"Families are Together Forever. My name is Kerri Bodie and I'm an Ex Mormon."

http://www.i-am-an-exmormon.com/

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I always thought I would be a member of the LDS church for my whole life. I believed it was the only true church on the face of the earth and I never thought anything would change my mind. My journey out of the church began when I started researching the deeper meaning of the temple. We had a new temple built in our city and I didn't attend as often as the leaders had encouraged us to, so I figured if I understood the deeper meaning of the ceremonies, that I would be more motivated to attend.

As I searched, I was surprised to discover that there really wasn't much information available for me to read. I thought that was strange since this was the pinnacle of our religion. I asked a few LDS friends if they knew where I could find more information and I was introduced to the FARMS and FAIR websites, where of course I found even more questions that I hadn't even considered asking. I was disturbed by the things I was finding but I was sure that if I kept researching, that I would find answers that would confirm that the LDS church was true. This began a three year long deep study of the history and doctrine of the LDS church.

I discovered some horrifically racist comments made by the prophets of the LDS church. The one that struck me as the most ungodlike was by John Taylor, who was President and Prophet of the Church at the time that he published this statement. He said:

"And after the flood we are told that the curse [of dark skin] that had been pronounced upon Cain was continued through Ham's wife, as he had married a wife of that seed. And why did it pass through the flood? Because it was necessary that the devil should have a representation upon the earth as well as God;..." From: "DUTIES OF THE SAINTS-THE ATONEMENT, ETC" AUGUST 28TH, 1881, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 22, page 304. [my emphasis]. This is the church's own publication, this is not anti-Mormon literature.
Don't forget that the Journal of Discourses was like conference talks in the Ensign these days. Talks by the prophet and his counselors were written down and distributed to the members, even sent out to the members in England. Older LDS lesson manuals quote from the Journal of Discourses many times, it cannot be dismissed as not a valid LDS source. The LDS doctrine teaches that the prophet is the mouthpiece of God. Therefore I had to believe God actually told John Taylor to share these disgustingly racist words with the world.
I thought "This means either God is a racist, or the prophets were wrong." I couldn't believe that God was a racist in any way, so this left me with the conclusion that the prophets were certainly NOT speaking for God, they were wrong, a thought that is nearly impossible for an LDS member to fathom.
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[TrickTrolan]

Lack of faith is why you left...it's that simple

[iamanexmormon]

@TrickTrolan I think that's why Jehovah's Witnesses leave their religion too.

[rodrigovp007]

If you don't understand why Mormons build temples, you should refer to the bible! Because if The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is not true, then which one is it? please tell me!

[iamanexmormon]

@rodrigovp007 My current theory is that they are all wrong together.

[nj2az2ut]

@aroramay18 God loves us so much that He gave us Jesus, not a building. That is the problem with mormonism. How sad that the mormon church uses family to hold on to it's members.

[montyollie]

Her face just LIT up when she said she could love her kids without fear now. Amazing.

[telemarker93]

I am an Atheist and I say Hell yes to this woman.

[scottwins2]

@9v0a0i You haven't studied the Bible very well. Christ established a Church and Paul nourished it..

[scottwins2]

@Gods1truechurchmyass Found out it is true.

[scottwins2]

@monkeyshine89 NOT a true statementl. I have never heard one MInister from any so called Christian Religion say they were the true Church.

Nor there founders, John Wesley, Martin Luther, any Pope, John Calvin or John Wycliff.

Share some quotes on this, now you have made a statement of fact.

The reason you have heard it from the LDS people is that the Church did not come out from another church. There can only be one true faith Paul says it. Ephesians 4:5

"One Lord, one faith, one baptism,"

[scottwins2]

@nj2az2ut I guess there was no value in the relationship that Adam had with Eve? or Mary and Joseph? or Pauls letter to the Corinthains of man and woman are mute for you?

1 Corinthians 11:11

Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.

Sounds resolute to me. I am happy that we as LDS have an understanding of Eternal Family. .

[TrickTrolan]

@JubblyJack Im living a clean life that's all that matters ....not my business to judge others I can only control myself and what I do

[JubblyJack]

@TrickTrolan Takes guts to leave a lie when your entire family are duped. Faith is believing without evidence and that is how many false religions have kept membership. Feelings can be from sources other than God like His enemy and ours Lucifer. Check out your mormon friends are they really living clean lives.

[MrAmericanpatriot18]

This woman is quite the contradiction. What other church teaches that families are forever? Was she looking for a faith that said its ok not to be a good christian you'll be with your family forever? Lol get real, rewards follow work.

[monkeyshine89]

@9v0a0i ??? Every church says they are the "true" church.