When the “Perfect” Mormon Girl Leaves the Church -

A trip to Europe gives Kelsey a chance beyond her mission to see more of the outside world and the goodness and happiness that others have found while clearly outside of Mormonism. The trip also gives her the chance to tune in to herself and trust her intuition. Not ready to give up on her religion just yet, Kelsey returns home after the trip and ends up working with LDS Public Relations in various projects while also holding the calling of Relief Society President as she works through her active doubts.
Kelsey moves back to LA and finally realizes how much of a “box” LDS doctrines & beliefs put herself in. Kelsey takes us on a journey of personal discovery as she learns who she really is & to trust her own authority, leading her to the most free and fulfilled life she’s experienced thus far.
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Chapters
00:00:00 Introduction
00:03:00 Trip to Europe opens more opportunities to question Mormonism
00:18:00 Being Relief Society President and working for LDS PR campaigns with active doubts
00:33:30 Mormon friends come out as gay
00:37:30 Moving to LA for a clean break.
00:42:00 You can’t realize until you’re out how much Mormonism boxes you in
00:52:00 Becoming your own authority
00:58:00 The Mormon programming of “selflessness” vs. pride and “selfishness”
01:10:00 Freest and happiest version of self
01:13:30 The hard parts about leaving Mormonism..
01:17:30 Birth of “Life in a Box” song
01:22:35 Redefining spirituality. Being ok not knowing.
01:25:00 Community comes from passion.
01:28:00 Dating after Mormonism
01:32:30 Career ambitions
01:38:00 Final messages
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Part 1: When Your Mormon Family Falls Apart as a Teen
• When Your Mormon Famil...
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[@mormonstories]

Be sure to watch Part 1: kzbin.info/www/bejne/goDXh4maf7SNd8k

[@whitney2042]

EGOT Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony. There are only 17 ever.

[@wendydavidson1589]

It's been so lovely to have Margi co-host so much recently. She just radiates kindness and compassion.

[@purpleprose78]

So, I am one of the never Mormon listeners, but as an exvangelical agnostic person, a lot of the stories that I hear ring really true to me as well. This one is especially true. I grew up in a rural southern town. All my peers got married young and I didn't. I also wondered what was wrong with me. I'm so sorry that Kelsey experienced this. My faith crisis started by meeting my college besties (a gay man and a non-binary person.) in the 1990s. My Southern Baptist upbringing told me that these people were going to hell because they were making bad choices. I loved them and when they told me it wasn't a choice, it made sense to me more than the lies that I had been taught. I started on my I have doubts moment then and over time the doubts got bigger. Purity culture and patriarchal systems within my religious upbringing harmed me. Also the idea that I had to be perfect because if I wasn't, I personally could cause someone to stumble and if they died, they would go to hell. It would be my fault. The thread was broken for me in 2015 when I was teaching Sunday school in an ostensibly progressive church and it came out that one of my fellow Sunday School teachers had abused his children and the church decided to keep it quiet. They didn't tell me. I found out through the grapevine. They didn't tell parents with children in the nursery where he had occasionally kept babies. I quit the church and refused to go back. Then the 2016 election happened and all the Christians that raised me proved they were okay with some pretty horrible things. And if they were a reflection of God, I"d rather be an agnostic sometimes atheist witch who lives in the space of I don't know.

[@purpleprose78]

@@LetTheTruthBeTold8324 It is sad that you're still living in a delusion that the rest of us can't have the same information as you and come to a different conclusion.

[@hlnbee]

I have a magnet I bought decades ago, and it says, “A religious person follows the teachings of his church …. A spiritual person follows the guidance of his soul.”

[@got_style]

And some of us are both spiritual and religious, not fitting into either of your over-simplified apposition🙀😇

[@tessarmitage1813]

@@got_style yes, for me it’s both as well! ❤

[@kathleenwoodbury7491]

Love that!

[@pattiking]

@@got_style Ah, attempting to belittle others. Spoken like a true religious person! 😇

[@xunzi4327]

And both people have problems.

