So I came across this article. Of course I was able to relate to it. When you believe in something to the point that you think it is true, and everything that you where taught is what actually happen, finding out the truth will hit you like a brick.
One of the comments struck me to the point that made me shake. The person who made the comment suggest that people who leave Mormonism no longer want to be accountable, so they can walk the world with out guilt. I did respond to that comment and suggested that it is accountability that caused us to leave, but not ours but the church. I listed several things that the church should accountable to:
"How about the LDS church (The one and only true church) be accountable about the Mountain Meadows Massacre instead of covering it up for 20 years and letting the real perpetrators get away? How about be accountable about the Blacks and the Priesthood when Brigham Young was in charge since Blacks where given the priesthood before then? How about be accountable about practicing polygamy instead of hiding the fact the Joseph Smith was making proposals to married women and underage girls?"
Have a happy day!!
Monday, December 20, 2010
Saturday, December 18, 2010
I came across this yesterday:
It brought back some memories. When leaving the church, Mormons who knew you when you were active, all of sudden treat you like you are infested with the plague. They stop talking to you, they avoid eye contact. It's strange. When I decided to stop going and leave the church, I was still the same person. I still loved my kids, still tried to be the best father and husband that I could be. But from their perspective you have gone to the dark side. I remember when I was young and going to church, in one of the classes I was taught that, in the eyes of God it was worse for the person who was an active Mormon to leave the church then of someone who commits murder. The active Mormon has seen the "light" and now has turned his back on it. In essences you have turned your back on God. Mormons believe they have the one and only true church on earth.
It took me many years to decide to leave, it wasn't an easy decision. I knew I had to be true to myself. My wife wanted me to go to church and just pretend, that, to me, is giving out a false impression. When going to church you are telling others that see you that you are with them. I couldn't do that. It would be like lying to them and myself. I knew the church isn't true and I couldn't go and pretend that it was.
Leaving the Mormon Church has wonderful upsides. It was like see the world through a whole new set of eyes. I no longer considered myself special or better then anyone else. I no longer knew what to believe and finding out was going to be a wonderful experience, possibly life long. I was no longer constrained by a set of doctrines to force a world view into. I could read books on other religions and history and think about what is good and true for me and what makes me be a good human being.
It brought back some memories. When leaving the church, Mormons who knew you when you were active, all of sudden treat you like you are infested with the plague. They stop talking to you, they avoid eye contact. It's strange. When I decided to stop going and leave the church, I was still the same person. I still loved my kids, still tried to be the best father and husband that I could be. But from their perspective you have gone to the dark side. I remember when I was young and going to church, in one of the classes I was taught that, in the eyes of God it was worse for the person who was an active Mormon to leave the church then of someone who commits murder. The active Mormon has seen the "light" and now has turned his back on it. In essences you have turned your back on God. Mormons believe they have the one and only true church on earth.
It took me many years to decide to leave, it wasn't an easy decision. I knew I had to be true to myself. My wife wanted me to go to church and just pretend, that, to me, is giving out a false impression. When going to church you are telling others that see you that you are with them. I couldn't do that. It would be like lying to them and myself. I knew the church isn't true and I couldn't go and pretend that it was.
Leaving the Mormon Church has wonderful upsides. It was like see the world through a whole new set of eyes. I no longer considered myself special or better then anyone else. I no longer knew what to believe and finding out was going to be a wonderful experience, possibly life long. I was no longer constrained by a set of doctrines to force a world view into. I could read books on other religions and history and think about what is good and true for me and what makes me be a good human being.
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