If you've already decided that you want to leave the church and need something tangible to point to as your reason for leaving, CES letter is well suited for that.
But if you are honestly and earnestly evaluating church history and are using CES letter as a primary source... I would make sure to give some of the more popular rebuttals (such as [0]) a read as well as they rightly call out some serious problems with the letter.
But if you are honestly and earnestly evaluating church history and are using CES letter as a primary source... I would make sure to give some of the more popular rebuttals (such as [0]) a read as well as they rightly call out some serious problems with the letter.
[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/lds/comments/lb3h3i/part_1_the_dish...