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Dear Mormons who may be reading this thread,

If you peruse the Free Republic religion forums you will notice a pattern. There’s a group of Christians who spend a great deal of time posting from Official Mormon Sources - both the Book of Mormon as well as Mormon Prophets and Church materials.

You will also notice that many of these Christians are former Mormons who have left Mormonism and come to know the real Jesus Christ and His Gospel of Grace.

They have a passion to reach other Mormons to share what they learned about Salvation by grace and apart from human works.

Of course, they are attacked regularly by a very small group of Mormons who have zeal, but no knowledge beyond what the Mormon Church has told them. They also continually have a difficult time identifying any:

… Facts
… Evidence
… Logical support - that any reasonable person could understand that would validate their Mormon claims.

Consistently, this small group of Mormon posters are forced to face that their faith is based on little more than feelings that cannot be verified.

People deserve more than feelings.

The best they have been able to do is construct ad hominem attacks against Christians, which is always a sign that they have no facts, evidence of logical arguments. You have certainly witnessed this here many times as you read these threads, so I am not telling you anything you haven’t seen with your own eyes.

After reading both sides on this thread and others, you may very well be wondering about what you were taught when you joined the LDS church.

You also may be wondering how to resolve the lack of facts, evidence and illogical nature of Mormon claims. Many have approached those of us who are Christians asking where to find out more and some, even, to ask how to leave the Church and learn more about Christ’s Gospel of Grace.

Here are a few links to get you started in your quest to know the Biblical Christ.

http://www.irr.org/mit/default.html
http://www.exmormonsforjesus.org/
http://4mormon.org/ex-mormon.php
http://www.exmormon.org/
http://www.mormoncurtain.com/

You should also feel comfortable private freepmailing any Christians on this thread to ask questions about the concerns you have. We always do our best to directly answer your questions with facts, evidence and logical support from the Bible.

best,
ampu

"Many have approached those of us who are Christians asking where to find out more and some, even, to ask how to leave the Church and learn more about Christ’s Gospel of Grace."

Just do what I did. Go to a Bible believing, Bible teaching church. Talk to a Pastor there, reach out to them and they will embrace you.

I am currently attending a Grace Chapel in my area. The Pastor I meet with once a week outside of Sunday services is only interested in sharing and teaching the Good News that is Jesus Christ. I'm not saying I'm done with "religion" per se, but I am done with Mormonism.

I know it can be hard for a member of a family of devout mormons to leave the LdS church, but you have to act upon what you know in your heart and mind is right.

I am now active in Grace Chapel while my family continues to attend LdS services. Is it hard? You bet. But in the end, you'll be able to look yourself in the mirror and know you made the right decision.

I have mormons tell me that even if the LdS is wrong, there are good things about it that keep them in. I've never said that LdS aren't good folks or that there are bad things about the LdS. I'd be in a heap of trouble if I did. I'm married to a mormon and know quite a few mormons. Salt of the earth folks (mainly).

I've been called a liar, a hypocrite, a slanderer, maligned, etc., because many can't wrap their arms around the fact that I chose to leave the faith and then speak of my experiences and what I learned as a mormon.

There are plenty of folks married to LdS regardless of their religion/faith. Does that mean we can't challenge the tenets of mormonISM? No. I do with my family often. Does that mean we don't love one another? No.

Do we (on FR) come across as a bit harsh sometimes? Yeah, probably. Depends on your perspective I guess. But it shouldn't in anyway detract from the fundamental message. Read to be informed, not to be offended.

As ampu said, if there are any who are interested, there are those of us here who have made the tough decision to leave and are willing to share, talk, whatever.

FRegards,