2013-2016:

When Jeremy wrote the letter to the CES Director in April 2013, it was from a place of desperation and from feeling upset about learning about the LDS Church’s truth crisis. It was not written for the public but was written as a private letter between Jeremy and the CES Director to seek answers to his questions.

The purpose of the CES Letter from 2013 – 2016 was one thing: to get official answers from the LDS Church – through official Church channels – to questions about the LDS Church’s truth claims problems.

The CES Director and the Church “answered” through silence, intimidation, and ultimately threats of excommunication. This came to a head in April 2016 when Jeremy excommunicated the LDS Church from his life during his kangaroo court (www.cesletter.org/resign).

After years of seeking answers, Jeremy finally got his answer from the LDS Church:

The LDS Church does not have answers to its truth crisis. The LDS Church is a man-made institution and its foundational truth claims completely collapse under the weight of scrutiny and investigation. The LDS Church is not only not true but they will aggressively seek to censor, intimidate, and excommunicate you if you persist in asking the questions they do not like being asked.

2017 Onward:

The purpose of the CES Letter is no longer about getting answers from the LDS Church as the LDS Church gave its answer.

The purpose of the CES Letter now is to be an effective resource for honest Latter-day Saints and investigators to quickly – within hours and days – get a baseline of what the LDS Church does not want its members and investigators to know about its truth crisis.

It’s a quick guide and high level overview on some of the biggest threats to the LDS Church’s foundational truth claims and a starting point for many to initiate deeper research into the various issues and problems.

It is with this new focus and mission of effectiveness that CES Letter 2.0 is launched.