Teryl Givens is trying to keep people in the church.
John Dehlin says he is "neutral" (apparently, if the article is accurate) while admitting that many more people leave the church because what he says than stay in. And he throws up his hands and says, well if that is the case, it's because of this dang leadership in the church.
Very different from what I do. Which is work with young people in the church, help them grow, teach them about testimony, and try to get them to fulfill their full potential (which I believe the church can magnify exponentially).
Yup, what Dehlin and I do are very different. And I'm just one small cog in one small place, doing what many thousands of others are doing. I would be surprised if even 1% of American Mormons have even heard of Dehlin or Mormon stories.
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