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Why Would Scholars Leave Mormonism? Interview with Author Corey Miller

by Sean McDowell

Corey Miller is the president of Ratio Christi, an organization that brings apologetics to the university campus. He was also a classmate of mine in the Philosophy program at Talbot Theological Seminary. As a former Mormon, Corey has a special interest in reaching people in the LDS church. He has compiled a fascinating and unique book called Leaving Mormonism: Why Four Scholars Changed Their Minds. I had the chance to endorse this book and highly recommend it. If you are interested in reaching out to the Mormon community, this book is a must-read.

Check out this brief interview, and then I hope you will consider getting a copy of his excellent book:

SEAN MCDOWELL: Corey, you are a Christian leader but grew up in the LDS church. What caused you to leave Mormonism?

COREY MILLER: I was invited by a friend to spend the summer in California with his family on the condition that I attend a one-week summer camp at Hume Lake Christian Camp. I had a religion and certainly wasn’t looking forward to the camp for religious reasons, but I overlooked it because I could spend the rest of the summer at the California beaches.

The camp speaker preached on hell and literally scared the hell out of me and heaven came right into me. I’d never thought about the reality of hell much in Mormonism and it created in me an urgent need for grace, yet another concept which I never greatly appreciated until then in light of Mormonism’s near universalist focus. Hell isn’t a serious concept in Mormonism. It made me think seriously about sin in general and my sin in particular. I became immediately aware of my utter sinfulness and need for a savior. Christ’s death became very meaningful to me like never before.

Simultaneous with the message, I also saw the love of Christ, not religion, in people unlike any time in the past. This was intensely attractive. I was invited by that family to return to California for my junior year of high school and be discipled within the church I went to camp with. It was one of the most seminal years of my life.

MCDOWELL: What motivated you to write Leaving Mormonism: Why four Scholars Changed their Minds?

MILLER: Many years ago I saw a vacancy in the literature relative to Mormonism and Christianity, even by those writing at the highest level yet lacking some important element. I knew that I could be one among others to fill that vacancy if and when I would obtain a PhD.

There are many who write as post-Mormons against Mormonism but who are not Christian. There are many who write as Christian scholars who lack background insight as a former Mormon insider. There are many who write both from a Mormon background and are now Christian, but not writing with the highest of academic credentials, an arena where dialogue is now taking place. I knew that originality in publishing would create space and there was an important place in the dialogue that should be filled by those who were former Mormon, current Evangelical, and possess the highest academic credentials.

When completion of my PhD was near, I searched for contributing authors who met this three-fold criteria and discovered only six in the world, four of whom agreed to join the project…

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Leaving Mormonism: New Book from Ratio Christi President Dr. Corey Miller

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Leaving Mormonism: New Book from Ratio Christi President Dr. Corey Miller

By Chris Van Allsburg

Many of my family and friends are still Mormon. I love them dearly; I love the Mormon people.  In fact, Mormonism has been in my family since 1836. My great, great, great grandfather was Joseph Smith's personal body guard! But, I left Mormonism. Why? As President of the fastest-growing campus ministry in the United States, and as an adjunct professor of philosophy and comparative religions at Indiana University, I am pleased to announce my new book, Leaving Mormonism: Why Four Scholars Changed their Minds. See a one minute video about the book here. 

This book features the personal stories and spiritual journeys of four scholars who, as former Mormon “insiders,” found Mormonism insufficient in meeting not only their intellectual questions, but their spiritual yearnings as well. The personal testimonies in this book, then, are far more than academic treatises. They are heartfelt autobiographies connecting the reader to the authors' personal lives. In addition to me, as one trained in philosophy and theology, other contributors include: my co-author, a former Brigham Young University (BYU) professor, a former BYU grad student with a PhD in biblical studies, and finally, an astrophysics professor from Utah State University.

