Name: Why I Left The Mormon Church
Uploaded: 2022-01-03T03:56:41.000Z
Duration: 23 min 23 s
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I was Mormon most of my life, up until a few years ago.

- I then left the Mormon Church, and that is a whole story

that I want to talk about today with all of you.

My purpose in doing this is to share my perspective

so that anyone who is in a situation like I was

a couple of years ago, who is questioning and wondering

or to talk about the history or the theology of the church.

Today, all I want to do is tell you the story

Both my parents were Mormon or LDS, Latter-day Saints.

I then eventually served a two-year mission

in Tijuana, Mexico, where for two years, I went around

and spoke to people in Spanish about the church

and learned a lot, learned to speak Spanish fluently.

called Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah,

I went through all Mormon rituals in the church and temple.

I worked in the temple as a volunteer for a time.

I was very, very Mormon, and I believed it.

of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,

unlike any other Christian organization in its doctrine.

and a few weeks before we graduated from BYU,

Here we are literally in our cap and gown

After we graduated, we moved out to Washington, DC,

and that's when my wheels really started to turn.

I started to think, you know, I have a child now.

I think having Henry really made me wonder

and think about how I should teach him about the world.

I'd grown up with this firm conviction of the LDS doctrine

which are very specific and very peculiar.

I want to teach him everything that I know about this faith

and I realized that if I'm gonna teach this to my son,

and really, really establish a strong foundation

I had one, but I knew it needed to be stronger

One of the things I loved about Mormon doctrine at the time

was that there was always a push to ask God if it was true.

Not to trust any people or any organization,

but to, like, get on your knees and say, God, is this true?

Is all of the things that they say actually the real deal?

I had kind of taken advantage of that promise before,

I'd always been in a setting of pressure,

whether it was my home as a kid or my mission or BYU.

In other words, there was always an incentive to believe.

and not feel like there was some price to pay

Being in Washington DC with my child out on my own

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Why I Left The Mormon Church

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