Lori Fazzino will examine the deconversion process of belief to non belief and the parallels of Mormon deconversion to Evangelical Christian deconversion. Lori Fazzino holds a master's degree in sociology from the department of sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where she is continuing her doctoral work on atheist communities. She is a former Evangelical believer. Lori's status as a religious apostate is what sparked an interest in her current research. Lori's research has quickly received a warm welcome in the secular community, and as a result, she has been offered multiple speaking opportunities such as the 2012 Secular Student Alliance National convention this summer and the 2013 Reasonfest conference in Lawrence, Kansas.

As Lori Fazzino's presentation will include the cognitive and emotional experiences of apostasy. Those of us leaving religion altogether should feel a connection with those escaping other dogmatic religious beliefs.

This lecture will be Sunday March 4th, 2 PM at the New Lexington Hotel 850 So Bluff in St. George. The lecture is open to the public.


A special thanks to rfm's onendagus for arranging this lecture, we got friends in high places.

Looks like a good lecture to bring a TBM family member to help them understand the journey in somewhat of a detached way.

Proclamation on the Family... Revisited..

The family is ordained of God. Marriage between loving partners is essential to His eternal plan. Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by parents who honor marital vows with complete fidelity. Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities. By divine design, parents are to jointly preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Together, they are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, parents are obligated to help one another as equal partners.

All worthy couples who are legally and lawfully married are entitled to the blessings of sealing that marriage for all time and eternity.