Unwavering Faith

 I was taught to stay away from all material that was not faith-promoting, labelled as anti-Mormon material . Particularly, if I saw any videos that were titled “ Why I left the church”  I quickly swiped away. I very much employed this thinking, until one day I saw one that made me think, “Oh let’s watch one and if it’s an angry one I’ll skip it.”  The video is linked here . It was not at all what I thought when it came to “anti-Mormon material.” The presenter started off by telling his story, and then shared the experiences he had that caused him to wonder. I had often given room for the thought “imagine if the church wasn’t true” but then quickly would come up with reasons to counter that thought, usually drawing upon the experiences I had had prior. But this time, I actually took that thought seriously. In the video, he mentioned that it was the experience of having his son that made him wonder if he wanted this for his child. And so he doubled down  and real...