[@dymonbrady6812]

Really enjoy John and Margie together. John’s direct with tact and Margie brings additional compassion and insight

[@dymonbrady6812]

I’m 58 and cried when I heard this song - I felt it deeply. Thanks for putting it out there Kelsey

[@1214shell]

Many people do not come to the degree of self-awareness that Kelsey has come to until they hit their so-called "midlife" crisis. Suddenly, after years of listening and following other people's advice on how to live life, you wake up and realize you actually can follow your own heart and take responsibility for the decisions and choices you make. And that is freedom!!

[@raylawler13]

Hi Kelsey! I know you probably won't see this, but thanks for putting words to a lot of the feelings that I've struggled to find words for. I've been out of the church for over 5 years, but still find interviews like yours so profound and touching and hearing you talk about the sock puppet and asking yourself what you want felt like it momentarily lifted a weight I've been holding in my chest. Thanks so much for sharing your story!

[@KelseyEdwards]

Hey there! Thanks so much for the kind words, that really means a lot. I'm glad my story resonated with you! Thanks for listening!

[@AnthonyAmbriz]

It's crazy how the church and other religions try to co-opt happiness.

[@chrisjones446]

I agree. It's beyond weird, patently dishonest, and manipulative.

[@sheliabryant3997]

J.W.s claiming it now

[@madeleinesutherland1623]

Though Kelsey and I grew up very differently, I feel our reasons for having a faith crisis and leaving were similar... I found that the LDS church doesn't have a monopoly on truth, spirituality and joy. Funnily enough, I haven't read the whole CES letter yet either, because by the time I found out about it I didn't need it lol. Kelsey, if you read this, thanks for sharing your story and your beautiful wise self with the world!

[@KelseyEdwards]

Thank you for the kind words Madeleine! Means a lot!

[@chrewtransformation]

Great interview! Kelsey is awesome and I loved hearing her story. Also wanted to say Margi adds a lot to the interview! You two make an amazing team, and I hope she is able to continue participating.

[@KelseyEdwards]

Thanks so much! They're both amazing.

[@KingPoseidon02]

That is exactly how I feel. Like I always felt like I needed to please everyone. As soon as I left the feelings of self-guilt seems to have left.

[@KelseyEdwards]

I definitely feel that. It is a freeing experience!

[@RampidWarthogStudios]

Wow. I’m currently going through the exact same thing as her. Besides the Europe trip. 😢But everything else I have thought and currently experiencing. Stuff like this makes me feel less alone and more clear headed Thank you

[@KelseyEdwards]

I'm so glad. You're not alone!

[@RampidWarthogStudios]

@@KelseyEdwards thanks. It’s been a bumpy ride the past few months. But my wife and I finally decided to step away for good. Been able to find a lot of support from old mission friends who left. Never been happier and it came so naturally.

[@ruththomson1013]

Margi brings so much wonderful insight to these interviews. These are just fabulous. Many thanks to all involved for all you do.

[@terigallegos3269]

I so relate to Kelsey! When I had my faith crisis 30 years ago there was no Mormon Stories Podcast, etc. I just felt my way through it. I read Fawn Brodies book and I knew what I already knew! Just so happy for the weight that lifted off me and the freedom I felt! Thank you so much for sharing your story!

[@KelseyEdwards]

So cool that you can relate! Thanks so much for listening!

[@kagerest]

I love the talking about reclaiming self-centeredness and get to knowing yourself and prioritizing your own needs is so important in this context at least from my experience, knowing myself and my needs also makes me more able to give, to love and to feel fulfilled with life as a whole. When I attend the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints I always tell the missionaries that prioritizing and loving yourself is important because loving thy neighbor as yourself if you is in essence worthless if you don't love yourself. And if we have to stay close to something Jesus taught. A nice quote from the gospel of Thomas that i like a lot on this topic is: "The one who knows everything but lacks himself lacks everything". Thank you for this amazing person and sorry for a little rant. Love to all of you and wishes of all the best

[@crispmom]

I loved this interview. Kelsey seems like such a beautiful soul, inside and out. The "Life in a Box" song is really good, too.

[@KelseyEdwards]

Thank you so much! Glad you like the song!

[@rwheeler4156]

Yes! About 1:10 into this 2nd part, she talks about being the happiest she's ever been! I truly have never been happier in my life since leaving the church. It's amazing how much more joy and pure happiness you can have when you stop fearing the what if's in life or "the after life".

