The religion I’d loved as a youth simply didn’t exist, and never had. I was a Mormon.

Reformed Egyptian

I am asking for missionaries who have been carefully indoctrinated. - Spencer W. Kimball

If there was magic at church, I desperately needed it. I was told regularly from people at church that I should ‘just be happy’. I was a Mormon.

Richard Bushman, Mormon Historian, Concedes to CES Letter Truths on CES Letters Podcast

Mountain Meadows Massacre

It was all about the truth claims for me. I was a Mormon.

A New Book of Mormon Introduction Temporarily Tested in App

Spiritual Eyes Don't Count

QuitMormon

I wasn’t ready to put my kids through it all if it wasn’t true. I was a Mormon.

Church Teaches Children Eternal Polygamy

How To Leave the Church

Believe absurdities, commit atrocities

Avoid a Faith Crisis?

I encountered so many church practices and doctrines that made no sense to me and/or which contradicted the available evidence or other teachings of the church. I was a Mormon.

Blind Obedience vs. Moral Integrity

I had questions about many aspects of Church history, doctrine and practices that often gave me pause from the time I was a young missionary, but I dutifully blamed myself for questioning the Church and the Prophet, repented and shelved the questions. I was a Mormon.

Are Nephites or Lamanites The Principal or Among Ancestors of Native Americans? DNA Answers

The Kinderhook Kinder-Surprise

The actions taken by church leaders since the beginning that were not in line with what I thought the church was. I was a Mormon.

Seek Truth? Wherever We Find It?

Is the Book of Mormon Historical? True? Does it Matter?

Bednar Recommends We Don’t Write Down What He Says

Losing faith in Mormonism was easy. Having the courage to fully detangle all the pieces of it in my life was hard. I was a Mormon.