Summary: Michael R. Ash is a veteran staff member of the Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research (FAIR), former weekly columnist for the Mormon Times and has presented several papers at LDS-related symposiums. Ash is the author of Shaken Faith Syndrome: Strengthening One's Testimony In the Face of Criticism and Doubt, as well as Of Faith and Reason: Scholarly Evidences Supporting Joseph Smith. Ash writes a semi-monthly column for Meridian Magazine's on-line publication and has written more than 100 articles defending the faith. Ash has had articles published by FAIR, FARMS, Sunstone, Dialogue, and most recently in the Ensign.In this interview Kirk and Michael talk about what it means to doubt, the declining lack of literacy, how to stay a member of the church, and what it might mean for one to leave faithfully.
