I’m a Canadian who grew up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I was raised in a Mormon family, and I served a two year mission when I was nineteen. I am still an active, faithful, believing member of the Church, so let’s get that out of the way right now. Suffice it to say, I consider myself to be in the mainstream of the Church. I have a firm testimony that this Church is true, the Book of Mormon is the divinely translated Word of God, and that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Saviour.

Good. Now we can move on.