Posted by:
my2cents
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Date: February 16, 2012 11:15PM
Back in the mid 1990's, I found this bulletin board. I was into a full crisis of faith at the time, thinking that I was the only one in the world who was having thoughts about the veracity of the church. I had been struggling for over 10 years without much support, so I was going through the motions of being a good LDS priesthood holder, while doubting the foundation of such.
I stumbled on this site and found a community of like-minded people who were in the same place as I was. We had the same problems, shared the same concerns, shared our investigation into LDS claims, and discovered that we were not alone.
It was a breath of fresh air to discover that I was not alone. I was not the only one who questioned Joseph Smith and his polygamous relationships. I was not the only one who found out about the Book of Abraham and the papyri. I was not the only one who questioned temple ceremonies and throat slitting rituals. I was not the only one who thought that BY had complicity in the Mountain Meadows Massacre. I was not the only one who thought that the God of the Old Testament was a cosmic terrorist. I was not the only one who found Bruce R. McConkie's letter to Eugene England the height of hypocrisy and doublespeak. I could go on and on...
I still hang around, content to add a comment now and then to those going through that same process. May you find what you seek.