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In my circle of acquaintances, I am the only one who has gone through the hoop-jumping of the name removal process.

There are literally hundreds of inactive, non-believing Mormons among my associates, who haven't taken the time to formally remove themselves.

At my daughters wedding, there were 150 former-Mormon guest who didn't believe in Mormonism and laughed openly about the inanity of the beliefs of the sect but remained on the ‘official’ rolls of the Church.

[T Minus Four]

There are literally hundreds of inactive, non-believing Mormons among my associates, who haven't taken the time to formally remove themselves.

I could name several dozen off the top of my head. Probably know many more but it never came up in conversation.

[reaganaut]

Exactly. There are more inactive LDS then there are active I suspect.

Most of my friends who didn’t go through the process did so because they didn’t want to upset their families or they didn’t see LDS, inc. having any authority over them so what was the point.

For me, the name removal process was so they could no longer officially count me as a member and even then they still had me listed as a member for 18 months after I got my name removal. I have no idea how long that would have gone on, but the ward clerk made the mistake of calling me to update my info so the VT’s/HT’s could come over.

[greyfoxx39]

At my daughters wedding, there were 150 former-Mormon guest who didn't believe in Mormonism and laughed openly about the inanity of the beliefs of the sect but remained on the ‘official’ rolls of the Church.

And that is in Utah alone. The inactives-still-on-the-rolls in other states must be a much higher number. I know of at least 50 within my quite small family only to the first cousin level.