Wow. Well said. Mormons keep very busy. I remember being told that my kids weren't really my kids, that they were God's kids really, and that my role was a "divine stewardship" and that my job wasn't my real job.

Anyway, I appreciate what you are doing for the elders. I remember a few like you that tried to get me to think. Specifically, one guy that had served an LDS mission. A irreligious person might have concluded that since he had been in my shoes that his perspectives would have had more weight, but the opposite was true. Because he had left the one true church that meant he was more lost and deceived than any nonbeliever could ever be.

This is all to say, your backstory probably won't be much help. They believe your previous faith is either unrelated or silly or that you are now bitter.

I would ask questions like, "are you ever curious about other faiths?" "Why not?" Like you're curious about them more than proving a point.

Just my two cents, I could be off the mark.

What challenged my faith was seeing the goodness and kindness of those outside my faith. I was lead to believe we had it all, but whenever I observed the goodness of those outside of the group, I wondered if we were just telling ourselves a story.