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Martha Nibley Beck, daughter of Mormon scholar Hugh Nibley and author of bestseller Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith. Sarissa Hahn, Entrepreneur; Steve Benson, cartoonist and grandson of LDS Church president Ezra Taft Benson [95] Patrick Califia, sexuality writer; Brian Evenson, American writer of literary and ...
Most ex-Mormons leave Mormonism and the LDS or RLDS Church because of intellectual reasons for finding the religion false or practices of Mormon organizations. The foremost reasons are disbelief both in Joseph Smith as a prophet [6] [7] and in the Book of Mormon as a religious and historical document.
According to the Salt Lake Tribune and The Daily Beast, the letter has been influential in the decision of many now-former members of the LDS Church to resign their membership. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] [ 2 ] Writer Jana Riess has argued that the impact of the CES Letter has been overstated, yet important.
David Archuleta, former "American Idol" star, talks to NBC News about how he's reinventing himself with new music and a memoir in the works after coming out as queer in 2021 and leaving the Mormon ...
Dan Reynolds, lead singer of the rock band Imagine Dragons, opened up about why he chose to leave Mormonism. Speaking with People in an interview published on Sunday, July 7, Reynolds, 36, was ...
The Mormon corridor refers to the areas of western North America that were settled between 1850 and approximately 1890 by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), who are commonly called "Mormons". [30] In academic literature, the area is also commonly called the Mormon culture region. [31] [32]
The LDS Church defines membership as a count of living individuals who: [3] have been baptized and confirmed. are under age nine and have been blessed but not baptized. are not accountable because of intellectual disabilities, regardless of age. are unblessed children under age eight when: two member parents request it; or
The newest member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' top governing body said every faith — including his — must do more to protect victims of sexual abuse and help facilitate ...