What both religious leaders and scholarly reviewers are saying about this unique book is striking:

“I have never seen anything like it…. The book is fair, irenic, and inviting. This is now the first place to go for anyone who wants an honest, serious critique of Mormonism, along with an alternative to consider. I give it my top recommendation.” (Dr. JP Moreland, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy)

“As a Pastor in Utah we have a shortage of reliable resources that we can recommend without hesitation to those who are leaving Mormonism and making their way into Gospel Christianity. This is at the top of my list for that kind of resource.” (Dr. Paul Robie, Lead Pastor at largest church in Utah)

“The authors combine their authentic personal stories with scholarly analysis of critical issues and are not afraid to point out how evangelicals have sometimes failed to engage Mormons in a constructive manner.” (Dr. Robert Bowman Jr., Executive Director Institute for Religious Research)

“This will be the go-to book for those interested in Christian-Mormon dialogue for years to come.” (Dr. Paul Gould, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Christian Apologetics)

In this volume, we seek to help the reader understand that we are not anti-Mormon. Rather, we desire to lovingly, credibly, and honestly challenge Mormons who may or may not struggle with some of the same experiences or questions we did. Having all lived in Utah at one time or another, we take an honest look at Mormon theology and cultural experience, providing insight into sociological and psychological elements, as well as doctrinal and theological questions. We credit Mormonism in certain places and critique it in others.

Many Mormons who leave Mormonism now come to readily affiliate with the new atheism. We provide reasons for not feeling compelled to proverbially “throw the baby out with the bath water.” Jesus is the most amazing person with the most audacious claims, and who has had the single greatest impact on human history and in our lives personally. Our historical knowledge of him is incredibly strong and there is no reason that one should fail to consider his unique claims simply because one feels “burned by religion.” We are thinkers who believe in Jesus, and we are believers who think any reasonable person should believe in him as well. For personal interaction with the authors, join the Facebook Group Leaving Mormonism. For social media, use the hashtag #LeavingMormonism.

 

The article was originally posted on the Ratio Christi blog here.

