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  "path": "/2026/04/29/former-lds-mission-president-explains-what-we-get-wrong-about-people-leaving-the-church/",
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    "Columns",
    "Faiths",
    "Flunking Sainthood",
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    "\"Torn: Why People Are Leaving the Church and What We Can Learn From Them\"",
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  "textContent": "(RNS) — The most devout Latter-day Saints are the most likely to be wrong about how many people are leaving the church and why, a new study shows.",
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