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"Leaving The Fold" Now Online (Link).

Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 11:59 pm
by _Ray A
From the Signature Books online library:

Leaving the Fold: Candid Conversations with Inactive Mormons.

I read this book when it was first published. To qualify for an entry the person had to still be a member of the Church but inactive.

Living in Utah almost demands that you choose sides on religion, and it’s difficult to convince some believers that there is no harm in a thoughtful examination of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon).

This work is an exploration of the LDS church as seen by well-known Mormons, most of them Utahns, all of them inactive (nonpracticing or infrequently practicing) in the church after being active at one time in their lives. This is not an anti-Mormon work; its purpose from the beginning is to create and foster understanding.


I particularly recommend Edwin Brown Firmage, who was very critical of the Church after the passing of Prop 8.
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Re: "Leaving The Fold" Now Online (Link).

Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 1:11 am
by _rcrocket
He was once married to a first cousin of mine. He was very critical of the church before Prop 8. Lots of people were, both before and after.

Re: "Leaving The Fold" Now Online (Link).

Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 1:41 pm
by _Pokatator
rcrocket wrote:He was once married to a first cousin of mine. He was very critical of the church before Prop 8. Lots of people were, both before and after.


That describes me!

Re: "Leaving The Fold" Now Online (Link).

Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 4:51 pm
by _TAK
Crock:
He was very critical of the church before Prop 8. Lots of people were, both before and after.


That makes perfect sense.
Conversely, those who did not object to the Church’s discriminatory views of Blacks and Women would also support the Church’s attack on Gays.