With more people leaving the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints than in past generations, it seems everyone has an explanation for why this is happening.
But many of these explanations don't hold water statistically, based on findings from former Mormons in the Next Mormons Survey.
Within orthodox Mormon circles there's a general impression that people who leave the Church abandon faith in God altogether, but this isn't quite accurate, especially outside of Utah.
The NMS shows that very few former Mormons do not believe in God at all. Only 6% fall into this category, with another 8% choosing the agnostic option of "I don't know whether there is a personal God and I don't believe there is any way to find out."
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