Sent in my official resignation letter to the LDS church

[CountrySteve]

Well, seeing as how I am Catholic now, that’s no longer part of my core religious beliefs. Thanks be to God for the grace of conversion!

Think of it this way, as a boy becomes a man, or a baby becomes an adult, in eternal progression, if we live the right way, we will become as our heavenly parents have become.

we are called to imitate our Lord but by no means will we become a god and if God does grant us some power it comes from him and can be taken away in a blink of a eye

 

[Inishfree]

Inis…the former Mormons are still kept on their records…but it is irrelevant.

Don’t waste your time dwelling on something that isn’t.

Thanks for the advice and I’m not going to waste my time.

 

[Marie5890]

In addition, LDS Resignation also works the same way as the Catholic Defectio in that the baptismal covenant is a permanent bond with the Body of Christ and is not rendered non-binding by defection.

“baptismal covenant…is not rendered non-binding by defection”…

It should be noted here that in order for a former Mormon to become a Mormon again they have to be re-baptized. I would call say that IS rendered non-binding.

As has been beaten to death by various threads, there is vast difference theology and definition of what baptism means and what it rendered by baptism when it comes to Mormonism.

When I came into full communion with the Catholic Church back a few years I did not have to be re-baptized since I was baptized Catholic as an infant.

 

[Stavros]

we are called to imitate our Lord but by no means will we become a god and if God does grant us some power it comes from him and can be taken away in a blink of a eye

Indeed. Which is why I am no longer Mormon. I don’t believe these things anymore.

 

[Anna_Scott]

“baptismal covenant…is not rendered non-binding by defection”…

It should be noted here that in order for a former Mormon to become a Mormon again they have to be re-baptized. I would call say that IS rendered non-binding.

As has been beaten to death by various threads, there is vast difference theology and definition of what baptism means and what it rendered by baptism when it comes to Mormonism.

When I came into full communion with the Catholic Church back a few years I did not have to be re-baptized since I was baptized Catholic as an infant.

Marie,
I really like the quote from Archbishop Fulton J Sheen in your signature.

Peace,
Anna

 

[TheExorcist]

They stated on the BYU channel they hope to get some of the awe that the world gives the Vatican and the Eternal City…

Wow you actually heard something spiritual on BYUTV? Since BYU left the Mountain West athletic conference it seems as if BYUTV had become the BYU Sports Channel. Oh wait, I forgot about the shows about how to build your year supply and shows with self-righteous, sanctimonious stuffed shirts discussing “ancient scripture”

Charles

 

[RebeccaJ]

Wow you actually heard something spiritual on BYUTV? Since BYU left the Mountain West athletic conference it seems as if BYUTV had become the BYU Sports Channel. Oh wait, I forgot about the shows about how to build your year supply and shows with self-righteous, sanctimonious stuffed shirts discussing “ancient scripture”

Charles

…in that Mormon lullaby cadence…so you’re sure to understand they’re talking about something speshul.

 

[RebeccaJ]

Rebecca & Stavros,

I didn’t know about the laws, when I resigned, and I should have made a copy of my resignation letter. I wrote a letter out of sheer desperation, because they would not leave me alone–even though, verbally, I told them I had left the Church and would never come back. They kept showing up at my door, calling me, mailing me things. When I first received a package from them, I marked it “return to sender” and put it back in the mail box. Then they started sending me things with no return address. Nothing I said stopped all of this. It was an emotional time and the harassment turned my life upside down. I didn’t have help and wasn’t sure what to do. I finally wrote a letter. Then it stopped. They knew about the laws.

Peace,
Anna

Thanks, but I’m not sending in a letter…I’ll wait for them to excommunicate me… …it will make their rejection of me complete! I suspect it will never happen while my parents are living. Which, is fine by me.

Once in a while something arrives in the mail from “the ward”, and I get a kick out of them because they are letters addressing me like I was someone’s BFF. From people I’ve never met in my life, and I’m sure if I passed them while walking around our neighborhood, they wouldn’t give me the time of day.

