{"id":902,"date":"2007-04-22T21:27:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-22T21:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janaremy.com\/?p=902"},"modified":"2007-04-22T21:27:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-22T21:27:00","slug":"and-nothing-shall-offend-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2007\/04\/22\/and-nothing-shall-offend-them\/","title":{"rendered":"And nothing shall offend them…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Through a link from mormonstories<\/a> I came across this article <\/a>in an LDS publication. The author of the article contends that many people who leave the Mormon church do so because they’ve been offended by another member or by a church leader.<\/p>\n

I just wanted to take a moment to affirm that I did NOT cease my activity in the LDS Church because I was offended by any particular leader or by any particular incident\/interaction with a church member. My change of heart is due to fundamental disagreement with LDS doctrines, practices, and culture.<\/p>\n

Okay, just had to get that off my chest, as some have suggested (including my own leaders) that I left because an offense. Which is simply not the case. If anything, it was my fondness for the people of the church that made it difficult to stop participating. And it is my continued support of my LDS friends that leads me to sporadically attend Mormon-sponsored events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Through a link from mormonstories I came across this article in an LDS publication. The author of the article contends that many people who leave the Mormon church do so because they’ve been offended by another member or by a church leader. I just wanted to take a moment to affirm that I did NOT […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lds"],"yoast_head":"\nAnd nothing shall offend them... - PilgrimSteps<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2007\/04\/22\/and-nothing-shall-offend-them\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"And nothing shall offend them... - PilgrimSteps\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Through a link from mormonstories I came across this article in an LDS publication. The author of the article contends that many people who leave the Mormon church do so because they’ve been offended by another member or by a church leader. I just wanted to take a moment to affirm that I did NOT […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2007\/04\/22\/and-nothing-shall-offend-them\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PilgrimSteps\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-04-22T21:27:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"janaremy@gmail.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"janaremy@gmail.com\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.janaremy.com\\\/pilgrimsteps\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/22\\\/and-nothing-shall-offend-them\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.janaremy.com\\\/pilgrimsteps\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/22\\\/and-nothing-shall-offend-them\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"janaremy@gmail.com\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.janaremy.com\\\/pilgrimsteps\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/48edf1696489416085bd652eed4f53c9\"},\"headline\":\"And nothing shall offend them…\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-04-22T21:27:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.janaremy.com\\\/pilgrimsteps\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/22\\\/and-nothing-shall-offend-them\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":167,\"commentCount\":5,\"articleSection\":[\"LDS\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.janaremy.com\\\/pilgrimsteps\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/22\\\/and-nothing-shall-offend-them\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.janaremy.com\\\/pilgrimsteps\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/22\\\/and-nothing-shall-offend-them\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.janaremy.com\\\/pilgrimsteps\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/22\\\/and-nothing-shall-offend-them\\\/\",\"name\":\"And nothing shall offend them... - PilgrimSteps\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.janaremy.com\\\/pilgrimsteps\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-04-22T21:27:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.janaremy.com\\\/pilgrimsteps\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/48edf1696489416085bd652eed4f53c9\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.janaremy.com\\\/pilgrimsteps\\\/2007\\\/04\\\/22\\\/and-nothing-shall-offend-them\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.janaremy.com\\\/pilgrimsteps\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.janaremy.com\\\/pilgrimsteps\\\/\",\"name\":\"PilgrimSteps\",\"description\":\"just one step at a time...\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.janaremy.com\\\/pilgrimsteps\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.janaremy.com\\\/pilgrimsteps\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/48edf1696489416085bd652eed4f53c9\",\"name\":\"janaremy@gmail.com\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/35f18ee12c735a8a3991a37577421947880e6460a50cea12cd788c1a5707c3b7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/35f18ee12c735a8a3991a37577421947880e6460a50cea12cd788c1a5707c3b7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/35f18ee12c735a8a3991a37577421947880e6460a50cea12cd788c1a5707c3b7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"janaremy@gmail.com\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.janaremy.com\\\/pilgrimsteps\\\/author\\\/janaremygmail-com\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"And nothing shall offend them... - PilgrimSteps","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2007\/04\/22\/and-nothing-shall-offend-them\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"And nothing shall offend them... - PilgrimSteps","og_description":"Through a link from mormonstories I came across this article in an LDS publication. The author of the article contends that many people who leave the Mormon church do so because they’ve been offended by another member or by a church leader. I just wanted to take a moment to affirm that I did NOT […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2007\/04\/22\/and-nothing-shall-offend-them\/","og_site_name":"PilgrimSteps","article_published_time":"2007-04-22T21:27:00+00:00","author":"janaremy@gmail.com","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"janaremy@gmail.com","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2007\/04\/22\/and-nothing-shall-offend-them\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2007\/04\/22\/and-nothing-shall-offend-them\/"},"author":{"name":"janaremy@gmail.com","@id":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/#\/schema\/person\/48edf1696489416085bd652eed4f53c9"},"headline":"And nothing shall offend them…","datePublished":"2007-04-22T21:27:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2007\/04\/22\/and-nothing-shall-offend-them\/"},"wordCount":167,"commentCount":5,"articleSection":["LDS"],"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2007\/04\/22\/and-nothing-shall-offend-them\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2007\/04\/22\/and-nothing-shall-offend-them\/","url":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2007\/04\/22\/and-nothing-shall-offend-them\/","name":"And nothing shall offend them... - PilgrimSteps","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/#website"},"datePublished":"2007-04-22T21:27:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/#\/schema\/person\/48edf1696489416085bd652eed4f53c9"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2007\/04\/22\/and-nothing-shall-offend-them\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/","name":"PilgrimSteps","description":"just one step at a time...","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/#\/schema\/person\/48edf1696489416085bd652eed4f53c9","name":"janaremy@gmail.com","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35f18ee12c735a8a3991a37577421947880e6460a50cea12cd788c1a5707c3b7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35f18ee12c735a8a3991a37577421947880e6460a50cea12cd788c1a5707c3b7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35f18ee12c735a8a3991a37577421947880e6460a50cea12cd788c1a5707c3b7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"janaremy@gmail.com"},"url":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/author\/janaremygmail-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}