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	Fatal Flaws: What Evolutionists Don't Want You to Know by Hank Hanegraaff $2.99 As more and more so-called experts challenge what the Bible says about the creation of man, we must take aim with straightforward, Christ-centered answers. Today's generation is bombarded with theories about humankind and its origins. In Fatal Flaws, now in paperback with a study guide included, Hank Hanegraaff keeps Christians from falling prey to corrupting scientific speculation about the origins of life and reminds us that we are God's creation. This common-sense approach puts the concept of evolution in the grasp of everyday Christians and reminds us that ultimately the key to our purpose in this life comes from understanding whose we are and who created us. ORDER YOUR COPY NOW >>> Fatal Flaws: What Evolutionists Don't Want You to Know onlyu $2.99!
	Resurrection: The Capstone in the Arch of Christianity by Hank Hanegraaff $2.99 In this definitive work, popular Christian apologist Hank Hanegraaff offers a detailed defense of the Resurrection, the singularly most important event in history and the foundation upon which Christianity is built. Using the acronym F.E.A.T., the author examines the four distinctive, factual evidences of Christ's resurrection-Fatal torment, Empty tomb, Appearances, and Transformation-making the case for each in a memorable way that believers can readily use in their own defense of the faith. ORDER YOUR COPY NOW >>> Resurrection: The Capstone in the Arch of Christianity only $2.99!
	Man, Myth, Messiah: Answering History's Greatest Question by Rice Broocks $1.99 The search for the historical Jesus continues to be headline news. Any speculative theory seems to get instant attention as the debate rages about His real identity and the claims made in His name. Did Jesus really exist? Is there real historical evidence that demonstrates that He lived and actually said and did the things the Gospels record? Is there any validity to the speculative claims that the Jesus story was a myth, borrowed from a variety of pagan cultures of the ancient world? Man, Myth, Messiah looks at the evidence for the historical Jesus and exposes the notions of skeptics that Jesus was a contrived figure of ancient mythology. It also looks at the reliability of the Gospel records as well as the evidence for the resurrection that validates His identity as the promised Messiah. Man, Myth, Messiah will be released concurrent to the God’s Not Dead movie sequel, which will cover the same theme. ORDER YOUR COPY NOW >>>   Man, Myth, Messiah: Answering History's Greatest Question only $1.99!
	Understanding the Faith: A Survey of Christian Apologetics by Jeff Myers $1.99 Does the Bible have authority in a world committed to relative truth? The understanding of absolute, objective truth has been largely lost. Spend just a few minutes discussing politics or religion and you’ll hear responses like, “There is no truth!” or “That may be true for you, but not for me.” Understanding the Faith dares to wade into the middle of the controversy. Summit Ministries’ half century of teaching, this first volume of the Understanding the Times Series is your definitive resource for deepening and defending your faith. It’s a required resource for every Christian’s bookshelf. ORDER YOUR COPY NOW >>> Understanding the Faith: A Survey of Christian Apologetics only $1.99!
	Understanding the Times: A Survey of Competing Worldviews by Jeff Myers & David A. Noebel $1.99 Understanding the Times offers a fascinating, comprehensive look at the how the tenets of the Christian worldview compares with the five major competing worldviews of our day: Islam, Secular Humanism, Marxism, New Age, and Postmodernism. Understanding the Times is a systematic way to understand the ideas that rule our world. While the material is expansive, the engaging, easy-to-understand writing style invites you to discover the truths of God – and our world. This classic should be on the shelf of every Christian home, on the desk of every pastor, and in the hands of every Christian student headed off to college. ORDER YOUR COPY NOW >>> Understanding the Times: A Survey of Competing Worldviews only $1.99!
	On Guard for Students: A Thinker's Guide to the Christian Faith by William Lane Craig $1.99 Do you wonder if God exists? Do you wonder if life even has any meaning at all? Do you wonder if Christian faith has answers to these and other difficult questions? An intelligent faith begins with hard questions. In On Guard for Students William Lane Craig tackles such questions with reason and precision. He invites you to join him on a quest for ultimate reality. This unique book takes you on an extraordinary journey of exploration as you probe for answers to life's deepest questions: why anything at all exists, the origin and fine-tuning of the universe, the nature of moral values and the reality of evil, the historical person of Jesus of Nazareth, and more! ORDER YOUR COPY NOW >>> On Guard for Students: A Thinker's Guide to the Christian Faith only $1.99!
	That's a Great Question: What to Say When Your Faith Is Questioned by Glenn Pearson $1.99 Is the Bible really true? How can I prove it? This book is especially helpful for newer Christians just coming to grips with the implications of the gospel in all areas of their lives. What do you say when someone at work asks you why the gospel stories differ? How do you answer your neighbor when she asks what you think about all those "errors" in the Bible? Glenn Pearson offers simple, accessible principles that provide any Christian with the tools he or she needs to confidently respond to skeptical inquiries. ORDER YOUR COPY NOW >>> That's a Great Question: What to Say When Your Faith Is Questioned only $1.99!