I guess the most recent thing was last summer, I was out getting the mail, and this guy I’ve never met in my life walks up to me and says, “Are you Rebecca?” Yes, that’s me. “Hi, I’m your home teacher.” Oh my, it was all I could do to not bust out laughing. Acting all neighborly. I’ve lived here for over a decade and this guy introduces himself only because he’s assigned to. He asked if if he could come over just to chat once in a while, I said sure, thinking why not, he’s a neighbor. I never saw him again. Prior to that, no home teachers contacted us, so I’m thinking, this was spurred on by my parents.

VT tried once to bring me a plate of cookies for a birthday, years ago. I work full time and they kept coming over in the day, and then I am gone most nights with a full life of things to do and places to go, and so they didn’t find me home in the evenings. When she finally caught up to me, she scolded me for not being home to accept her cookies. Hello, I don’t know you and never asked you over, how about you call first?! I never saw them again either. I threw the cookies away after she left.

So, the Mormons leave me alone most of the time. Once or twice a year the missionaries show up, but I know for a fact that it is my parents working on my daughter…when I’ve already told them she isn’t interested. I can’t resign from my parents.

 

[CountrySteve]

Indeed. Which is why I am no longer Mormon. I don’t believe these things anymore.

AMEN!!! welcome home

 

[CountrySteve]

Thanks, but I’m not sending in a letter…I’ll wait for them to excommunicate me… …it will make their rejection of me complete! I suspect it will never happen while my parents are living. Which, is fine by me.

Once in a while something arrives in the mail from “the ward”, and I get a kick out of them because they are letters addressing me like I was someone’s BFF. From people I’ve never met in my life, and I’m sure if I passed them while walking around our neighborhood, they wouldn’t give me the time of day.

I guess the most recent thing was last summer, I was out getting the mail, and this guy I’ve never met in my life walks up to me and says, “Are you Rebecca?” Yes, that’s me. “Hi, I’m your home teacher.” Oh my, it was all I could do to not bust out laughing. Acting all neighborly. I’ve lived here for over a decade and this guy introduces himself only because he’s assigned to. He asked if if he could come over just to chat once in a while, I said sure, thinking why not, he’s a neighbor. I never saw him again. Prior to that, no home teachers contacted us, so I’m thinking, this was spurred on by my parents.

VT tried once to bring me a plate of cookies for a birthday, years ago. I work full time and they kept coming over in the day, and then I am gone most nights with a full life of things to do and places to go, and so they didn’t find me home in the evenings. When she finally caught up to me, she scolded me for not being home to accept her cookies. Hello, I don’t know you and never asked you over, how about you call first?! I never saw them again either. I threw the cookies away after she left.

So, the Mormons leave me alone most of the time. Once or twice a year the missionaries show up, but I know for a fact that it is my parents working on my daughter…when I’ve already told them she isn’t interested. I can’t resign from my parents.

now i want some cookies lol :bounce:

 

[Stavros]

I’ve always been a little hurt that I was never “love bombed” with cookies when I left. pout



Checked tracking this morning - the letter is in Salt Lake City, en route to its destination. So hopefully, by the end of the day, I will legally not be Mormon. Blessed be God forever!

Seems appropriate that this happens on a holy day (Ascension Thursday). For me, this will indeed be a special and holy day. My mass intention today will be gratitude for the blessing of the grace to Come Home, and for the confort of those who have been hurt by the lies and deceit of the Mormon church.

 

[Anna_Scott]

Thanks, but I’m not sending in a letter…I’ll wait for them to excommunicate me… …it will make their rejection of me complete! I suspect it will never happen while my parents are living. Which, is fine by me.

Once in a while something arrives in the mail from “the ward”, and I get a kick out of them because they are letters addressing me like I was someone’s BFF. From people I’ve never met in my life, and I’m sure if I passed them while walking around our neighborhood, they wouldn’t give me the time of day.

