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Why I Left: Overview

 

Overview

 
On February 26, 1993 terrorists exploded a Ryder truck rental containing an ammonium nitrate bomb in the underground parking garage of the World Trade Center, which killed six and injured hundreds. On April 19, 1995 terrorists detonated another Ryder truck rental with an ammonium nitrate bomb that devastated the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killed 168 people and injured hundreds. And, on September 11, 2001 terrorist hijackers flew commercial jets into the World Trade Center and The Pentagon causing massive destruction, killing 2,994 people and changing life in America forever. Subsequent investigations revealed that radical white supremacists carried out the Oklahoma City bombing, while an Islamic terrorist group calling itself Al-Qaida, which is based in the Middle East, carried out the two attacks on the World Trade Center. Senator Richard Shelby, a Republican member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, eerily stated in a later investigative hearing, “The American people must know the full story has yet to be told," and Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, US House of Representatives said, “Beyond the tragic loss of life, the reason that Americans need to know the whole truth behind the 1995 bombing is that it is intrinsically linked to the first World Trade Center bombing as well as the events of September 11, 2001. It holds key information about previous and current Islamic terror cells inside the U.S.

Did Senator Shelby and Congressman Rohrabacher know something the rest of America didn’t know, and is it possible that all three acts of terrorism were pieces of a much larger and more terrifying plot? Even more incredible, is it possible that a secret group based inside the United States might have actually aided the terrorists that carried out these events? The answers to these questions, and the shocking realization that such a group actually does exist, requires the knowledge of a little known saga of American History, which this group desperately wants to keep hidden. Ironically, this also happens to be the exact same history I accidentally stumbled across as a junior in college, and except for the random act of joining a new church when I was 21, this bizarre history might never be known to anyone outside of this religion. Today, this religion claims to be a “mainstream” Christian church, and the only true religion on the planet. And, its theological underpinnings include the beliefs that their God Elohim lives on a planet near the great governing star of Kolob, that Elohim impregnated Mary and is the true father of Jesus, that Jesus was a “man-god” because of this lineage and that Jesus had three wives and fathered many children before his crucifixion. I never feared retribution for simply wanting to leave this religion after I accidentally learned its terrible secrets, but I should have. And, what happened next illustrated just how fragile the democratic freedoms we take for granted in America really are.

This religion’s “man-god” concept is taken a step further in the belief that all male members of this church will also become Gods in their own right, and will be given “the keys” to circumvent man’s laws once they are bestowed its highest priesthood. Their church also taught that their god Elohim would grant each “man-god” marrying more than three women in their mortal existence, with their own planet to populate and rule in the afterlife. By 1830, this religion had already been forced out of New York because of escalating conflict with non-members of the religion, and by 1838 it was forced to move again, only this time from Ohio, for exactly the same reason. Their time in Ohio was rife with controversy, and while there its prophet was tarred and feathered for sexual indiscretions with fifteen year-old Nancy Marinda Johnson, church members were rebuked by agents of the Federal Government for owning slaves north of the Mason-Dixon line, its church-owned bank was at the center of the Kirtland Safety Society banking scandal, and there was new controversy that centered around the church’s polygamous beliefs. It was also no coincidence that the church was leaving Ohio for Missouri because this religion believed in slavery, it members were slaves owners and Missouri was a slave state.

In 1838, the main body of this religion entered Missouri from Ohio and joined with a smaller contingent its prophet sent in 1830, and during their 1838 reunion the prophet declared to his people “…this is the land of your inheritance, which is now the land of your enemies", and,I will be to this generation a second Mohammed, whose motto in treating for peace was “the Koran or the Sword”, so shall it eventually be with us “the church or the sword”! During their 4th of July celebration, church leader Sidney Rigdon proclaimed, “…it shall be between us and them a war of extermination; for we will follow them until the last drop of their blood is spilled; or else they will have to exterminate us.Greatly agitated by recent events, the church’s militia attacked the Missouri State Militia at Crooked River on October 24th, 1838, and in retaliation the Missouri State Militia attacked the church’s Haun’s Mill settlement on October 30th, which the church refers to today as the Haun’s Mill massacre”. Because of the continuing conflict, which by now had escalated into armed conflict, the Missouri Lillburn Boggs issued an executive order mandating for all Mormons to leave Missouri altogether. Today, the Mormon religion refers to Boggs' order as The extermination order”, even though the Mormons themselves first talked about exterminating the gentiles. Because of Bogg's order, most of the Mormons left Missouri by 1840 and relocated to Nauvoo, Illinois. But, Illinois was still a northern state that didn’t allow slavery.

Quite angry at being forced out of New York, Ohio and now Missouri the prophet led a contingent of his religion’s leaders to Washington D.C. to seek redress of grievances from the Federal Government for what had occurred. But, when none was forthcoming, the prophet began actively espousing the overthrow of the United States Government and issued his prophecy of, “The Doctrine of the Constitution hanging by a Thread”, which is revealed below:

“You will see the constitution of the United States almost destroyed. It will hang like a thread.... A terrible revolution will take place in the land of America.... [T]he land will be left without a Supreme Government,...will have gathered in strength, sending out Elders to gather the honest in heart... to stand by the Constitution of the United States.... In these days... God will set up a Kingdom, never to be thrown down.... The whole of America will be made the Zion of God.”

