This week, apostle Dale G. Renlund and his wife, Ruth, led a devotional for young adults at Brigham Young University-Hawaii. The topic was doubt, which is an important and timely issue in Mormonism.
I was raised to try to find something good to say first, so here goes: I appreciate that this devotional acknowledges that leaving The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is rarely about just one thing. Rather, it’s often catalyzed by a complex mixture of intellectual, social and spiritual issues.
So there’s that. But overall, the talk conveyed a damaging message about doubt and, more importantly, doubters.