[@AshJae]

She’s a really well spoken and authentic person, I really enjoy her. I don’t believe you have to leave the entire gospel or Scriptures behind in order to leave the Mormon church though. I believe the Norman church is a works salvation rather than relying on the sufficiency of the grace through Christ which is the gospel

[@beetles1964]

As far as an alternative to "selfless", I've heard the word "otherish." Helping others but not losing your own self. I've also heard of reclaiming "selfish" - basically like John said about being self-centered, being honest about who you are and what you want, and not caring so much about how others respond to you.

[@whitajeman]

Kelsey thank you for sharing your story and for introducing me to your platform! I teach dance & coach gymnastics for a living so I take my role as a leader of young girls (and boys) very seriously. I can't wait to listen to your music and dive into your social media.

[@KelseyEdwards]

Thanks so much Whit! Just seeing this, means a lot :)

[@bethowens8863]

I loved Margi's discussion about keeping people 'plugged in' so they don't question or think about how life could be lived differently. I accept this is a controversial opinion, but the idea of being plugged in isn't just relevant to Mormonism, but also to American exceptionalism as a whole. I'm from New Zealand and my partner is from the United States, and we have spent time living in both countries. It's taken as gospel by many people (to use that figure of speech) that the American way of doing things, whether that's culturally, socially, or economically, is superior to anywhere else in the world. Young Americans are regularly discouraged from taking gap years or extended travel. I sometimes wonder if this is because it's far harder to challenge or reflect on the dominant narrative of what it means to be an American and America's place in the world when you don't have an outside perspective and see how are done differently in other places. I genuinely believe that there would be much more will to remedy problems such as gun violence if more people had the experience of living/visiting places where the chance of a mass shooting taking place is infinitesimal.

[@Will0wFire]

You've put into words what I've been trying to say for years. And it's not even only on the big subjects. I was heavily criticised by someone in a breed specific group for walking my puppy off lead in the woods. They could not wrap their minds around the fact that its a perfectly safe thing to do here. We don't have cougars, coyotes, bears, wildcats, etc. Or traffic for that matter. It would have been funny if they hadn't taken it so seriously. 😂

[@healinspaces4u]

So well said. I really appreciate what you wrote. It resonates powerfully. 💞

[@philhofland5501]

After listening to so many of these " x" mormon stories It seems quite clear that the disattchment is less from a relationship with God so much as it parting ways with the institution of the LDS church. to put it another way I'm almost convinced that the " church " is the actual God in the LDS religion. The so called diety ( gospel) is only a mechanism to get oneself to the real God.... The church.

[@kotathecreative]

Totally! Well said!

[@zappa-happy]

Yayyy for Holland 🇳🇱 I’ve been twice! The Dutch are Amazing! Love them❤ #Freedom !! Love from the UK! 💖💖

[@juliemecham9046]

I have to admit, some of my best advice I've been able to counsel people with has come to me once I stepped away... like when I was in, I had nothing to give people around me.

[@valerienelson3296]

I think the universe has been with you your entire journey and getting you to where you are today. The kingdom of God is from within, means to me everything you need is from this life is right inside and you dont have to search from the outside, like we all tend to be taught. If we are good from within it radiates to the outside and we can be of service to others. I wish at your age I would have been as far as you are on your journey. Love is the answer to every question, every problem. So easy but so complicated unfortunatly for some.

[@theonlyenekoeneko]

To receive all four awards is called EGOT I believe. All the best to her!

[@katesanders2219]

I know this only because of 30 Rock. 😂

[@tclaw481]

I love the talk around self development around 1:00. This can apply to so many things in life. We need set our expectations and avoid"self-interest" groups/ religion/ people that don't honor them. When we dig deep to discover our own self and set boundaries, we engage our inner power! ...we bloom!

[@mcamp19]

She's lucky that she figured things out before she got married and had a family....

[@abv250]

It's the tragic flaw in many religions: the very values that form the core of self imbued in children as they grow - love, integrity, honesty, honoring and caring for others - become those values that cause people to reject the religion that nurtured the values in the first place. The emerging adult realizes that the institutions of religion don't themselves sufficiently honor these values as they operate the religion in the adult world.