The prophet then proceeded to proclaim himself the “King of Zion”, thereby giving himself and his religion dominion over the entire United States, and appointed his second in command as the President of the United States. He also appointed other church leaders as the governors of the various states and territories, inducted himself into the U.S. Army as a Lieutenant General and began forming his own “100,000 man militia” known as the Nauvoo legion, to forcefully overthrow the United States Government. But, on June 24th, 1844, because of the continuing violence, the prophet was arrested for treason against the United States, a second time, and jailed.

On June 28th, 1844, the prophet and his brother were killed in a gunfight made possible by church members who smuggled guns to them while they were in jail. The Illinois legislature immediately revoked all of the special city charters they had previously granted, and the Governor gave the religion until the end of 1845 to leave the state of Illinois altogether. By the end of 1846, most of this religion’s members left the United States altogether to form their own sovereign nation in the Western Territories. They arrived in the Utah territory in 1847 under the leadership of their new prophet, but the trouble continued, and on September 11th, 1857, church members dressed up as Paiute Indians and massacred 120 men, women and children who were traveling west to California through their Mormon nation of Deseret. And, although this religion adamantly denies any responsibility for this heinous act of terrorism today, which is known as The Mountain Meadows Massacre, the only person every prosecuted for this atrocity was a member of this church, and was the prophet’s adopted son. This same person even made the claim that the new prophet ordered the attack in retaliation for President Buchanan’s order removing him as Territorial Governor. And, because of the religion’s continued disdain for America, every church member who passed through the temple endowment ceremony was required to pledge its “Oath of Vengeance” against America, until as recently as 1927.

Believe it or not, as incredible as it may seem, everything I am disclosing here is 100% true. And, after joining a new church when I was a junior in college, I accidentally uncovered this obscure piece of American history, and learned there actually is a religion in America that prophecies it will one day overthrow the government of the United States, and the rest of the world. Because of what I accidentally found when I was a college student, and the incredible information I’ve learned since, this closed and secretive religion has systematically used its vast resources to smear, marginalize and discredit me in the hopes that nobody will ever hear my story. I also learned, first hand, that this religion routinely perpetrates illegal and immoral acts against those it views as dissidents and justifies them in the name of their “priesthood”, which allows their men to become man-Gods and circumvent man’s laws, as they deem it necessary. After this religion realized the magnitude of what I had stumbled across, hi-level “church leaders” first attempted to bribe me to keep me to keep me in their religion. But, when I chose to leave anyway they unleashed a strategic campaign designed to coerce and intimidate me, and destroy my character. However, my only crime was my desire to escape this cult like religion, and live a normal life.

The price I’ve paid for simply wanting to live a normal life, which is guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States, was initially coercion and attempted bribery, and when that didn’t work, the systematic destruction of my life. Their plan was simple, keep me in the church where they could keep tabs on me and ensure nobody would ever hear my story, or if I left, undertake a smear campaign, sabotage my career and marginalize me so nobody would ever take me seriously. Since leaving I’ve been stalked, my life has been threatened more than once, I’ve been sabotaged and “set-up” at work, my ability to obtain work has been severely damaged, my personal life has been interfered with, my home computer has been hacked twice and my house has been illegally entered and searched more than once. Worse, I’m ostracized by otherwise “good citizens” who don’t understand what is even happening and who just want to live their own lives and avoid controversy. I remember from my 8th grade civics class that the Bill of Rights guaranteed every American the right to practice the religion of their own choosing. But, after I read the 1st amendment more carefully, I realized it actually said, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”. Apparently, this tenet of our Constitution only applied to the U.S. Government, and not religions.

I have a Master’s degree, I’m a CPA, I don’t have a criminal background, and I’ve never done drugs. But, none of that seemed to matter anymore; this religion has been able to destroy my entire persona. But, the only thing more frightening then this, is that if this could happen to me, it could happen to anyone. Looking back, I wondered how I ever got wrapped up in such an insane mess in the first place, and in America no less. I was just an ordinary person raised in modest middle-class surroundings by liberal minded parents who simply wanted a better life for themselves and their family. I didn’t even grow up in this religion. And, until my Grandparents converted to Mormonism in 1970, in their 60’s, I had no familial exposure to this religion at all. But, I did grow up in Arizona where the church has strategically acquired political influence ever since it began colonizing Arizona as part of their sovereign nation of Deseret in the late 1800’s, and because it provided an escape route into Mexico after polygamy was banned. Growing up adjacent to this culture also allowed me to become familiar with the cultural norms and values that are normally associated with this religion. I’m more conservative than my parents, was raised a Christian Protestant and attended many Christian Protestant churches during my childhood, but I grew up primarily in the Presbyterian faith. And, it was because of this diversity that I initially viewed this religion just as I would any other.

