"My name is Nick and I'm an Ex Mormon."

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My name is Nick Godfrey. I was raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. My dad is a lifelong member, while my mom converted to the church when I was three years old. Throughout my life I chose to believe and participate in the church. I always attended my church meetings and fulfilled my callings. I strove to obey the doctrines and practices of the church as strictly as possible. I drew a great deal of comfort from my beliefs. Mormonism was at the core of my identity.

In July 2010 I started questioning whether I had a solid basis to believe in Mormonism. I concluded that I couldn't base my testimony on subjective feelings or personal spiritual experiences because first, people of all faiths feel similar emotions when they worship their gods, and read their holy books and if that is the standard of evidence that I accept Mormonism under, I would have to extend the same standard of evidence to these theologies. Second, the emotions and feelings that lead me to accept Mormonism, no matter how strongly they felt, or how externally generated they felt, could too easily be a product of self-delusion, hallucination, miss-perception, pattern-seeking, or wishful-thinking. I concluded that I needed to look for objective evidence if I was going to accept Mormonism.

As I began to study Mormon history and doctrine deeper than I ever had in my life I began to discover many parts of the church's history that were intentionally hidden from me. I learned that Joesph Smith claimed to have translated the Book of Mormon from a hat, using a magic rock which he had previously used to defraud his neighbors through a practice known as "money digging". I learned that every truth claim in the BoM is contradicted by modern archeology, linguistics, and DNA evidence. I learned that egyptologists unanimously agree that the papyrus which Joseph Smith claimed was written "by the hand of Abraham" actually dates to thousands of years after the time that Abraham lived, and not a word of the Book of Abraham translates correctly. The deeper I studied, the larger problems I discovered in the first vision, the priesthood restoration, and every other foundational claim in the LDS church. Eventually I concluded that the historical record is consistent with Mormonism being a product invented by Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and their contemporaries.
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To read the rest of Nick's story, please visit the following link:
http://www.iamanexmormon.com/2011/08/my-name-is-nick-and-im-an-ex-mormon/

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[vivavida01]

hey Nick...you are a very good actor...I was just wondering if u really were a mormon...lol, so if u were not then u are not a real ex-mormon...lol

[iamanexmormon]

@vivavida01 Yes I was very grateful that this particular actor didn't have to be given a script. I just told him to tell his story and he just kept on talking! And the funny thing was that he never broke character- not even when I talk to him today! I thought it was odd, but then again I have a theory that seems to be building evidence: maybe he isn't an actor.

[highermathematix]

Hey Nick Godfrey and all the other Atheist/ Religions who teach to hate!!! (I shouldnt say religions..cus most religions dont teach to hate) - Leave the Mormons alone..stop hating! Ppl are dying over religions hating each other...teach a positive message like feed the hungry, clothe the poor, or something...not Im an Ex Mormon..Im gonna say what good Mormons wont, "GO FUCK URSELF!!" I hate haters!!!

[iamanexmormon]

@highermathematix Would you mind quoting from the videos a sentence that you feel represents all this "hate" you are talking about. So far, no one seems to be willing to do this.

[Ender605]

People, there's no need to fight with each other. You can throw however much evidence you want at someone who truly believes the gospel and Mormon doctrine and it won't change anything. Religion is based on the unverifiable, and thus people will always be able to rationalize problems (historical or otherwise) without evidence. The argument is fruitless.

[isabelle2436]

Is mormon the religion allowed in the USA for minor females to be exploited by older men?

[GodFree27]

@highermathematix You're assuming I will agree that the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were morally justified? They weren't. They were some of the most egregious crimes the United States has ever committed. They could have demonstrated the technology against a military target rather than a civilian one. The murder of innocent men, women and children is never justifiable.

[highermathematix]

@GodFree27 "Hey, if u can spell anti-mormon like this: iamanexmormon...then I can spell atheism like this: Atheistism!!!" So, stop acting so atheistismish!!!

Hahahahhaha!!!!

[highermathematix]

@GodFree27 What r u talking about "Lame Arse"...There was a place called Hiroshima and Nagasaki...mmmmm..same War...I think??? Let me do some research and double check!!! You're Twisted!!

[highermathematix]

@GodFree27 That's all u can say!!!

HAHAHAHAH!!!

[GodFree27]

@highermathematix You might want to learn how to spell and/or pronounce "Atheism" before arguing against it.

[GodFree27]

@highermathematix Twist the scriptures? Did god, or did not god command that the women and children Amalekites be killed? Did we kill innocent children in WWII because their parents might have been Nazi sympathizers? No. Such an action would have been morally repugnant. Why is the command to kill Amalekite children any less so?

[highermathematix]

@GodFree27 God told the Israelites to defend themselves...Give me a break! Don't twist the scriptures to fit ur agenda! The Amalekites were like the Nazi's of our day. U wouldn't live Free in this country today if God wasn't with us! God doesn't say to fight or kill for no reason...Man will though! The root of it all is usually money, greed, pride, etc. - which is of the Devil!