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this is my very first post here ever. I think it is very clear what mom3 is asking and I come out of the shadows to make a post to state strongly what I think the answer is. I started questioning only about 3 months ago, so I am new to this experience and don’t have the experiences of the rest of you, but I think the answer is very very very clear.

follow the Prophet, follow the prophet, follow the prophet. the message we hear in General Conference is re-inforced each time. while there is always a subtle theme of Jesus Christ, the strongest message is to listen and obey what we are told by “the brethren”. the leaders of the church are the leaders of the church. dead prophets are dead. the son of god is dead. the only ones living and able to lead us are the ones that alive today. i’ve felt this for a long time and this is what has led me to start questioning. the church leaders do not expect us to look to scripture for how to live our lives, so much in our church culture and doctrine is different that what is in the scriptures. they expect us to live according to today, but the problem is that all they want us to do is look to them, but in so many important things, they are late, wrong, out of step. the answer to the whose church it is is simple. it is led by the 15 (that is changed as well) men at the very top and the other leaders. anything prior to the current leadership is on the chopping block. this church is so very different from what Jesus would have started, it simply would not be recognized.

i just went and re-read a few conference talks on this. i don’t know how to post stuff from there. but references to 14 fundamentals makes this very clear.

this is the key topic in this thing called the breaking of my shelf. i don’t think there are many items i have issue with the church about and love attending, but it is clear that scripture, Jesus, Joseph, and everything written prior to pres monson can be ignored. it is his (pres monson) church. this willingness to ignore scripture while making sure we all read and study scripture and past prophets and ignore much of what was taught has caused me to try and understand why. than… i discover this huge rift in the church. all of you. all the podcasts. all the blogs. all the facebook groups. i just found out about kate kelly last week. so horrible. i thought the only people who questioned the brethren were drunkards and drug users. now i find out that i’m one of them and it is their church, not God’s church. my heart is heavy typing this. i don’t understand why it has to be like this. the gospel was taught to me as a simple thing. it is of man. has it always been of man. was it of God under Joseph? was it of God under the prophet when i was growing up, pres hinckley? when did things go wrong? do any of you have answers?

mom3, this church is the church of the 15. it is not the church of God, or of Jesus. my heart breaks.

mom3 asks the right question. the answer is in the tears of all those who can see.

does the pain go away?

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