Why I Left
Richard Packham
I left the Mormon church in 1958, when I was 25 years old.
That was a long time ago: David O. McKay was the prophet, seer and revelator. There were only eight temples, and none of them owned a movie projector. Every ward had its own meeting house, Sunday school was at 10:30 a.m, and sacrament meeting was at 7:00 p.m. There were no black people in the church (at least none were visible).
Troubling Church Issues by Louis Wagner
Leaving the church
This is primarily a compilation of brainstorming thoughts on why I don’t believe the Mormon church to be true or right, etc. Much of this was determined AFTER I left the church in mind and body. It also includes my story of why I left the church. It is not a dramatic story by any stretch of the imagination. But the story is something I feel is important to the conclusions I reached after leaving the church.
Natalie R. Collins - Trapped by the Mormons
From Natalie Collins' web site at http://www.nataliercollins.com/.
In 1922 the film world gave us one of their many takes on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with a funny little film called Trapped by the Mormons. This 95-minute silent movie told the story of unsuspecting young women who were lured into polygamy by the evil followers of Joseph Smith, Jr.
The film, which I'm pretty sure no one took too seriously, features a missionary with flashing eyes who hypnotized young maidens from Great Britain to drag back to his harem in the "Temple of Salt by the waters of the Great Salt Lake."
