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| This is one of a series of web pages I created between 2001and 2006. I was angry and frustrated at the LDS Church. Since then I have moved on and calmed down. So please remember, if you read these pages, that they reflect my past and not my present feelings. Thanks for your understanding! - Chris Tolworthy |
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I spent 34 years as a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I served a mission, spent four years as branch president, and made web sites and published books supporting the church. I tried to believe, but eventually the facts became too unpleasant.
This web site probably comes across as angry. I am sorry, it is not meant to sound angry. But when I think of how I used to believe that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God, then I am angry that I was lied to. And I am angry that I passed those lies onto others. And when I think of my loved ones in the church, and of my children (those who still attend the Mormon church), I find it hard to be neutral.
Have I gone too far? Should I be more gentle and sympathetic to the church? Judge for yourself.
Joseph Smith pressured married women and children into having sex with him, then he lied about it.
The church spends millions of dollars attacking gays and lesbians
Church President Gordon B. Hinckley looks like a good man, but tells many lies
Ten ways the church harms your children (if you bring them up in the church)
One day you will look back on Mormonism and wonder, How could I have believed that stuff?
