After years of talking with current and former mormons, I am well aware that the reasons for people leaving and becoming disaffected are as different as snowflakes. Everyone has a different story and takes a unique path. I didn’t get a chance to listen to John Dehlin’s mormon stories podcasts while they were still available. ...
You can’t work for change outside of an organization. Or can you? I think most of the regular posters here on MSP have faced this decision. Many seem to be current (or former) LDS members. In general, I don’t really understand the “with us or against us” philosophy. I’ve encountered it in other places too ...
We got an interesting comment from Remeny the other day regarding the ‘Naclers (including us) who have criticized President Beck’s talk: The church has raised the bar for missionaries to serve. Since then the number of missionaries have decreased, but the quality of missionary has increased. So it should be with current members of the ...