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	Escape from Reason by Francis Schaeffer $1.99 Truth used to be based on reason. No more. What we feel is now the truest source of reality. Despite our obsession with the emotive and the experiential, we still face anxiety, despair, and purposelessness. How did we get here? And where do we find a remedy? In this modern classic, Francis A. Schaeffer traces trends in twentieth-century thought and unpacks how key ideas have shaped our society. Wide-ranging in his analysis, Schaeffer examines philosophy, science, art and popular culture to identify dualism, fragmentation and the decline of reason. Schaeffer's work takes on a newfound relevance today in his prescient anticipation of the contemporary postmodern ethos. His critique demonstrates Christianity's promise for a new century, one in as much need as ever of purpose and hope. ORDER YOUR COPY NOW >>> Escape from Reason only $1.99!
	The Resurrection of the Son of God by N.T. Wright $4.99 This book, third in Wright's series Christian Origins and the Question of God, sketches a map of ancient beliefs about life after death, in both the Greco-Roman and Jewish worlds. It then highlights the fact that the early Christians' belief about the afterlife belonged firmly on the Jewish spectrum, while introducing several new mutations and sharper definitions. This, together with other features of early Christianity, forces the historian to read the Easter narratives in the gospels, not simply as late rationalizations of early Christian spirituality, but as accounts of two actual events: the empty tomb of Jesus and his "appearances." ORDER YOUR COPY NOW >>> The Resurrection of the Son of God only $4.99!
	No God but One: Allah or Jesus?: A Former Muslim Investigates the Evidence for Islam and Christianity by Nabeel Qureshi $3.99 No God but One: Allah or Jesus? addresses the most important questions at the interface of Islam and Christianity: How do the two religions differ? Are the differences significant? Can we be confident that either Christianity or Islam is true? And most important, is it worth sacrificing everything for the truth? Nabeel shares stories from his life and ministry, casts new light on current events, and explores pivotal incidents in the histories of both religions, providing a resource that is gripping and thought-provoking, respectful and challenging. Both Islam and Christianity teach that there is No God but One, but who deserves to be worshiped, Allah or Jesus? BONUS: This eBook includes downloadable videos and a Q&A with Nabeel Qureshi that are not found in the print edition.  ORDER YOUR COPY NOW >>> No God but One: Allah or Jesus?: A Former Muslim Investigates the Evidence for Islam and Christianity only $3.99!
	Pocket Handbook of Christian Apologetics by Peter Kreeft & Ronald K. Tacelli $2.99 "Be ready to give a reason for the hope that is in you," wrote the apostle Peter. That is what apologetics is all about. Here is a concise, informative guide for anyone looking for answers to questions of faith and reason. Peter Kreeft and Ronald K. Tacelli have condensed their popular Handbook of Christian Apologetics, summarizing the foremost arguments for major Christian teachings and offering compelling responses to the most common arguments put forward against Christianity. The Pocket Handbook of Christian Apologetics is the place to begin for people with questions about Christianity. ORDER YOUR COPY NOW >>> Pocket Handbook of Christian Apologetics only $2.99!
	Pascal's Wager: The Man Who Played Dice With God by James A. Conner $1.99 In a major biography of Blaise Pascal, James Connor explores both the intellectual giant whose theory of probability paved the way for modernity and the devout religious mystic who dared apply probability to faith. ORDER YOUR COPY NOW >>> Pascal's Wager: The Man Who Played Dice With God only $1.99!
	Amazing Truths: How Science and the Bible Agree by Michael Guillen $1.99 Are science and religion hopelessly at odds with one another in their view of truth?  Not if you read physicist Michael Guillen’s new book on truth, which shows that the two sources of truth, scientific and religious, are not opposed but in surprising agreement. ORDER YOUR COPY NOW >>> Amazing Truths: How Science and the Bible Agree only $1.99!
	My Final Word: Holding Tight to the Issues that Matter Most by Charles Colson $2.99 In My Final Word, coauthor Anne Morse has selected and arranged pieces Colson wrote mostly during the last decade of his life, spotlighting what he saw as key topics of ongoing importance for Christian cultural engagement. Some of these issues include: crime and punishment; natural law; Islam; same-sex marriage; the persecution of Christians, and more. Longtime readers and new readers alike will be struck by the power and immediacy of Colson’s arguments. My Final Word is a fitting end to Colson’s distinguished publishing career, a behind-the-scenes encounter with an influential thinker, and a needed call to an ongoing and relevant Christian public witness. ORDER YOUR COPY NOW >>> My Final Word: Holding Tight to the Issues that Matter Most only $2.99!
