by Dan Wees | May 31, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Trigger reasons for apostasy from ‘Zelph on the Shelf’… “I was always a skeptic, even as a child. But the fear of demonic possession and the devil kept me mostly believing. Once I got over the fear of reading ‘anti’ material, the Book of Abraham, and...
by Dan Wees | May 31, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Trigger reasons for apostasy from ‘Zelph on the Shelf’… “I read ‘Early Mormonism and the Magic World View’ about a decade ago. It was recommended to me by a TBM [True-Believing-Mormon] friend who read it. He said to me at the time, ‘Make sure your...
by Dan Wees | May 30, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Trigger reasons for apostasy from ‘Zelph on the Shelf’… “I started to question the church about the 4th or 5th time I heard a talk about how ‘families can be together forever.’ My father never came to church, but he is the best man I know. I couldn’t...
by Dan Wees | May 30, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Trigger reasons for apostasy from ‘Zelph on the Shelf’… “I was a missionary at a time when the internet was off limits. Still, the members of my district would go to the college in our area to email or, I’m not really sure what they were doing. I...
by Dan Wees | May 30, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Trigger reasons for apostasy from ‘Zelph on the Shelf’… “When I was 14 my buddy and I led a dumb youthful rebellion against a decision to send us to a certain scout camp. It was pretty insignificant – we typed up some ‘anonymous’ critical letters and...
by Dan Wees | May 30, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Trigger reasons for apostasy from ‘Zelph on the Shelf’… “Rock in a hat and Polyandry is what brought me out. But when I really think about it, I think the first little crack that I didn’t even know was a crack at the time was simple – when I stumbled...