[@carsi7282]

Religion is a business. It is separate from spirituality, which is free. The fatal flaw in abrahamic religions (which are actually the only religions, others are philosophy/faith based) is they seek to destroy the spirit under the guise of people being flawed from birth. It's why paganism is becoming the largest faith as it encourages personal growth, seeking of knowledge and wisdom, and kindness and empathy to others in their journey. Paganism is the birth place of the 7 graces and the 8 deadly sins.

[@healinspaces4u]

💯 🔥 🙏🏾💖

[@racheljane_]

Hey there! I wonder if you would consider having Lynn Wilder on the show? She has a great story of her many years in LDS and also leaving it.

[@rivkahmiri513]

I hated the Giving Tree! I knew something was wrong with it when I was a kid! about trusting in the universe and trusting yourself. I'm Jewish and our belief is that we all have part of a Divine spark within us that was made by the creator of the universe. we can trust ourselves because we are part of the universe that was made by a creator. I at all at once feel guided, protected inspired because of it.

[@PrincessJamiG]

I love this comment so much! Thank you for sharing. :)

[@healinspaces4u]

Great point. I'm not Jewish but for a long time have resonated with what you wrote. When seeing it this way, we all have God within us, how can we hate each other?

[@gaiaheart1]

Such a very special conversation with Kelsey. Thank you for the warmth, validation and love it radiated.

[@62Loralee]

Kelsey you are adorable. Love your amazing songs. Omg.

[@KelseyEdwards]

Thank you so much 💗

[@rhadpenguin]

Joy is subjective and different for everyone. Your joy is valid, regardless. Well said Kelsey

[@KelseyEdwards]

Thank you very much!!

[@llt8101]

With all of the talk of finding her true self and returning to who she really is, I just keep hearing the Enigma song 'Return to Innocence'.

[@lj9524]

Excellent interview by all❤️

[@tammyward349]

She really is such a beautiful person. I love her!!

[@KelseyEdwards]

Thank you so much 🥺

[@TheOKkittyfarm]

Beautiful story. So glad she made it out.

[@TheBoss-ie8dj]

EGOT, an acronym for the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards, is the designation given to people who have won all four of those awards.

[@petercharron3268]

I’m impressed…. She knows she must evaluate herself against her values, not measuring against a rigid tradition. And escaping from a society that only thinks the yardstick is the rigid tradition

[@damonm3]

I know it’s condescending but I feel like most people grow out of god or religions. In a similar way of kids growing out of Santa. And in the day of limitless knowledge in our pockets, the truth is just too convenient to ignore. Some go screaming and kicking, fighting against it, but the truth always wins. Don’t let death be the first time it wins in your life.

[@healinspaces4u]

John!!! Powerful description of systems getting richer while devoiding souls of their life force. I so appreciate your meta analyses combined with your warmth. ❤

[@adventuresacrosstheu.s.2685]

True friends don't walk away just because your faith is different from theirs! How people respond is a testament to their own insecurities and lack of really knowing who they are. Jesus taught us to accept everyone. It's not our job to judge others or make comments about your decisions. Stay brave and I really like your music.

[@KelseyEdwards]

Thank you so much!

[@zappa-happy]

Kelsey “Back to Self” Beautiful!💞💞

[@KelseyEdwards]

thank you!

[@lisawyatt1671]

Following your personal intuition Is following spirit. Take our bodies away, what is left Is Spirit. Our truest self, where we are one with Christ.

[@jessicac6787]

It's sad how works-based /high-demand religion ruins God for everyone in it :(

[@susanmccombs9438]

God does have a plan for you and you have now really found it! His plan isn’t to be told by man what to do but to look inside and trust yourself! 😁 so happy you are finding yourself!

[@DawnSara77]

Powerful conversation thank you...xo

[@KelseyEdwards]

Thanks for listening!

[@Alnava-ml3wn]

Great to see how grounded she is despite being a child actor.

[@zappa-happy]

Oooh pausing for part1 BRB!😂

[@finray2]

To me people pleasing is not the same thing as putting others first. People pleasing is putting other people's ideas of who you are first and caring about what they think about you. Putting people first is serving and caring for others.

[@wesleybush8646]

EGOT=Emmy Grammy Oscar Tony

[@junetteharper4642]

EGOT. Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony

[@saraiatilano6645]

Does he not believe her? Why so many questions? Maybe it’s just me. Prob just me……let it go man. She’s happy 😊

[@jeffedmundson3934]

It's amazing how much processing people have to go through when leaving the church but I suppose it's understandable.

