple, why they wear garments, polygamy etc… I always recieved what I felt was ‘church approved’ responses of ‘it is sacred so its not to be discussed in detail until you are temple endowed…’
I always disliked that during our weekly youth ‘mutual’ activities the ‘young women’ was always focused on cooking & other ‘homemaking’ skills, while the ‘young men’ played sports. The YSA (young single adult) classes were worse…
I’ve always had doubts about the churches teachings & legitimacybut kept them to myself as the fear of rejection & disapproval from my parents.
I met my maronite Catholic husband when we were 18, I stopped attending sacrament meetings & the other activities by 19 as I simply didn’t want to go anymore. I had enough. I wasn’t interested & neither was my husband in converting to the Mormon faith despite my parents constantly inviting the missionaries over for dinner to speak to him!
My husband & I got married in the catholic church at 22 despite the ‘empty threats’ from my mum to boycott the wedding. (still say that my marriage is only for time but not eternity).
We’ve had 2 children (the youngest just recently) whom we have happily & wholeheartedly had baptised in the Catholic church on their first birthdays. I’ve always felt drawn to the Catholic faith & finally I couldn’t ignore my interest & curiosity any more so through my own desire & no pressure at all from anyone, I enrolled myself into the maronite rite adult baptism classes & started attending mass weekly at my local parish. Never have I felt more sure in my life that I am doing the right thing for myself, my husband & my children. It has been & still is an ogoing process of de- programming myself from the teachings of the Mormon faith & learning of the true teachings of the true church that Jesus himself set up on this earth. I love & thoroughly enjoy attending the baptism classes & the weekly mass.

I enjoyed reading your conversion story as I am converting to Catholicism myself. I, too, had exactly the same kind of response when I asked why do we have to wear ‘temple’ garments. They would say it is too holy to talk about and that I would have to wait til my ‘endowments’. Plus, I have never felt comfortable with the idea of wearing them in the first place since I am hot natured as it is. I don’t like wearing layers of clothes. lol. And I had been struggling with that ever since I had been baptized in 1992!! I, too, met my Catholic fiance just a little over a year ago. By his example, he is converting me.

 

[Porknpie]

I was born into the Mormon faith & spoon fed its teachings, we were strongly discouraged to question our faith & any material that wasn’t church approved was considered "worldly & of questionable standards. I was always pressured into attending seminary, youth temple baptisms for the dead, other church activities. Whenever I asked my parents about what happens in the temple, why they wear garments, polygamy etc… I always recieved what I felt was ‘church approved’ responses of ‘it is sacred so its not to be discussed in detail until you are temple endowed…’
I always disliked that during our weekly youth ‘mutual’ activities the ‘young women’ was always focused on cooking & other ‘homemaking’ skills, while the ‘young men’ played sports. The YSA (young single adult) classes were worse…
I’ve always had doubts about the churches teachings & legitimacybut kept them to myself as the fear of rejection & disapproval from my parents.
I met my maronite Catholic husband when we were 18, I stopped attending sacrament meetings & the other activities by 19 as I simply didn’t want to go anymore. I had enough. I wasn’t interested & neither was my husband in converting to the Mormon faith despite my parents constantly inviting the missionaries over for dinner to speak to him!
My husband & I got married in the catholic church at 22 despite the ‘empty threats’ from my mum to boycott the wedding. (still say that my marriage is only for time but not eternity).
We’ve had 2 children (the youngest just recently) whom we have happily & wholeheartedly had baptised in the Catholic church on their first birthdays. I’ve always felt drawn to the Catholic faith & finally I couldn’t ignore my interest & curiosity any more so through my own desire & no pressure at all from anyone, I enrolled myself into the maronite rite adult baptism classes & started attending mass weekly at my local parish. Never have I felt more sure in my life that I am doing the right thing for myself, my husband & my children. It has been & still is an ogoing process of de- programming myself from the teachings of the Mormon faith & learning of the true teachings of the true church that Jesus himself set up on this earth. I love & thoroughly enjoy attending the baptism classes & the weekly mass.

Debbie -

Welcome home…thank you for sharing… and it’s wonderful that you are participating in CAF.

 

[nowcatholic]

I’m not criticizing your decision to leave Mormonism nor condoning the comments of your family members, but I’m sure you can understand what trauma it must have had on some of your more faithful (to the LDS Church) in your family to know that one of them has left the Church for a different religion. Especially when your eternal destiny might be at stake.

If I raised my child in a certain faith, as much as I would tried to be strong, I’d be devastated if he or she decided to abandon the faith in which he or she has been raised for something else. It hurts, and it takes a lot of time to recover. Just some food for thought.

