TEDS Tanner Lectures
February 11, 1988
Contents:
Introduction and Personal Journey
Mormon Family Background
Resources on Leaving Mormonism
Upbringing and Pioneer Stories
Parents’ Mormon Roots and Move to California
Struggles as a Mormon Minority
Realizing Faith Differences
Friendship with a Jewish Girl
Encounter with a Christian Classmate
Mormon Seminary Experience
Studying With Jehovah’s Witnesses
Questions About Elohim and Jehovah
Mother’s Doubts and Research
First Church Service Experience
College and Mormon Institute
Meeting Jerald Tanner
Investigating Mormonism’s Problems
Conversion to Christianity
Letting Go of the Book of Mormon
Sharing Research with Family