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Top 5 Myths and Truths about Why Mormons Leave the LDS Church

Originally published 2014-02-01 at whymormonsleave.com by John Dehlin. Preserved as written.

Where this lives now

The five myths and the data that answer them are written up on the myths page.

Why Mormons Leave

A project of the Open Stories Foundation, begun in 2011 to promote understanding of why people lose belief in the LDS Church, to dispel damaging myths about them, and to keep families together across a difference in belief.

About this project · Original 2011 to 2014 posts

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