I’m also a third-generation Arizonan whose Grandmother was inducted into Who’s Who of Arizona Women by the Arizona Federation of Business and Professional Women, and was also the campaign chairman for Arizona Governor Howard Pyle’s re-election campaign in 1952. Unfortunately, Pyle is probably best known for a politically disastrous raid on the polygamous Mormon town of Short Creek, Arizona, which occurred while he was the Governor in 1953. Today, Short Creek is better known as the polygamous town of Colorado City, Arizona, and even though Governor Pyle was simply upholding federal anti-polygamy laws, which was his job, the media created a national sentiment that made it appear as thought the raid was un-American, persecutory and anti-family. The ensuing political fallout from the raid essentially ended Pyle’s political career, which was probably a circumstance that probably didn’t upset the Mormons very much, but ironically, the only institution in America that didn’t deride this raid was the Mormon Church itself. Because of the key role my Grandmother played in his election victory in 1952, Governor Pyle’s rewarded her with a choice position in his State Government, but after the raid her career always seemed to be shadowed by bad luck and controversy. In another bizarre twist, she and my Grandfather actually joined this same religion in 1970, when they were in their 60’s. But, because of what I now know, I don’t believe this was just a coincidence.

Short Creek, or Colorado City as it is now known, and the surrounding area actually began being populated by members of this religion when began establishing escape routes into Mexico, so they could continue practicing polygamy without Governmental interference. Colonia Morelos and Colonia Juarez are two such polygamous communities that were ultimately founded in Mexico during this same period of time period. In 2004, these same Colorado City polygamists began moving to Texas, after their prophet began established his “Yearn For Zion Ranch”, and this ultimately resulted in a similar raid against the same group of polygamists in Texas, in 2008. In this latest incident, the mainstream “Utah Mormons” were quick to disclaim any affiliation with their Colorado City brethren, who they pointed out are fundamentalist Mormons, and technically belong to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. But, the fact remains that Brigham Young and the “Utah Mormons” are ultimately responsible for the polygamy issue in Colorado City. Both of these churches are bound by the same history and pedigree, and both churches used the same Salt Lake City based law firm. And, in another coincidence, the media strategy employed during the 2008 Texas raid was exactly the same as the strategy that was employed during the Short Creek raid of 1953, which ended Governor Pyle’s political career.

In 1966 my father, who was an attorney and superior court judge, was involved in a contentious political campaign for the office of County Attorney in Cochise County, Arizona, and the opposing candidate happened to be a member of this faith. I remember the campaign being very acrimonious and involving a lot of mudslinging, and the Mormon candidate ultimately lost the campaign. But, subsequent to the election, my Father’s career seemed to become shadowed the same kind of back luck that seemed to befall my Grandmother after the 1953 raid on the Short Creek Polygamist. After what has happened to me, I believe that my Grandmother and Father’s were both targeted by this religion, just like I being targeted now. I also believe that this is the real reason why my Grandparents, and then my Parents began being recruited into this religion as well. My Grandparents converted to Mormonism in 1970, when they were in their 60’s, and it was because of them that I actually joined this religion when I was in college. And, when I joined I also persuaded my Parents, little Brother and little Sister to join as well, although they were already being recruited. However, I ended up leaving the religion soon thereafter, but my other family members remained in this religion and my Grandparents died as members of this church. I left because of the terrible secrets I accidentally uncovered, and because I had tasted the succulent fruits of “religious normalcy” for 20 years prior to joining this bizarre religion. During the time was a member I admit I was a very mediocre member because of my acute inability to follow blindly.

It has now been 32-years since I left this religion, and told my ward bishop personally I was no longer Mormon, and since then I’ve never been able to live in freedom or remove the tarnish this religion seems to leave on those who touch it. After learning their terrible truth, this religion undertook the mission of trying to diminish my life in addition to violating man-made laws of decent society, which it routinely violates with impunity. However, my life would be far worse if I had I remained, and even though I continually wonder how this could have happened, I’m still dedicated to the American ideals that created this great nation, and ironically give this religion the freedom to practice its own unique brand of homegrown religion right here in America. But, I don’t believe the founding fathers meant for the Constitutional ideals of truth, equality, justice and religious freedom to be trampled on by a religion that prophecies it will one-day overthrow the Government of the United States, and the world. Consequently, I believe the true history of this religion, which claims to have undergone terrible religious persecution at the hands of the “gentiles” in America, and at the same time uses its vast resources to bury and distort the truth, and propagate its own perverse idea of what America should be, should be told. The people of America and the World have a right to know the truth, and because I’m one of just a few that knows it, I feel it is my duty to share it with them.

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New Cyber-Defense center to be built outside Salt Lake City
http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/01/12/cyber.defense.center/index.html This should never happen. Bush II appointed mormon Darwin Johns to head the FBI's information technology division and millions of dollars and several years later the whole thing was scrapped because it was a failure. This, too, will fail because they will try to create a "dual" system that is under Mormon control for their own purposes.