I guess the most recent thing was last summer, I was out getting the mail, and this guy I’ve never met in my life walks up to me and says, “Are you Rebecca?” Yes, that’s me. “Hi, I’m your home teacher.” Oh my, it was all I could do to not bust out laughing. Acting all neighborly. I’ve lived here for over a decade and this guy introduces himself only because he’s assigned to. He asked if if he could come over just to chat once in a while, I said sure, thinking why not, he’s a neighbor. I never saw him again. Prior to that, no home teachers contacted us, so I’m thinking, this was spurred on by my parents.

VT tried once to bring me a plate of cookies for a birthday, years ago. I work full time and they kept coming over in the day, and then I am gone most nights with a full life of things to do and places to go, and so they didn’t find me home in the evenings. When she finally caught up to me, she scolded me for not being home to accept her cookies. Hello, I don’t know you and never asked you over, how about you call first?! I never saw them again either. I threw the cookies away after she left.

So, the Mormons leave me alone most of the time. Once or twice a year the missionaries show up, but I know for a fact that it is my parents working on my daughter…when I’ve already told them she isn’t interested. I can’t resign from my parents.

RebeccaJ,
How could you dare not be home waiting for cookies you didn’t know were coming? How rude of you.

Do they know you are Catholic now? Just curious.

Anna

 

[KathleenGee]

BYU usually has programs when I surf in on sports, alot of scrapbook and crafts programs to keep the women busy to keep their families hooked.

The Mormons are hoping to gain the some of same awe the Vatican and the Eternal City have…Catholicism documents, has theologians, inspires artists and musicians to make our churches worthy of the Lord’s presence among us. The Vatican became that way, not for its own self-serving interests and praise of men, but all for the glory of God.

Mormonism’s means to substantiate itself doesn’t have context, history, dates, theology, anthropology, science. It does not have the history of faithful Catholics, our saints, with the reality the Catholic Church has had the greatest impact on Western culture. Our library is the greatest in the world, and its documents open to the public. I read about Mormon worship environment, and it doesn’t have the same kind of symbols or form as ours, because its goals are different.

If you haven’t heard this before, Pave the Way, a Jewish organization, went to the Vatican to get more information on Pope Pius XII. They were intending to gain more information to further the claim of his alleged unwillingness to help the Jews during the Holocaust. After studying the various recordings, they came out realizing that there was no one other than Pope Pius XII who did the most to help the Jewish people, and they did not understand why the Church did not do more to defend itself against anti-Catholic claims.

The latest is the opening of the Spanish Inquisition, and the reality of that situation is that the Church spent most of its time exonerating the accused, and the numbers suffered by the Inquisition was done in the name of temporal rulers, and an initial misrepresentation of the situation there by a priest. Interestingly enough, it was two American men in the 1840’s, who were part of the same ‘Restorationist’ movement as the foundation of Mormonism, who drew on real events, but misrepresented the Church, creating this spin on the Inquisition, while ignoring the fact that Spain was assaulted and plundered, and enslaved as dhimmis for 700 years.

It is the work of Satan himself always trying to undermine and destroy Christ’s church. People always look too much at people but do not spend enough time in Christ through the Holy Spirit.

The Roman Empire was the splendor of engineering wonders and transportation, their roads still in use today…the discipline and organization. Our instructor spent over a half hour explaining ancient Rome, and it left me in awe…

So Mormonism in Rome will likely be in a category of its own…of which we wait to see…

 

[Anna_Scott]

I’ve always been a little hurt that I was never “love bombed” with cookies when I left. pout



Checked tracking this morning - the letter is in Salt Lake City, en route to its destination. So hopefully, by the end of the day, I will legally not be Mormon. Blessed be God forever!

Seems appropriate that this happens on a holy day (Ascension Thursday). For me, this will indeed be a special and holy day. My mass intention today will be gratitude for the blessing of the grace to Come Home, and for the confort of those who have been hurt by the lies and deceit of the Mormon church.

