Meeting an Escapee

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I was hanging out with friends PST and KW last night, and learned an interesting thing about KW's roommate, L. Turns out she comes from a family of LDS folk (read, Mormons), and ended up leaving the church when she reached the age of reason and realized how much of her time was being leeched by church activities and restrictions. We only got the 10-minute version, but through a combination of determination and what I can only describe as GUTS, she officially cut her ties with the church.

It was interesting to hear that everyone who's baptized into the LDS church actually gets put into a registry and is even given an ID number. So it's kind of a big deal to get yourself removed from the roster, especially if you're a female! She mentioned how she had to get a male relative to talk to the bigwigs on the phone in order for them to take her seriously, which really got my hackles up, but she ended up victorious, and even had the letter to prove it. It was a terse piece of communication, but had the usual "if you ever want to rejoin" statement at the end.

PST wryly quipped how he was disappointed they didn't have a "please find enclosed one (1) soul" bit, what with how bureaucratic the whole process looked.


Enough, More Later.
- James