Former Washington Scribe Says She "Spiritually Imploded" Under Weighty Mormonism
Former TWT editorial writer and former reporter for Politico and The Hill Carrie Sheffield gives the dirt on Mormonism in today’s WaPo Opinion pages. She’s now a writer and political analyst based in Manhattan.
The highlights:
1. The church she was raised in insisted on obedience. For her, this caused “trauma and cognitive dissonance.”
2. While studying at Brigham Young University, she “spiritually imploded” after learning doctrine outside the church. A “disturbed” Sheffield met with a “high-ranking Mormon leader” who told her to stop reading historical and scientific materials because they were worse than porn.
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