I am amazed to learn that, according to these unofficial apologists, translate doesn't really mean translate, horses aren't really horses (they're tapirs ), chariots aren’t really chariots (since tapirs can’t pull chariots without wheels ), steel isn't really steel, the Hill Cumorah isn't really in New York (it's possibly in Mesoamerica), Lamanites aren't really the principal ancestors of the Native American Indians, marriage isn't really marriage (if they're Joseph's plural marriages? – Daniel Peterson, “Some Reflections on that Letter to a CES Director,” August 8, 2014, Well, I’m here to tell you that Daniel Peterson was wrong. Jeremy Runnells was offered an opportunity to discuss his own doubts with a director of the Church Educational System (CES) and was assured that his doubts could be resolved. FairMormon comes closest – they have devoted considerable resources to responding to it, except the presentation is somewhat disjointed. And I’m supposed to believe with a straight face that Joseph using a rock in a hat is legit? CES Letter. A purported ancient text? You’re going to see a lot more on this subject in the coming days. CES Letter is one Latter-Day Saint's honest quest to get official answers from the LDS Church on its troubling origins, history, and practices. Do not use “CES Letter” or “Letter to a CES Director” or imply that it’s a sequel (example: CES Letter – Part 2) in your new paper. If you right-click on it, you can choose to download it directly to your own computer. This is a guest post written by Justin, a blogger at Secular-Reality.com. Runnells has worked hard […] frequently quote from it as the authoritative source for orthodox ex-Mormon positions. It is my hope that you're going to have better answers than many of those given by unofficial apologists such as FairMormon and the Neal A. Maxwell Institute (formerly FARMS). The following issues are among my main concerns. Jeremy was born into a Mormon family and served a two-year mission in New York when he turned 19. I experienced a betrayal, loss, and sadness unlike anything I’ve ever known. If the Church is true, its history and teachings can withstand scrutiny. It’s been hosted over at Canonizer.com as part of the new Latter-day Saint Survey Project. I've decided to put down in writing just about all the major concerns that I have. The biggest and most substantial change in CES Letter 2.0 is the tone. Its 90 pages of quick and dirty objections would take 500 pages to respond to, and probably wouldn’t do much good, so, never mind. According to the announcement on his website, Jeremy was contacted by his Stake leader on January 25th at which time he was asked to meet about his Church membership. How am I supposed to feel about learning about these disturbing facts at 31-years-old? The CES Letter is one of the greatest things that has ever happened to the LDS church, and they don’t even realize it. Jeremy went to work and began to collect and summarize the many problems he discovered during his research. When I first read the CES Letter, I realized that I had already written a number of things about many of the subjects, so I started cutting and pasting responses, which deluded me into thinking I could pull this thing off without much effort. I can understand why a normal person confronted by that would say, “Well, you know, I’ve got a life. Despite this being the exact same method he used to con people out of their money during his treasure hunting days? Mormonism, as it is called, must stand or fall on the story of Joseph Smith. I’m told to put these foundational problems on the shelf and wait until I die to get answers? I’m supposed to believe that these men who have been wrong about so many important things and who have not prophesied, “seered,” or revealed much in the last 170 or so years are to be sustained as “prophets, seers, and revelators”? Jeremy joins a growing list of high-profile Mormon critics who have faced Church discipline (Kate Kelly, John Dehlin, Rock Waterman, Marisa & Carson Calderwood) in recent years. But now I have become a man, I thought it would be helpful if someone like the CES director to whom the letter was directed had actually replied in a comprehensive conversation rather than through a piecemeal series of encyclopedia entries. Noah’s ark and the global flood are literal events?
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