[@healinspaces4u]

Yes, when you've been programmed. You know how you often have to leave your computer with the tech to get it defragged? 😏

[@CarolynandherClothes]

Mist kids realize who they are in college. I can see why the church is trying to get kids to go on a mission before college….

[@sidewalkchock]

Hey did they actually lower the mission age for that reason? I’m curious on how you are sure that that is why. It makes a lot of sense tho…

[@mellisagreen7801]

The church is a box. It not only tells you what to do but when and how. It tells you, you should have children in your early 20's and you should have lots of children. You should go to BYU for a husband not for an education and that is the only pace yiu can find a good husband. You should want to be a housewife, you should want children, you should do whatever your husband say.

[@zubenelgenubi]

Not the first, definitely WON'T be the last expecting "happiness" instead of "joy"!!

[@ClairesMyth]

❤️💓

[@finray2]

Curious...do mormons or ex Mormons think that when an orthodox Christian or a protestant christian uses the phrase "the Gospel" that they are referring to the same thing that the mormon means but that phrase?

[@sweingold5686]

I think it is EGOT

[@BG-ig6fd]

Organized religions are definitely businesses……first and foremost. The systemic, massive cover-ups of crimes and abuse show this most clearly. The Catholic church, the LDS, the Baptists and many others. When protecting the image or reputation of an organization is the priority over helping victims or making sure the crimes don’t repeat, it is a business!

[@BG-ig6fd]

What’s wrong with trusting yourself?

[@eloiseramsey9276]

When someone has been control by others he or she must take control of their own lives and if you give your live to God, a religious institutions or another person, it's your choice, and God will hold you responsible for the choices you make, so choose wisely. The king James bible teaches we are to love our neighbors as we love ourself. The don't want you to not love yourself, the church does because it wants to control you. Anyone who try to make you feel bad for caring about yourself is someone who is trying to control you. I know I'm a giving person and care about others but I need decided how much I CAN give. Because people will intentionally and sometimes unintentionally exploit you for their own gain. It's our job to help others find their way by getting out their way, by stop trying to keep people from falling. We need to fall sometimes to find the strength that's in ourselves.

[@johnsaxton5281]

What is a “Perfect Mormon”???

[@kendralukens4916]

When they call her "perfect" it's not because she's perfect at all. It's because she followed the mormon religion to a T. Never questioned anything. So to the religion, she was perfect.

[@dac392]

I did not know there was such a thing as a perfect mormon.

[@markkrispin6944]

That is because there isn't. It is all in the Mormon's head that they THINK they can be. Go figure!

[@mormonstories]

It’s in quotes bro.

[@markkrispin6944]

@@mormonstories Yes I know. I am being sarcastic.

[@zubenelgenubi]

There isn't, and won't be in this life!

[@kotathecreative]

You kinda missed the mark by not paying attention then right?

[@heatherjoslin8291]

Keeping them In the church for their 10%

[@juliemcdaniel7646]

I’ve not been a Mormon, but have many friends that are. I’ve listened to many of the podcasts, but they leave me wondering where these lives end up spiritually. I hear much of “theology” according to Oprah and the universe and the self. Do any come into the freedom of knowing Christ?

[@hbendzulla8213]

We don’t know, but we have the free spirit to believe what makes sense.

[@juliemcdaniel7646]

@@hbendzulla8213 religious bondage “in the name of God”, more and more are breaking free from it

[@seanhaley3204]

after leaving a high demand religion or cult, why would someone not first become grounded in their self, instead of retreating to religion? If they choose any spiritual or religious path afterwards it is then first coming from a place of being true to ones self... "to thine own self be true."

[@juliemcdaniel7646]

@@seanhaley3204 My question was from a Biblical perspective, not Shakespearean

[@seanhaley3204]

@@juliemcdaniel7646 you seem to believe that it needs to be when for those who are done don't need it.

[@Mimi80908]

Nice to meet a perfect "mormon" for the firts time i think all extrems are vicious and should be a balance even more if you do not understand the concecuences when you do certain things.the truth make as free. Values , principles happiness healthy habits etc should be part of who we are not only for sunday believers..good luck If she left the mormon church . Hope the perfect girl can be heal i know she knows the thruth that make us free.knowing jesus make us free. Agency of god make us free.

