What "Under the Banner of Heaven" Gets Right About Losing Your Faith
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I’ve always felt a bit of a kinship with the Mormons, though the reasons why have changed as I’ve gotten older. I was raised a Jehovah’s Witness (I no longer practice or believe, nor am I really much of a thiest at all these days), and as a child I would occasionally see Mormons while out being forced to knock on people’s doors. I only knew them as the “other” people who knocked on doors; I certainly wasn’t supposed to talk to them and probably would have mocked their beliefs, but I admired them for doing something I, at the time, thought was important. More importantly, I knew they understood the downsides and trials of living that sort of life better than anyone, and occasionally imagined swapping stories with them.
What "Under the Banner of Heaven" Gets Right About Losing Your Faith
What "Under the Banner of Heaven" Gets Right…
What "Under the Banner of Heaven" Gets Right About Losing Your Faith
I’ve always felt a bit of a kinship with the Mormons, though the reasons why have changed as I’ve gotten older. I was raised a Jehovah’s Witness (I no longer practice or believe, nor am I really much of a thiest at all these days), and as a child I would occasionally see Mormons while out being forced to knock on people’s doors. I only knew them as the “other” people who knocked on doors; I certainly wasn’t supposed to talk to them and probably would have mocked their beliefs, but I admired them for doing something I, at the time, thought was important. More importantly, I knew they understood the downsides and trials of living that sort of life better than anyone, and occasionally imagined swapping stories with them.