Jeremy Runnells states in the CES Letter conclusion that it is delusion to continue affiliating with the Church in light of all the "problematic challenges."

Date
Oct 2017
Type
Book
Source
Jeremy Runnells
Resigned
Critic
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

Jeremy Runnells, CES Letter: My Search for Answers to my Mormon Doubts, self-published online, 2017

Scribe/Publisher
Jeremy Runnells
People
Jeremy Runnells
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

I’m told to put these foundational problems on the shelf and wait until I die to get answers? To stop looking at the Church intellectually even though the “glory of God is intelligence 8”? Ignore and have faith anyway?

I’m sorry, but faith is believing and hoping when there is little evidence for or against something. Delusion is believing when there is an abundance of evidence against something. To me, it is absolute insanity to bet my life, my precious time, my money, my heart, and my mind on an organization that has so many serious problematic challenges to its foundational truth claims.

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.

The past year was the worst year of my life. I experienced a betrayal, loss, and sadness unlike anything I’ve ever known. “Do what is right; let the consequence follow 9” now holds a completely different meaning for me. I desperately searched for answers to all of the problems. To me, the answer eventually came but it was not what I expected...or hoped for.

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