"losing my way"

As I did my homework yesterday, I listened to the Saturday session of General Conference. The talks this session were in a much better spirit than those given in October. I did find some statements that were highly over generalized. When talking about those who are no longer active, the thought of church leaders is that those of us who become inactive are very unhappy. The other assumption that is made is that there is only one path to spiritual happiness. I have found that reading about the Buddha has made me very happy, indeed I feel more sure about my role in this world than I ever did as a Latter Day Saint. Finally they assume that people leave because they have been offended by someone in church. This is not always true either, some of us leave the church because of what is lacking in the teaching. For me it was many things that all added up to me knowing that this was not the "true" church. I have been offended many times during my time as a Saint, I never stopped going. I stayed because of what the church seemed to stand for. I had concerns, but was confident in knowing what the church stood for. I never closed my eyes however, and when I saw what was really going on I could not stay. So it is not true that we leave because of petty offenses or that we are horribly unhappy.