I was born and raised Mormon. I left when I was 16. I never really liked going there, so one day I snuck away and googled, “Is Mormonism true?” I truly thought the whole time that the problem had been me and that I was rotten and forsaken by God. I believed that my search would validate Mormonism, and then I could finally commit and be at peace.
However, the search came back with so many things: the Kinderhook Plates hoax, Book of Mormon anachronisms, the Book of Abraham errors, Joseph Smith’s true history (his crimes, false prophecies, etc.), the biblical contradictions with Mormon doctrine, the crimes of the early Mormons, and the atrocities of the LDS pioneers. I acknowledged it (Mormonism) wasn’t true that same night.
I became an atheist because the Mormon cult brainwashes its members into believing that NO Christian churches are true. If they (the LDS church) can’t have you, they want to make sure no one can. And because they don’t teach about Jesus, you leave with zero biblical knowledge or Christ-loving foundation to build on. They set you up to spiritually die.
A couple years after that, after dealing with major depression and suicidal ideation because of my inner turmoil over leaving the thing my life had been built around, I was invited to a Christian church by a friend. After that, I attended meetings and Bible study for one year straight, 52 weeks in a row. Then I was baptized and born again. Since then, I have continued to study the biblical differences, and I converse with people almost daily to share the gospel and truth about Mormonism with them. I haven’t dealt with depression since coming to Jesus and have a genuine happiness inside that I can only attribute to my soul finding the One True God.
I testify that the Jesus and god of Mormonism are not the Jesus and God of the Holy Bible, and that Mormonism is a Satanic religion used to lead people away from a genuine faith in the Almighty and eternal God who can save their soul.
It’s scary to leave Mormonism because Mormonism itself is “god” to someone who is raised in it. But leaving is the best thing you could ever do as long as you are willing to dismiss everything they taught you, and replace it with biblical knowledge learned with the eyes and innocent ignorance of a child. Jesus lives and can be in your life even though the Mormons make you feel like you can’t have Him if you leave. There is no middleman between us and Him. JESUS is the way, the truth, and the life – no man gets to the Father, except through Him (John 14:6).
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