How it feels to leave the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Imagine you were born into a religion that espouses that it above all others, is the one true church of the living God upon the earth. Now imagine as you grow up in this religion, in its accompanying culture that you have decided you no longer want part of it. The reasons vary from never having wanted to be part of it to begin with, being born gay; coming across information claiming the church is wrong or coming across information of its history less than flattering. Now imagine the horror of realizing that leaving this church potentially means losing friends, family, respect from your neighbors in addition to being effectively kicked out of its culture and being shunned as an apostate by those who loved you. For those who leave the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this scenario is all too real. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints more commonly known as the “Mormon Church” is a relatively young Christian denomination church founded by
