If the center path—the straight and narrow one—is the true and safe path each LDS member is enjoined by the Savior to follow, then these other two paths, one slightly to the right and one slightly to the left of that central path, are the two apostasies of which I wish to speak. They are so close to that central path, abutting it on either side and seemingly parallel, that it is quite easy to slip into one of these other two paths almost without noticing. Indeed, once on one of these other two paths, it is easy to continue to think of oneself as a believing Latter-day Saint—until it’s clear you are not because a Church disciplinary council is excommunicating you.
