sometimes apostate is used for 1. former member and active campaigner against the church 2. former member, bitter towards the church, doesn't campaign 3. former member, doesn't believe, not bitter.
As for me being on the spectrum, back a long time ago, I didn't really think there were many people who thought like me in the church. But the older I get, the more I have found how heterogenous views are in the church. Sometimes you trick yourself into thinking the loud Tex-types are the average member, but they are not.
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