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A crítica do mormonismo/Documentos online/Carta a um Diretor SEI
A Análise FairMormon de "Carta a um Director SEI: Por que perdi meu Testemunho"
Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesyings. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
—1 Thess. 5:19-21
A FairMormon Análise de: Carta a um Director SEI Uma obra de autor: Jeremy Runnells
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Overview
The "Letter to a CES Director: Why I Lost My Testimony" is an online document which is critical of Latter-day Saint truth claims. The document is comprised of a list of issues that the author states caused him to lose his testimony, and it is hosted on a number of websites which are critical of the Church. [1] The author states that he is "a disaffected member who lost his testimony so it’s no secret which side I’m on at the moment. All this information is a result of over a year of intense research and an absolute rabid obsession with Joseph Smith and Church history. With this said, I’d be pretty arrogant and ignorant to say that I have all the information and that you don’t have answers."
A long list of issues follows. The author ultimately concludes that "There are just way too many problems. We’re not just talking about one issue here. We’re talking about dozens of serious issues that undermine the very foundation of the LDS Church and its truth claims."
FairMormon's response
In developing our response, our primary intended audience is not necessarily the author of the Letter nor his associates, but rather those individuals, perhaps faithful Latter-day Saints, perhaps questioning, perhaps once-faithful but now sincerely doubting, who may have come across this Letter and been troubled by its contents. We respond here to the original version of the letter that was actually sent to the CES director and posted on FutureMissionary.com. The author has since made some corrections based upon this analysis and posted an apologetic in defense of his position at www dot cesletter dot com/debunking-fairmormon/ We will continue to add new responses to periodic updates to our responses to various revisions of the Letter and other associated documents such as "Debunking FairMormon."
Detailed responses by section are found in linked subarticles below
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Endnotes
- ↑ The PDF version of the letter is located at http://cesletter.com/. A response to FairMormon's initial response is located at http://www.cesletter.com/debunking-fairmormon/ FairMormon's standing policy is not to link to critical websites. To view these sites, copy and paste the links into your browser.