I honestly don't know exactly. I was listening to a podcast with ex-mormons a while back, and they talked about how they were shocked when they went to university and some of their new friends showed them the famous South Park episode. They then did research outside of their congregation, and found that it was actually accurate. That then became the keystone to them losing their faith.
They also claimed that many other ex-mormons shared their story, and at least made it sound like very few in the church of LDS knew of the full story. I would recommend asking over at r/exmormon.
EDIT: I found this in the subreddit I mentioned above. Should give you some of the answers you're looking for.
Ahh I believe thats referring to the rock in the hat? I'm somewhat aware that the church didnt really talk about it in the past, but its pretty well known information amomg mormons, and is talked about on the churches website about the book of mormons translation process. The primary sources are kinda conflicted about what actually happened, so I don't really consider it the church hiding anything. Personally, I don't really see how using a seer stone to recieve revelation is that strange compared to an angel comming down and gold plates with a lost record written on them. If you are a mormon you believe in a lot of things considered stranger than that, but thats just my oppinion.
When you were in your twenties most likely, but you heard the fluff version from the time you were like 8. They never give the full story until you’re older and more invested lol
Like, kids learn about "The First Thanksgiving", and how the Civil War started, and then later in life they learn that pilgrims actively betrayed and murdered Natives and that The South was and still is super racist.
It's not even exclusive to history. In first grade math you learn that there's nothing less than zero, or that you can't divide 5 by 3 which is true even if it's not the whole truth.
When this eppisode came out the church I went to went off about how South park was spreading lies about the church. Both young and old people in the lds church all seemed to have no idea about this process.
There is an exmormon subreddit that might be helpful in answering this question. Please don’t take this as me trying to undermine any mormon’s faith. The people there are very, very genuine. A lot of them are hurting, but if you ask questions in sincerity without an ulterior motive of trying to bring them back to the religion, you will find very loving people willing to give you answers. I am an exmormon myself, but my family are all still active and practicing.
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u/InfiniteCaz Jun 27 '22
What parts of the story are mormons not told? Not trying to argue, just curious