[ldssister2008]

i pay what i can when i can, but the majority of time i donot because i don’t work & i use my childsupport checks to tithe, but with 3 boys to raise that money God gives me is to support my children, but during fasting days i would give some to help others.

[ldssister2008]

Kinderhook08 wrote:

It has been about 3 years since my disaffection with the Mormon Church started. I am a BIC male, served a mission, married in the temple and a father. I actually began to doubt the Church when I heard John’s interview with Todd Compton and started to read his book. I was literally blown away when I discovered Joseph Smith was marrying married women in secret and most likely had sexual relations with them. This started me down a road of discovery, which uncovered other conflicts with what I thought I knew and reality. It kept me up at night thinking about if I had be deceived by a very good con artist whose legacy was a false religion to which my family had been swept up in.

Wrestling with one inconsistency after another, I thought there must be answers to the many troubling questions somewhere. Unfortunately, I only found more questions and even confirmations of disturbing information on apologetic websites. Though my testimony has since left I don’t blame John for it. These are things I should have been taught, should have been allowed to struggle with and learn as I grew up in the Church. However, I was allowed to remain ignorant of them for what I believe was the convenience of my leaders.

I understand what you’re saying, it reminds me when before joining the church i was a former mainstream christian & there are so many pastors, assist.pastors having affairs this new of Joseph Smith did not phase me, but I different from other church members do not hold him as a high priest/prophet type of person.

however consider thease points:

*He WAS chosen by God ,like the phrophets of old,to deliever the gopel Jesus sent to us from his father.

*He was ONLY a man, not a god, so we should not worship him like we donot worship old prophets of the bible, but we DO acknowledge the service he has done for God.

A lot of members look down on this because they think I am not greatful or thankful for what he’s done or the church ,but I truly am, but put God first above man, I put the bible first then the book of mormon,etc….

but that’s all I will say for now.

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