Stavros,
Let us know when it arrives. You’re almost home free!
Anna

 

[gatewood1988]

Stavros,
You inspired me my firend. I just sent mine too but I am trying via email first since I don’t have money to send it via snail mail lol. I have heard of some people getting lucky with the email route so I’ll try it. I have been putting it off for too long. Thank you for being an inspiration to me I hope you don’t mind, I borrowed alot of your letter lol

This letter declares my formal resignation from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints as of today, June 02, 2011.

My resignation should be processed immediately, and should be handled without the standard 30-day waiting period. I hereby withdraw my consent to being treated as a member and I withdraw my consent to being subject to church rules, policies, beliefs and “discipline”. As I am no longer a member, I want my name permanently and completely removed from the membership rolls of the church.

I assure you that I do not take this step lightly. I have given this resignation considerable thought, and have done much research and contemplation to help me reach this very personal decision. I understand what you consider the seriousness and the consequences of my actions. I am aware that according to church doctrine this cancels all blessings, baptisms, ordinations, promises, covenants, and my hope of exaltation in the Mormon celestial kingdom, and I have made my decision with that consideration well in mind. I also understand that I would be readmitted to the church by baptism only after a thorough interview if I chose to do so.

My reasons for resigning from the Mormon church are:

1. I no longer believe that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God.
   2.I have come to the conclusion that the authority of the LDS priesthood is based on a fraud perpetrated by the founders of the church.
2. I no longer believe the Book of Mormon to be another testament of Jesus Christ
3. I also no longer believe that families can be sealed for time and all eternity.

I am not leaving because of some personal slight or insult, or because I have “sinned” or unable to keep the commandments of God. I have simply come to the very sad realization that the church is not what it claims to be, that its doctrine is false, and that the LDS church is not where I wish to be. For my reason for leaving on your internal form, I insist that the reason be “at member’s request”, “doctrinal reasons”, or some other reason that is not derogatory or calumniating.

Also effective immediately, I expect absolutely no contact from the church, with the exception of a single letter of confirmation to let me know that I am no longer listed as a member of the church. I will not be dissuaded and I will not change my mind on this matter, and I will refuse to speak with anyone from the church who attempts to argue with me about the wisdom of my decision.

I expect this matter to be handled promptly, with respect and with full confidentiality.

 

[Stavros]

Stavros,
You inspired me my firend. I just sent mine too but I am trying via email first since I don’t have money to send it via snail mail lol. I have heard of some people getting lucky with the email route so I’ll try it. I have been putting it off for too long. Thank you for being an inspiration to me I hope you don’t mind, I borrowed alot of your letter lol

Oh happy day! So glad I could be an inspiration to someone. I cobbled my letter together from the two sites in my original post, so of course I don’t mind if you plagiarize my plagiarism.

Congratulations for having the courage to bring that closure to your past. Let me know how the email route goes!

 

[gatewood1988]

Oh happy day! So glad I could be an inspiration to someone. I cobbled my letter together from the two sites in my original post, so of course I don’t mind if you plagiarize my plagiarism.

Congratulations for having the courage to bring that closure to your past. Let me know how the email route goes!

I definitely will. Let me know how yours goes too. Now I am just waiting for the fire and brimstone from my huge Mormon family. (All 36 first cousins on my mom’s side with their spouses)

 

[KathleenGee]

Praying for all of you that the Holy Spirit will work and that you will all be effective evangelizers for your Mormon relatives…I hope and pray for this…

 

[Stavros]

Just got this via email:

Track & Confirm e-mail update information provided by the U.S. Postal Service.

Service Type: Priority Mail Delivery Confirmation

Shipment Activity Location Date & Time​

Delivered SALT LAKE CITY UT 84150 06/02/11 10:44am

Processed through Sort SALT LAKE CITY UT 84199 06/02/11 1:12am
Facility

Processed through Sort FORT WORTH TX 76161 05/31/11 11:23pm
Facility

Acceptance GRAPEVINE TX 76051 05/31/11 1:41pm

Reminder: Track & Confirm by email

Date of email request: 05/31/11

:extrahappy:

 

[gatewood1988]

Keep us posted on the progress.