[@finray2]

Is the universe a cognitive entity?

[@annecarroll3429]

obviously a "perfect" girl does not need any church

[@shackledcitizen]

This man made cult, IS ' A Box'.

[@pieshmoo]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who hates The Giving Tree. Awful story.

[@angelmartin5761]

There is no perfect Mormon,or perfect catholic,slash christian I think this was a little exaggerated when referencing the individual

[@finray2]

I guess maybe being a heady and fact based individual that these reasons for leaving a religion that are based on things like how the lgbt community is treated, how women are treated, etc are bad things but things that can be addressed and fixed. I need things that are fact based that destroy the foundation of the church like the legitimacy of the book of Mormon or book of Abraham, the sketchy things joseph smith did like marrying 30 women and very young women and the made up ceremonies based on the mason rituals, etc. These things cant be fixed. These are the things that would be faith busting things in my opinion. But that's just me and the way my brain works i guess.

[@Secular-Serenity]

Churche$/religion needs people. People do not need religions.

[@heatherjoslin8291]

How does a kid go to Europe when she’s living in poverty? Serious question.

[@KelseyEdwards]

There was 6 years in between that time :) by the time I went to Europe, my mom had already graduated with her degree and started her career, and I had almost graduated from college and was working for a kids' education company like I mentioned in the interview. :)

[@landonyoung665]

SMFH

[@alanwylie7207]

So I hope this doesn’t sound awful, but is Kelsey still a Christian does anybody know? Again I don’t want to be mean to anybody I’m just wondering.

[@alanwylie7207]

I really hope I don’t sound like a terrible person with my last comment. I’m just curious that’s all. I think Kelsey Edwards is a wonderful, wonderful human being.

[@alanwylie7207]

If anybody knows, just let me know. She seems like a wonderful person

[@KelseyEdwards]

I don't identify as Christian! I identify as "spiritual." :) I believe there is something outside of us - Source, the Universe, God, whatever you want to call it.. but I don't subscribe to the tenants of traditional Christianity anymore. Thanks for asking!

[@kareemhetaraka-brown1259]

What’s a perfect Mormon?? Sounds like a self righteous Mormon

[@kendralukens4916]

When they call her "perfect" it's not because she's perfect at all. It's because she followed the mormon religion to a T. Never questioned anything. So to the religion, she was perfect.

[@Mimi80908]

Exacly you can not give a good testimony if you never had one. And if them you brainwash with your doubts people specially the members of the church of jesuschrist against the true values of the gospel. Yes we are sons and daughters of god. Breath pray ask wait and listen

[@maugasolatua5801]

There is no such thing as a perfect mormon girl on earth. Only Jesus Christ is perfect The rest of us regardless of our religion are just human beings who fall short everyday n trying to be the best we can n making our own decisions to make us happy.

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There are lots of ways to serve god, but only one way to serve YHWH and Yahshua. YHWH is mot a god. Kelsey, Faith and life is a journey, you are growing, keep studying and hold fast to what is True. If people would just read the first five Books of the Bible, you would be FREE! YES! FREE! 1. You would know if a man cut his hair he is not from the Creator. (99% of elders cut their hair. Lev. 19:27 “Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.” Prophet Must do this.) 2. If the church is not teaching you to sing That Beautiful Song The Creator Wrote, then you are in the wrong place, and its time to move on! 3. Would I honor your name if I put a J in front of it? That is intentionally dishonoring your name. Same goes with the Creator and Son “YahShua” “Yah is Salvation”, so simple. So why does the world worship one who comes in his own name “Iesus” opps… forgot to put the “J” in front of it, “Jesus” there, “that is better”! Which one do you think will Save you? The Greek god J+ Iesus,("Saving Sky God" or "Saving Zeus") or the True Name of The Messiah Yahshua! (Yah is Salvation)? The “J” was added in 1586 when the English version was created. “My People die from Lack of Knowledge”. This is the Torah/Laws/First 5 Books Education is what great the holes in the box, that is seeing the light. We are all in different boxes, and in most cases we are multiple boxes. I tell my friends to question everything, but do not quit Studying the Scriptures. The Song is really great! Follow your Dreams! Seek the Kingdom of YHWH First, and all things will be added to you.