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July 2003
Wow!!! You guys must really be making a killing bashing some religion. Can i write a book and get in on it.
July 2003
I have, on many occasions, witnessed to Mormons with some of the same critical, blaming, and at times, downright offensive results that you yourselves have received. They are desperate people, seeking what Christians possess. Keep up the good work regardless of the reaction. Jesus would have it no other way. Thank you for your ministry.
July 2003
I just wonder what it will be like for you on your judgement day with all that has been said on this site!
July 2003
. . . firstly, thank you so much for posting everything you do on line – I rely on the internet to answer most questions I have and my life would have been completely taken over by the LDS church had it not been for your material.
July 2003
Thank you so much for all the research that you and your husband have done. . . . my favorite is Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book Of Mormon [Now incorporated in Joseph Smith’s Plagiarism of the Bible]. I wanted to thank you for writing it. After studying Mormonism and witnessing to Mormons for over 19 years, this book has really impressed me more than any other that the BOM was a fraud.
July 2003
I find it sad and depressing that you feel united not for something, but against something. . . . I KNOW that the Church of Jesus Christ is the ONLY true church, I KNOW Joseph Smith is the prophet of God, and I also KNOW that God would never leave us, that is why he sent us the latter day prophets. . .
Aug. 2003
I grew up Mormon here in Texas. I have been away from the Mormon church now for about 8 years. I just however, sent in a letter to the bishop to get off the church records. My parents were devastated. We’re still talking though. . . . My husband and I are believing and praying for a absolute miracle from God to free my family for the deception of Mormonism. . . . Thank you for all your hard work and for doing it in a loving, Christlike way
Aug. 2003
If you have questions about my church why don’t you ask instead of twisting the truth? . . . I know my church is true 150% it makes sense. I know I have Heavenly parents who love me and want the best for me. I KNOW THAT!!!
Aug. 2003
Beginning in 1978 the Lord led us to your publications. My wife and I had begun to study the Mormon church in depth, seeking answers to doctrinal questions originating in our examination of the Lectures on Faith, . . . . “The Changing World of Mormonism,” and then “Mormonism: Shadow or Reality” soon became essentials in our search to know the truth of Mormonism, revealing raw and little known details about Mormonism drawn from Mormon sources that we would never otherwise have encountered, even after entire lifetimes as Mormons. . . . The Lord strengthened us to leave the Mormon church, together with our entire family, and we’ve thanked Him every day since for setting us free through believing faith in Him and His Way, His Truth, and His Life, as He is set forward Biblically.
Aug. 2003
You are some seriously disturbed individuals. I don’t know what happened to you and after reading all the lies you have purpotrated on the Mormon faith, I really don’t care. . . . Your site only serves to strengthen my belifs in my faith. I KNOW the gospil is true.
Sept. 2003
First, thank-you for the incredible focus and drive. . . . Twelve years after I discovered the truth about Mormonism, I am still floored that one, gifted orator and a few cohorts could spin a lie that has lived so long and grown so big.
Even more shocking is that most of the people I know and love are Mormon, and I can never seem to get over the depth of the indoctrination or the complete irrationality that arises if engaged in civil discourse regarding the history of the church.
Sept. 2003
Just wanted to tell you that I appreciate your website, I have had a chance to read a great deal over the last week or so and I really value the research . . . I am currently leaving the Mormon church as I have finally quit blindly accepting everything and started researching the questions that I have had for years. Over the last couple of months I have found out that my suspicions were correct and that the church as we know it is, for lack of a better word, a Scam.
Sept. 2003
I just came across your website for the first time today. In the past years I have done my own research on the LDS faith, and nothing I found compares to the information you have on your website. I find it thoroughly researched and informative to read. Keep up the good work.
Sept. 2003
I have read many of the letters to the editors and there seems to be a prevalent theme among them by members of the Church. That being “if I don’t know about it, it must not be true”. They expect to argue with you and yet have not taken the time to see the GLARING contradictions and changes that have taken place. It is easy to bare testimony that Joseph Smith was a prophet and that he restored the true church of Christ when you have not read statements by his own pen contradicting what we have today, when you have not seen the changes made to the Doctrine and Covenants that can bring a person only to one conclusion.
That conclusion being that if you give anyone enough time, and enough chances to change their stories, eventually it will become a great story. . . I have the Gospel Link program and have kept your site in check by checking references (where available) and have found your research to be impeccable.
Oct. 2003
Thanks for your ongoing work to expose the truth. It amazes me that so many people will turn a blind eye, after all the facts have been laid out before them. They continue to walk in darkness and curse the light. We all need to remember to never put our trust in man, but instead to place our trust in the Lord. . . . They continue to exchange the truth for a lie; choosing to believe a man made organization and a false prophet over God.
Oct. 2003
Dear Mr. & Mrs. Tanner,
I would like to commend you on your dedication to shining the light in the dark places. . . . I want to thank you also for your dedication on a personal level since the materials you have produced over the years are directly responsible for my leaving Mormonism and educating as many people as I can about the “Church”. Had your book The Changing World of Mormonism not fallen into my hands, I would probably still be trapped in the web spun by the Church. I am eternally grateful to you both and look forward to the day in Heaven when I can meet you in person . . . and thank you face-to-face.
