I didn’t leave Mormonism. I am still an active Mormon. And I don’t see any reason (thus far) to leave Mormonism for another Christian denomination. Why should I? I have been studying Christianity/Mormonism for months and I’ve yet to come across a single good reason to favor Christianity over Mormonism. In fact, I regard Mormonism as superior to Christianity in several important ways. Mormonism uniquely offers:
a truly personal God,
libertarian free will,
continuous revelation,
a ‘degrees of glory’-model of the afterlife (which provides serious relief from constantly worrying about hell – something which, based on your first paragraph, sounds like it could really help salvage your spiritual life),
salvation for the dead in the form of temple work,
salvation for children who die at a young age,
priesthood authority,
a pre-mortal existence,
and, most importantly, The Book of Mormon.
Christianity offers none of this. Leaving Mormonism for Christianity seems like it would be a regress.
it is an incomplete religion
I’m not sure what you have in mind but Christianity seems far more ‘incomplete’ to me based on the things I listed above.
it leaves its members intellectually unsatisfied (if not downright repressed).
On the contrary, I find Christianity and it’s understanding of hell intellectually unsatisfying and repressive beyond comprehension. Mormonism’s ‘degrees of glory’-model of the afterlife is far more rational and desirable.
I don't think it could accurately be called a true religion
I’d like to ask you something. In all the time you spent studying Mormonism, did you follow Moroni’s promise? Did you read The Book of Mormon with an open heart and cry out to your Maker to know if it is true? The reason I ask this is because the Book of Mormon provides a means for determining the truthfulness of the Book that most critics usually ignore.
Have you read the story of Enos? Alma 5? Jacob 5? Helaman 12? Mormon 9? Ether 12? Moroni 7? What about the story of Lehi/Nephi’s vision of the tree of life in 1 Nephi? What about King Benjamin’s speech in Mosiah? What about D&C 88?
Well, I did. And I had the most powerful spiritual experiences in my life. Does this mean Mormonism is “The Truth”? I don’t know. But it is enough to keep me going to Mormon Church until I find something