The Benefits derived from being a Reformed Mormon are:
- Superiority Disorder removed
- Embrace other Christians
- Embrace the Reformers as God-inspired
- Embrace early Church Fathers
- Abandon dysfunctional “eternal marriages”
- Can trust the Bible
- Can trust the Book of Mormon
- Experience the gifts of the Spirit, like tongues, prophecy, and being slain in the Spirit
- Sing praise and worship songs, not just hymns
- Embrace Christian music artists
- Learn from Christian TV and radio ministries
- Embrace and support different Christian ministries
- Build up Christ—not a denomination
- Be re-baptized by your choosing, not your parents
- Free to socialize with others who drink wine, champagne, coffee, tea
- No more tithing in support of Old Testament-type high priests
- Women are no longer powerless, being unable to hold the “priesthood,” or men for that matter
- You are no longer under condemnation for not following the Book of Mormon as President Benson identified the case was
- No more arrogance for believing you are greater than God, i.e., “I can pass by the angels and God” once I have my endowment
- No more disillusionment from believing you have the “gift of the Holy Ghost” and feeling nothing at all
- The Coming of Jesus is not contingent upon a New Jerusalem being built in Missouri first
- No more preoccupation with being called to Independence and traveling there by foot or bike
- No more believing God’s only prophets are in the LDS church
- No more trusting in a man, i.e., the prophet, more than God, God’s word, or working out your own salvation