Green Oasis

Some spoke not of rage, but of a moment when, like a revelation, the contradictions would be resolved if they simply accepted that the church is not true. As Michael L. described, “Though you see your entire identity and your life potentially shattering and crumbling around you, it’s almost like standing in the eye of a storm, where you come to realize that now everything makes sense.”

That statement rings true to my experience. I wasn’t angry when I first accepted that Mormonism doesn’t reflect reality. The anger came later and has since subsided. When I learned truths that had been hidden from me, I felt my world slipping away. In the midst of chaos, the idea came to me that Mormonism was false. It seemed so simple a thing. Once I grasped this little idea, the world came into focus again, but sharper than ever before.