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A FairMormon Analysis of "A Letter to a CES Director: Why I Lost My Testimony"
"Spreading the word" and media response to the CES Letter
Vandalism of a CES flyer on a ward bulletin board by a "CES Letter" supporter. (click to enlarge)[1]
An ex-Mormon leaves the CES Letter on a public library computer: "Left a Present for Missionaries at Public Library. I've done my good for the day. Any one think they'll click to read 'Mormon Letter.pdf,' which is just the CES Letter? (smiles)" [2]
Ex-Mormon proponents of what is commonly referred to as the "CES Letter" use a variety of methods to "get the word out" to those whom they wish to deconvert. Fans of the letter scrawl its web address on flyers posted in Church buildings, and leave copies of the letter on public library computers. In April 2014, an anonymous sender and former student emailed the "Letter to a CES Director" to students at the LDS Business College in Salt Lake City. Peggy Fletcher Stack of the Salt Lake Tribune notes:
A spam email with an attachment that discusses concerns with Mormon teachings was sent Tuesday to LDS Business College students. The email was addressed to hundreds enrolled at the church-owned college in downtown Salt Lake City, according to one student who received it. The email — which was not from a school account — listed the sender as LDSBC Important.
The email says, "Dear students, Please read the attached file. It contains important information pertaining to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. If you have any questions, please feel [sic] to respond. Thank You!"
The attachment is "Letter to a CES Director, Why I Lost My Testimony," by Jeremy Runnells, a sixth-generation Mormon and returned missionary who wrote the piece after experiencing a crisis of faith. The document was published online in April 2013 and updated in February.
("Anti-Mormon spam email targets LDS Business College students," Salt Lake Tribune (Apr 30, 2014)) off-site
Meanwhile, the originator of the email bragged of his accomplishment on the ex-Mormon subreddit:
Hey guys! So I received an email from LDSBC that went out to students (I am a former student) and they forgot to Bcc the recipients. I decided to take advantage of the opportunity to email the CES letter to all the recipients. I wrote a simple email, titles [sic] "Truth Never Lost Grounds to Inquiry" and simply asked in the email for them to read the attached document which had important information pertaining to the LDS church. I didn't send a rant, I didn't attack their beliefs... I just said read it. And then I said respond with questions. Well, we will see where this goes!
(Comment posted to ex-Mormon subreddit in thread "I just emailed 1,000+ LDSBC students the CES letter!" by "livelife2thefullest" on April 30, 2014)
Notes
- ↑ Original at http://i.imgur.com/h0S2rg6.jpg
- ↑ Posted on Recovery from Mormonism by "abcracadabra," July 02, 2014 03:56PM. Original full image at http://postimg.org/image/hpy91wi0f/