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Just the fact that ‘Mormons’ don’t go around raising ‘hell’ and trying to stir up problems with other religions like I have seen your organization do—repeatedly leads me more than ever to believe that the LDS Church is the only true Church . . . Why don’t you just admit that you worship Satan and NOT GOD. . . . Please take my name off your mailing list.
(Letter from Sandy, Utah)
I joined the Mormon Church in 1978. I am now going through the process of mentally getting myself away from the church. It is very hard on me. I really, really thought the church was true until I read Mormon Enigma & your book that you’ve put together. . . . I really don’t consider your literature for the most part to be anti-Mormon because I find most of it just to be quotations of the church leaders themselves. That is what is so sad, & it is the most damning.
(Letter from Louisiana)
Thanks (in part) to your research, I have realized that I have been deceived for the first 27 years of my life. As a BYU graduate and returned missionary, I’m glad that I won’t have to live the rest of my life under a veil of deception. Keep up the good work.
(Letter from California)
Just want to say thanks for your ministry. You helped me find the truth about Mormonism. . . . May God’s great love continue to lift you up as it does me! Your sister in Christ.
(Letter from Idaho)
I’ve written to you twice many years ago . . . your research work and specially Mormonism, Shadow or Reality? have been instrumental in my leaving the L.D.S. Church — You have been kind enough to send, for many years the Salt Lake City Messenger which I read . . . from cover to cover as soon as I get it out of the mail box. It has blessed me many times and ‘amazed me’ many times at your relentless research of Mormon history and your pursuit of historical truth — who knows how many people have seen the light through your work.
(Letter from California)
I can’t begin to tell you how amazed I was, after writing to you just for information on a book I was interested in, (Mormonism Shadow or Reality?) . . . I didn’t realize that I would hit a gold mine on information on Mormonism. . . . I was studying with missionaries, then got baptized, and then left the church all within about 6 months. . . . I welcome any suggestions for material to help me learn. I am a seeker of truth.
(Letter from Washington)
Originally appeared in:
Jerald and Sandra Tanner, “Extracts From Letters,” Salt Lake City Messenger, no. 90, May 1996, 19.

