Letter For My Wife

by Anonymous

The “Letter for my Wife” was written by an anonymous husband in the LDS faith (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; colloquially “mormonism”). The author wrote this letter to express concerns about church history and lovingly share his knowledge with his partner. In this book, the author explores endless research on the church using both LDS and non LDS sources. The book is available online for free on the book’s website: letterformywife.com .

Genres: Mormonism, Nonfiction, Lds

151 pages, Unbound

Published January 1, 2017

About the author

Books can be attributed to "Anonymous" for several reasons:

* They are officially published under that name
* They are traditional stories not attributed to a specific author
* They are religious texts not generally attributed to a specific author

Books whose authorship is merely uncertain should be attributed to Unknown.

See also: Anonymous

Reviews

[♥Milica♥ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh, this is a must read!!! There are so many sources and a bunch of topics covered in only 150ish pages, amazing. My favourite chapter is the one on freemasonry, but all of them are so well researched, I'll definitely be rereading this multiple times.

The book is free online and you can both read it as a PDF or download the mp3 audio, I recommend you do both and listen to the audio as you follow along with the pdf.

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This letter was written by an LDS man to his wife about his questions about the church and the facts he found from LDS and non-LDS scholars about a myriad of topics such as The Book of Abraham translation, polygamy, DNA of Native Americans and how that relates to the Book of Mormon Lamanites, etc.

It's free to read on letterformywife.com

[Kira · Rating 5 out of 5]

Essential read for anyone in the church, questioning the church, or investigating. It can be found at letterformywife.com . It was more in-depth and informative than the CES letter, with a slightly sweeter tone as it is addressed to a spouse; I would argue both are important sources to start, then maybe explore some of the footnotes and citations to further explore and come to deeper understanding. I’m always surprised at how much invalid information Ive believed about historical timelines and worlds geographical age, even after I had left. Needless to say it was interesting to analyze some of the scientific (biology, geology, archaeology, history) perspective that overwhelmingly disprove a lot of beliefs I was raised on. But mostly, I was surprised by the number of for-profit/real estate business that the church funds (not related to humanitarian or religious causes).The economic aspect of the church was always so fuzzy and it didn’t make so much sense, but assessing landownership, urban development, and corporate investment helps to fill some of the gaps. Well written with many sources to cross reference, both from non LDS & LDS sources/institutions.

[David Chamlee · Rating 5 out of 5]

As one who has left the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this short piece puts into words many of the feelings and questions that led me to that decision.

[Carla "Kar" Schmidt Holloway · Rating 4 out of 5]

This really is a great, thorough assessment of the problems in Mormonism's truth claims.

I'm concerned about the section where the author is using the typical "gotcha" out-of-context Jewish scriptures to demonstrate that Christians shouldn't be expected to follow "Old Testament" legal requirements about tithing. This is an argument that is obviously not unique to this letter, but it does a disservice to Judaism and to Jewish scripture to use them as trump card against Christian (Mormon or non-Mormon) interpretations of those texts.

[Clint · Rating 1 out of 5]

Hard to get behind this book with an author that remains anonymous. The CES Letter is packaged to manipulate and is based on false context or pretense presented by the author. The Jeremy R (author of CES Letter) was an avowed atheist prior to creating the CES Letter and pretending to be an earnest believer troubled by "historical discoveries." For a "truth-telling" exposé about the LDS Church to be based on a fundamental lie seems ironic. This Letter To My Wife smacks of the same approach.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a good high level summary of the most pressing hard church history items for the Mormon church. It's written in such a way that it is accessible and logical and gives lots of sources. It is not as long or as thorough as the CES letter, but is a pretty good starting point for those who wanted to dive into the hard issues within LDS Church History.

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

What an amount of work went into this! A fascinating look at the difference between truth and fiction, and how something as utterly unbelievable as the LDS faith survives in modern times.

[Chase Brandon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you!

[Brenna Jarrett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfect. Just perfect. This book is a must read for any current or exmormons

[Michaela]

"At what point do partial truths become lies?"

[Valerie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Extremely well-researched and articulated. After all these years, I'm still learning what I didn't know. I recommend the audio.