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I am a recently resigned member of the LDS church, and I was able to take my wife and five children with me. I am a 6th generation former Mormon, and your ceaseless efforts to expose the fraud of Mormonism has helped me more than you can know.

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I am extremely offended by your website and all your work. . . . Are you that insecure in your own religion that you have to tear ours down with lies and slander?

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I have been an LDS convert for 30 years but, I have been studying the scriptures with an open heart and mind and I am aware of the many discrepancies with the Bible and many of Joseph Smith’s teaching. I have most recently been reading Romans in detail and have a much better understanding of faith and the saving grace of the Savior.

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It never ceases to amaze me how offended one can get and the lengths that they can go to to justify their guilt. What was it that made you leave the church anyway? Now be honest, what was it really? Were you immoral and had to go through the church disciplinary system, and it made you really mad? Or, did someone offend you and you have now taken on a vendetta to destroy anyone else who is associated with that religion who, supposedly, so willingly destroyed your pride?

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I will never forget how much the two of you helped me when I first became a Christian. . . . It was also a blessing to have worked with Jerald at the Rescue Mission.

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[From an LDS researcher]:

I barely knew Jerald, but I had tremendous respect for his integrity . . . I also recall years ago you and Jerald being so kind as to allow me to attend services at your church . . . where Jerald was an elder . . . I truly enjoyed those services . . . It is unfortunate that so many people knew of Jerald only as a hated anti-Mormon, not realizing the valid and energizing role he played in sparking a deep, meaningful discussion of Mormon history.

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I was an L.D.S. member for 35 years, but could no longer accept their version of the truth in their doctrines. When I was a member I was warned about the Tanner’s that they were anti-Mormon. I have come to find out the Tanners are just good people who wish for others to come to know the truth.

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You don’t have a PhD. in history or a degree in English. You’re just saleswomen trying to make money selling books that have no value at all.

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Your publications and books helped me a great deal after I learned for myself that Joseph Smith was not a prophet of God or divine. My first thought that day was anger and betrayal, followed by tremendous sorrow for all the years I had lost and for all my ancestors who lived and died in Mormonism. I grieved for them as well as for myself. For about 10 seconds I entertained the thought of taking the “easy Way” which was to say nothing and just go on as usual, pretending to believe. It just took those few seconds to realize for certain I could never be untrue to myself, no matter what the cost.

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I have to thank Jerald and yourself Sandra for helping me learn how to see false doctrine. When I left the Mormon Church I really had a hard time believing anything and if your ministry did not help me see truth I would have been a bitter person.

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I am a former Mormon (this marks my second year), a grandmother, and mother of 6. . . . Your publications and books helped me a great deal after I learned for myself that Joseph Smith was not a prophet of God or divine. My first thought that day was anger and betrayal, followed by tremendous sorrow for all the years I had lost . . . But the joy in Christ takes away the sting, and we have moved on.

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I left [Mormonism] about 16 years or so ago . . . I always had a lot of questions ever since childhood. . . . The “brainwashing” they do on people from childhood is truly hard to overcome, even when intellectually one side of you knows their claims are entirely bogus, . . . I really admire you and your husband for . . . standing firm for what you know to be the truth no matter what.

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We . . . will always be thankful that we knew Jerald as a friend. . . . Our approach to ministry, especially the ministry in Utah, was deeply imprinted with principles of kindness and respect that Jerald always demonstrated.

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