Actually I have gone through this as a parent. My oldest son left the Catholic Church and is a member of a pentacostal affiliated church. I was sad at first but I kept that to myself. My relationship with my son is the most important thing to me. I have tried very hard to accept him and his decisions with love.

 

[eddie_too]

what do mormons teach about hell? is it eternal misery or what?

 

[7armyrugrats]

I’m enjoying reading all these stories. Thank you all for sharing them.

 

[debbie_h]

I enjoyed reading your conversion story as I am converting to Catholicism myself. I, too, had exactly the same kind of response when I asked why do we have to wear ‘temple’ garments. They would say it is too holy to talk about and that I would have to wait til my ‘endowments’. Plus, I have never felt comfortable with the idea of wearing them in the first place since I am hot natured as it is. I don’t like wearing layers of clothes. lol. And I had been struggling with that ever since I had been baptized in 1992!! I, too, met my Catholic fiance just a little over a year ago. By his example, he is converting me.

Luckily i never ended up going into the temple & wearing garments. I personally don’t belive that you have to wear special underwear & pay your way to the ‘highest degrees of heaven’ or the Celestial kingdom as they call it. My parents are still very devout Mormons & even had the missionaries come to my house to ‘visit’. I pretty much told them that I’ve had this shoved down my throat my whole life until I left home & I wasn’t interested in coming back to the Mormon faith. As they could see, in my home I have a crucifix on the wall, a statue of mother mary, last supper portrait in my kitchen etc… They haven’t come back since.
I’ve always been bothered by the concept of the WOW. Drinking coffee us detrimental to our souls??? My parents awlays made it out that if you drink- you are an alcoholic, you smoke- your q bad person, you drink coffe & tea- you live a life of sin… Etc.

 

[debbie_h]

I am converting to Catholism and while I did attend the mormon church, I never even heard of the 9 versions, William Law or even the Fannie Alger stuffs, or was never even taught those things. And if I was taught those things, then I must have not been paying attention due to my boredom and loneliness in the mormon church. I was always so lonely being a single girl in the ward and surrounded by “eternal” families. That was hard. Sure, I felt the Holy Spirit in the chapel but I knew something was missing tho. Finally, after 9 years of dealing with an abusive and inactive mormon alcoholic husband and still felt like I was a lonely single girl, I filed for divorce, and it was shortly after that when I met my fiance who is a devout and obedient Catholic. So, when I started reading the Catechism I discovered here was the truth that had never changed for 2000 years! And I discovered the mormon church left out the missing 7 books of the Old Testament!! Like Tobit and Sarah. I was angry. That emotion took me by surprise but it was only natural. Why would the mormon church leave out those books of the Old Testament?? There must have been something in there they didn’t want its members to see?? So, therefore, ever so slowly, I am discovering the inconsistencies of the mormon doctrine. So, here I am. I am becoming a better christian than I was a poor mormon. Know what I mean??

Funny thing is that although I had my doubts about the Mormon church, i had no idea about the 9 versions & fanny Alger, William law, inconsistencies & outright lies by the Mormon church until recently as I never dared to research any ‘anti mormon’ literature while I was in my teens. Finding these things out, helped me to realise the nuttery disgused as Mormon doctrine & move on to building a relationship with God within true christianity.

 

[Becca3]

Luckily i never ended up going into the temple & wearing garments. I personally don’t belive that you have to wear special underwear & pay your way to the ‘highest degrees of heaven’ or the Celestial kingdom as they call it. My parents are still very devout Mormons & even had the missionaries come to my house to ‘visit’. I pretty much told them that I’ve had this shoved down my throat my whole life until I left home & I wasn’t interested in coming back to the Mormon faith. As they could see, in my home I have a crucifix on the wall, a statue of mother mary, last supper portrait in my kitchen etc… They haven’t come back since.
I’ve always been bothered by the concept of the WOW. Drinking coffee us detrimental to our souls??? My parents awlays made it out that if you drink- you are an alcoholic, you smoke- your q bad person, you drink coffe & tea- you live a life of sin… Etc.

Yeah, even I was confused by the mention of “strong drinks” but the bible never did say that we should not drink it. And well, it never clarify what drinks are strong either. What is it? Coffee, tea, or alcohol?? Crazy.

 

[Becca3]

Funny thing is that although I had my doubts about the Mormon church, i had no idea about the 9 versions & fanny Alger, William law, inconsistencies & outright lies by the Mormon church until recently as I never dared to research any ‘anti mormon’ literature while I was in my teens. Finding these things out, helped me to realise the nuttery disgused as Mormon doctrine & move on to building a relationship with God within true christianity.

I myself never researched anti-mormon literature either. I just accepted it as is. And that was just as dangerous too. When I take my RCIA and Catechism classes, you can be sure I will be studying and researching everything! I will even grill my teachers for answers! lol.