Oct. 2003
I was active LDS for 30 years, including the mission thing and the other “must dos.” Lots of serious research convinced me it just wasn’t true. Just thought I’d share with you a comment my former LDS wife made during an attempted discussion about our belief differences and a last-ditch effort at reconciliation. She looked at me and said. “I don’t WANT to know what you know. It might change who I am.” So much for integrity . . . either intellectual or spiritual. Mormons are wonderful people, but they are not (as a group) noted for their craving of “truth at all costs.”
Oct. 2003
I find it interesting that so many mormon defenders base part (if not all) of their testimony on the fact that there are millions of mormons. What!? On judgement day is God going to count the number of members in each religion, declare the one with the most members the truth and reject the others?
Oct. 2003
I just now finished perusing your website. . . . It is a well-organized, easy-to-navigate site. Sadly, it is full to the brim with false doctrine and slander. Although I did not feel it was an overly vindictive or malicious site, which seems to be the general M.O. of anti-Mormon organizations, it still preaches falsehoods. . . . Truly, your site has strengthened my testimony of Joseph Smith and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (see JS-H 1:33).
Oct. 2003
I just found the disturbing truth about the church aprox. a month ago. I want you to know you are in our prayers and we hope we can someday help you in your mission. We have made a personal decision to wage our own personal war against the lies. We will show the truth to whoever will listen (and even those who don’t) regardless of how many friends we loose or what the church tries to do to us.
Nov. 2003
Shame on you! Why don’t you spend your efforts promoting a religion of your choice instead of wasting time picking ours apart?
Nov. 2003
In 1998 I returned from my LDS mission . . . I had been skeptical of the veracity of church history and church doctrine from the age of 17, but accepted my “call to serve” anyway, hoping I’d “receive a testimony.” Well, I never did, despite endless praying, fasting, and obeying. Upon my return home, I began a very intense study of church history and doctrines, and with the help of several organizations, including Utah Lighthouse Ministry, have successfully liberated my mind from the clutches of a “church” that refuses to follow the principle of honesty in regards to its own controversial past. . . . I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your well-documented research. Such a wealth of information has been very instrumental in my transition to a life free of mind-control.
Dec. 2003
I came across your website quite by accident, my biggest concern is that you are persecuting mormons and its not fair
Jan. 2004
As a person who was raised in a Christian home, but later fell into the trap of Mormonism, I am very thankful for you and the true information that you provide for others. I do not wish to ‘bash’ the Mormons, in fact, I am very prayerful for them. My husband and I have just recently been born again, and for the first time in our lives, we are seeing the whole picture of how the Mormon people are blinded by the twisted, half and complete untruths that they are taught.
Jan. 2004
On Tuesday, January 20, 2004, it will be one year since my name was removed from the records of the LDS church. I thank God everyday that I was able to find the strength and courage to be a true Christian and to recognize that I am truly one of His children. Thank you so much for your amazing resources! You provided much of the information that allowed me to make my decision.
Jan. 2004
First, let me say how wonderful your ministry is! I have come a long way in my search for truth, since leaving the church. I grew up a Mormon, and when I finally left home, I began to research for myself all about the church. My mother gave me your book . . . Shadow or Reality . . . and I use it all the time.
Feb. 2004
I do believe that you need to re-read the Book of Mormon for yourselves and pray sincerely about its truthfulness. I am an LDS member and can testify to you that this church is the one and only true church on the earth today, with all of the correct and proper principals of God’s church in ancient days. The structure of the church is even still the same as it was then, having a true prophet of the Lord lead us.
Feb. 2004
I was a mormon for 12 years. I converted when I was 18. I married a returned missionary in the temple . . . Seeds of doubt were planted in me shortly after joining the church but, it was 12 years later, at a woman’s conference that I realized the mistake I had made. I cannot remember the exact point the speaker was trying to make, just the sick feeling I had when I knew what I had lost over the last 12 years . . . I am now enjoying a close, intimate, relationship with God.
Mar. 2004
Hello, I just wanted to contact you and thank you for the work you are doing. I am a new Christian having left the LDS faith last July. I am in the process of having my name removed from their records. My entire family has followed me (and in some cases lead me) to do this and we are much happier now.
Mar. 2004
i dont know what is wrong with you people, you spend all your time trying to find bad in everyone elses faith. joseph smith had many prophecy’s about decievers in the last days. he is a true prophet and one day you will awake and see. dont waste our time and yours.
Mar. 2004
I was a member of the LDS church for over 20 years, temple endowed, the works. To make a very long story short God revealed himself to me and I am now a born again Christian.
Mar. 2004
your quotes are intended to mislead those who you know don’t take the time to look them up or who you know do not have access to LDS materials. your quotes are copy pasted and hacked from one page to another and you know they are. only you know why you do it. to make a living, but why else? truly, i pity your fate. you are true enemies to the kingdom of God and you know you are.
Originally appeared in:
“Extracts From Letters and Emails,” Salt Lake City Messenger, no. 102, May 2004, 17-19.