Ex-Mormons For Jesus

08/28/2026

Have you ever been approached on a college campus or in a store by someone asking if you’ve heard about “God the Mother”? Many people have had encounters like this, and our guests share their insights, personal stories, and concerns based on their time in — and research on — the group.

Steve Matthews, a friend of ours at EMFJ and Adam Stillman who was raised LdS, and later persuaded to join the WMSCOG are guests on this CULTISH podcast.

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08/19/2026

CARY'S COLUMN
Proof that Joseph Smith used Ai

Did you know that if you ask Ai to help you create a religion that is completely opposite to what the Bible teaches, it will give you lots of crazy ideas? It's funny what ChatGPT comes up with. That's what I think Joseph Smith did. After all, was he really clever enough to create such a bizarre concept as having God be just a man from a distant planet who earned godhood? Or to make it so that we, too, could earn godhood like him? That concept is REALLY out there! I think he asked Ai to help him do this. From there he could formulate its doctrines and organization -- maybe with the help of Ai again. And ta-da! Joseph's new bizarre religion would be formed.

Here is what it looks like Ai must have told him:
"First and foremost, make sure the public thinks that God Himself met with you and told you that all the Bible teachers throughout history got it all wrong -- That at some point in history true Christianity fell apart at the seams and got us off track. Make it look like Christianity got so corrupt that every part of it must be re-introduced; perhaps call it a "restored gospel." Be careful how you word your experience of how God contacted you --
You don't want it to look like an experience that sounds like classic demon possession."

"Second, make God out to be something completely different from the God of the Bible.
Not self-existent, not eternal. Perhaps he could have started out as a man from a far-away planet who worked real hard to earn his godhood. You can have fun with this concept and make him out to be the son of another god-man from somewhere else -- perhaps from a long lineage of gods in the far reaches of outer space. Be careful how you teach this concept though, because people may catch on that if God had a god over him, then he would not be God at all, but rather just a demi-god. We don't want to make you look like your intelligence is artificial."

"Third, make sure people think that the Bible has lost important scriptures over the centuries. Our new religion cannot stand if the public knows about how amazingly accurate and preserved the Bible really is. Also, for heaven's sake, don't say something stupid like, "We believe the Bible to be the word of God, as far as it is translated correctly." We don't want them to discover that they are not dependent on translations. They can read and study it from its original languages!"

"Fourth, with your newfound recipe for changing what the Bible really says, you now have liberty to change key doctrines, like Jesus' identity! You can make Christ out to be the literal 'son' born in heaven, instead of being co-existent with the Father from all eternity like the Bible says. You can be daring and make him to be brothers with the devil -- Why not, huh?

You can create so many reinventions of scripture; You can reinterpret 'salvation' to mean that people can become gods. You can pretend that the Aaronic priesthood needed to be restored and then held by their members, even though the Bible shows how it was permanently annulled and replaced by Christ. You can even go crazy and claim that they can also hold the Melchizedek Priesthood, even though the Bible makes it clear that it can only be held by Christ. The possibilities for scripture change are endless if you simply ignore what the Bible really says. People unlearned of the Bible might think that they should follow you!"

"Fifth, don't forget to claim that God gives you continued revelation. All our changes will have so much more clout if you claim that you're in cahoots with God. Just don't let your members see passages like 1 John 4:1, which shows them that all this should be tested 'to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.'
Hopefully they won't know to be like the Berean Christians in Acts 17:11, who 'examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true'."
Yes, those five examples sure make it look like proof that Joseph Smith used Ai. It would be better to assume proof that he used Artificial intelligence than to assume proof that his intelligence was artificial.

From the Ex-Mormons for Jesus newsletter, July/August 2026

08/18/2026

☎️ FROM CHAR'S DESK

We received a beautiful "letter" from our newest friend of EMFJ that I would like to share with our readers. She received it from "1999 Father Heart Communications" and they said feel free to copy and share with others.

My Child,
You may not know Me, but I know everything about you. Psalm 139:1

I know when you sit down and when you rise up.
Psalm 139:2

I am familiar with all your ways.
Psalm 139:3

Even the very hairs of your head are numbered.
Matthew 10:29-31

For you were made in My image.
Genesis 1:27

In Me you live and move and have your being.
Acts 17:28

For you are My offspring. Acts 17:28

I knew you even before you were conceived.
Jeremiah 1:4-5

I chose you when I planned creation.
Ephesians 1:11-12

You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in My book.
Psalm 139:15-16

I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live.
Acts 17:26

You are fearfully and wonderfully made.
Psalm 139:14

I knit you together in your mother's womb.
Psalm 139:13

And brought you forth on the day you were born.
Psalm 71:6

I have been misrepresented by those who don't know Me.
John 8:41-45

I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love.
1 John 4:16

And it is My desire to lavish My love on you.
1 John 3:1

Simply because you are My child and I am your Father.
1 John 3:1

I offer you more than your earthly father ever could. Matthew 7:11

For I am the perfect Father. Matthew 5:48

Every good gift that you receive comes from My hand.
James 1:17

For I am your provider and I meet all your needs.
Matthew 6:31-33

My plan for your future has always been filled with hope. Jeremiah 29:11

Because I love you with an everlasting love.
Jeremiah 31:3

My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore.
Psalm 139:17-18

And I rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17

I will never stop doing good to you.
Jeremiah 32:40

For you are My treasured possession.
Exodus 19:5

I desire to establish you with all My heart and all My soul. Jeremiah 32:41

And I want to show you great and marvelous things. Jeremiah 33:3

If you seek Me with all your heart you will find Me. Deuteronomy 4:29

Delight in Me and I will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4

For it is I that gave you those desires.
Philippians 2:13

I am able to do for you more than you could possibly imagine.
Ephesians 3:2

For I am your greatest encourager.
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4

When you are broken hearted I am close to you. Psalm 34:18

As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to My heart.
Isaiah 40:11

One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes. Revelation 21:3-4

And I will take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth.
Revelation 21:3-4

I am your Father and I love you even as I love My Son, Jesus.
John 17:23

For in Jesus My love for you is revealed.
John 17:26

He is the exact representation of My being. Hebrews 1:3

He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you.
Romans 8:31

And to tell you I am not counting your sins.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19

Jesus died so you and I could be reconciled.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19

His death was the ultimate expression of My love for you. 1 John 4:10

I gave up everything I love that I might gain your love. Romans 8:31-32

If you receive the gift of My Son, Jesus, you receive Me.
1 John 2:23

And nothing will ever separate you from My love again.
Romans 8:38-39

Come home and I will throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen.
Luke 15:23

I have always been Father and will always be Father. Ephesians 3:14-15

My question is ... Will you be My child?
John 1:12-13

I am waiting for you.
Luke 15:11-32

Love, your Dad, Almighty God!

From the Ex-Mormons for Jesus newsletter, July/August 2026

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Chip Thompson is coming this Saturday morning beginning at 9 am. His topic is "What Searching Mormons in 2026 Need Most”==very intriguing! We invite you to come and hear what this good brother has to say.

Chip and his wife Jamie started the Solid Rock Cafe in Ephraim, UT—just across the street from the local community college. Needless to say, ministry in Ephraim is jamming during the school year and many people have come to the Lord through this ministry. Chip authored the book Witness to Mormons in Love, which is available at the center.

Please come—it’s always more fun when the room is packed and the fellowship afterward is sweet.