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Mormonism: A Racket Becomes a Religion

By Christopher Hitchens
November 6, 2011

Print: Slate

In an excerpt from his 2007 book ‘God is Not Great’, Christopher Hitchens recounts the “embarrassing” beginnings of Mormonism.

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This is how I discovered the truth. My name is Chris and I’m an Ex Mormon.


July 4, 2011

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Chris, shares the story of the erosion of his faith, the recognition of the ways faith distorts experience, his emergence from Mormonism, and the effect it has had on his life.

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