Leaving LDS
I started this blog with the hope that my perspective could be fully understood, that I might not offend and hurt people with my tendency to be carelessly blunt in short quips on social media. I've posted infrequently, but I think having the tool available has helped my interactions. Faced with the prospect of having to write a comprehensive essay to explain my controversial opinion, I more often just hold my tongue. In all the time since setting up this tool, never have I needed it more. My family has left the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints. This has been a difficult and traumatic experience for me, for reasons I will go into. At first we received almost universal love and support, but as I began to talk about the reasons I left and the effect the church teachings had on me, or call attention to the current sex scandal in the church, things got tense. I lost friends, I was shamed and shunned. I do want to point out, that this has not been a universal res