Posted by:
Ishmael
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Date: October 26, 2014 08:10PM
In reading some of John Dehlin's research, I could not help but link his survey's findings with the content of the essays that have rolled out.
If you don't have time to read the whole document, pages 9 and 18 have lists of reasons people leave. Pages 24-25 have lists of what would make people consider returning.
The lists John produced are "eerily" parallel to the topics of the essays.
http://www.whymormonsquestion.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Survey-Results_Understanding-Mormon-Disbelief-Mar20121.pdfDisclaimer: somewhere in John's materials I read a bullet point list of the main issues, and they, too, match the essay rollouts.
I recall from the DCP dustup that Dehlin has at least one bigname connection in the hierarchy. On at leat one of his podcasts he speaks of sharing the results of his survey (for his dissertation project) with suits.
Apologies if the Dehlin link has been posted on another recent thread. I delight in the words of Anagrammy, and, seeing her post, I though to add something topical to this thread.
Peace out.