I recently stopped attending the Mormon (LDS) church due to several factors. It all started with this:
Believing in Christ from a very young age most people are wrought with the question, "Which sect is the right one?" While this is a fine question it is not the question that many of us should be asking. This question being, "Was/Is Jesus Christ real?" While this question may make some feel squeamish, uneasy, or even insulted, we are so ingrained with the idea of just accepting it as fact.
This question for me was brought on by a movie called "Zeitgeist" which shows the parallels between Jesus and the Egyptian god Horus. It also brings up another point that I found extremely fascinating. There is only ONE historical reference of Jesus outside of the New Testament. And this single reference has been declared false and doctored due the the way it is integrated into the text.
Anyway. After doing a little questioning about Jesus, the wife and I did some research of our own about the church. We found so many things that are in the church records but are never told to their members or in my case, being a convert, to those who are joining the church.
It is getting late so I will add more specifics later.
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that movie was pretty significant for me too. i don't buy everything about it, but it's the only thing i've ever seen that made pause for even a moment about the circumstances of 9/11. i guess i can be considered a 9/11 conspiracist now. sigh.
i wish you two lived close to us. we could use friends like you.
Another movie you can check out if you want to hear more about the 9/11 conspiracy is "Loose Change" which can be watched through Google at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7866929448192753501
i did see that one. i didn't like it nearly as much; the research was poor and it sounded much more shrill and desperate. but zeitgeist was amazing. it made me wish i'd paid more attention when steven jones was fired rather than making excuses for "the lord's university."
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