Abstract
The purpose of Leaving the Fold is to give a clear picture of what attracts a person to the fundamentalist faith and what can drive believers away from their religion. There are more than 30 testimonies from people who have left the fold of fundamentalism. The first section is called Fundamentalism's Grotesque Past. In the next section, eleven testimonies of former fundamentalists who are now more liberal Christians are given. The bulk of Leaving the Fold is found in the third section where testimonies are given by former fundamentalists who are now agnostics or atheists.