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So it sounds like you, even though you didn't leave because of truth-plame, CES letter,

warmest stories type stuff, you got into that stuff and it sounds like you did become

that guy.

And when I say that guy, I mean sort of always trying to question people's faith,

poke and prod, get angry, trying to affect other people's and you kind of had that angry

phase and you became sort of that angry ranty pro, you know, challenging critic of the

church.

Is that fair to say?

Yeah, when you feel attacked, I see, when I think of the CES letter, I think of it like

bullet points, like literal bullets.

Just like you're putting this suit of armor on and you want ammo because when people make

you feel like you're less than because you left the church, you want something that you

can blast back right at their face that shows them just how ignorant they are, just how

right you are.

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