	C. S. Lewis: A Biography by A. N. Wilson $2.99 This acclaimed biography charts the progress of the brilliant, prolific writer, C. S. Lewis. Lewis was a deeply complex man, capable of inspiring both great devotion and great hostility. This acclaimed biography charts the progress of the clever child from the ‘Little End Room’ of his Ulster childhood and adult life, exploring Lewis’s unwilling conversion to Christianity, the genesis of his writing, and the web of his relationships. ORDER YOUR COPY NOW >>> C. S. Lewis: A Biography only $2.99!
	Truth in a Culture of Doubt: Engaging Skeptical Challenges to the Bible (multiple authors) $2.99 This is the first book to provide a comprehensive response to Bart Ehrman’s popular works. It is presented in such a way that readers can either read straight through the book or use it as a reference when particular questions arise. Responding to skeptical scholars such as Ehrman, Truth in a Culture of Doubt takes readers on a journey to explain topics such as the Bible’s origins, the copying of the Bible, alleged contradictions in Scripture, and the relationship between God and evil. Written for all serious students of Scripture, this book will enable you to know how to respond to a wide variety of critical arguments raised against the reliability of Scripture and the truthfulness of Christianity. ORDER YOUR COPY NOW >>> Truth in a Culture of Doubt: Engaging Skeptical Challenges to the Bible only $2.99!
	The Philosophy of History: Naturalism and Religion by James Stroud $1.99 What is philosophy? What is history? Is much of what we have been taught false concerning these two? Author James Stroud not only breaks down the often neglected field of philosophy of history but shows why much of what we have taken for granted in the subject of ""Origins"" belongs just as much in the field of history as it does in science. Supporting an open-philosophy of history versus the current closed-philosophy in place, Stroud systematically shows why the paradigm of Naturalism is most likely false and should therefore not influence the way the historian is forced to interpret the data. A revolutionary thesis on the role of history over that of science in best discussing the subject of origins.   ORDER YOUR COPY NOW>>> The Philosophy of History: Naturalism and Religion only $1.99!
	Cold-Case Christianity for Kids: Investigate Jesus with a Real Detective FREE TODAY (8/30/17) Between the ages of 8 and 12, kids often start to wonder if Christianity is true. In Cold-Case Christianity for Kids, detective J. Warner Wallace draws readers into the thrill of high-stakes investigation by showing them how to think rather than telling them what to think. In this children's companion to the bestselling Cold-Case Christianity, detective Wallace gets kids excited about testing witnesses, examining the evidence, and investigating the case for Christianity. Includes author illustrations and links to a website (coldcasechristianityforkids.com) where kids can download activities, fill in case notes, and earn a certificate of merit. Detective Wallace gets kids excited about testing witnesses, examining the evidence, and investigating the case for Christianity. ORDER YOUR COPY NOW >>> Cold-Case Christianity for Kids: Investigate Jesus with a Real Detective FREE TODAY (8/30/17)!
	The Lifted Veil: Viewing Your World in the Knowledge of Christ by Michael Garland FREE TODAY (8/30/17) Apart from God, nothing makes sense…Everyone has a perspective on the world. But without God’s illumination, we look at this life with a veil covering our eyes. We simply cannot see clearly. Even straightforward concepts such as good and evil are cloudy without God as the clear standard. In the absence of absolutes, we are lost as we try to invent our own truth. But when the light of God’s love shines into our hearts through the knowledge of Christ, the veil is removed and a new view of the world comes into focus. “But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.” 2 Corinthians 3:16. In The Lifted Veil, Michael G. Garland leads an exploration of worldview examining, naturalism, atheism, humanism, relativism, and more. This collection of engaging essays and meditative poems is sure to provoke thought, and to point you to Jesus Christ as the ultimate source of a Christian worldview. ORDER YOUR COPY NOW >>>The Lifted Veil: Viewing Your World in the Knowledge of Christ FREE TODAY (8/30/17)!