How I Grew Out Of Mormonism

I was not supposed to grow up to be an apostate. Both of my parents served honorable foreign missions for the church and were married in the...

The earliest event I can remember that may have launched my thoughts in a skeptical direction was something that occurred on my mission. Whi...

I have no doubt that numerous mini-events at BYU were, in combination, the greatest force in directing me toward eventually leaving the chur...

Throughout five years of graduate school, I essentially coasted as a liberal but fully active Mormon. The scriptures seemed more ridiculous ...

By the time my first child was three years old, I had decided there were three possibilities regarding God’s existence: a) He didn’t exis...

By the fall of 2005, I had a clear idea of what I did and did not believe, but I hadn’t figured out the details. God could not possibly exis...

By early 2007 it was clear that neither my wife nor I believed the church was true. We also loathed going to church and made something of a ...

My wife and I have been warned throughout our lives about the tragedy that would materialize if we were ever foolish enough to leave the chu...