The only 2 reasons anyone ever leaves the one true church!!!

[_I have a question]

IF there is a GOD, he's likely GREEN and not human. So it will be fun to watch all of your racist's heads explode.

If? You've met him. Was he green?

[_Sam Harris]

Pashaman, IHAQ, I'm dying.

[_Fence Sitter]

Hello Sam and welcome back.

In my experience it is people who are still in the church who are much more concerned with explaining why some leave than those that have left.
I have never been asked by a non-LDS person why I no longer believe.

[_Sam Harris]

Hello Sam and welcome back.

In my experience it is people who are still in the church who are much more concerned with explaining why some leave than those that have left.
I have never been asked by a non-LDS person why I no longer believe.

Hey, Fence Sitter, and thanks. Yeah, you are right. If anything, those who knew me before I was LDS, gave a bit of a sigh of relief. Those I met afterward, can't believe it. Whatevs. Learning experience. It wasn't all bad. Not at all. But I can't be in a place that has issues with such an integral part of me. No dice.

[_Res Ipsa]

Brad Hudson, that is by far the most reasonable response I have ever heard from someone who is LDS, over why someone would leave. And is, in my opinion, far more in line with the "milk" (before meat) aspect of the LDS Gospel. Some people in this church still need to be nursing, but they're gnawing on steaks with no teeth in their heads whatsoever.

When you find yourself no longer able to see the goodness and humanity of someone because they left the LDS church, then you are in far worse shape than you could ever imagine them to be.

Thanks. I'm all for reducing the damage that too often results when a member of a family decides to leave the fold. I heard of an old friend who was feeling like a failure because one or two of her kids had rejected the LDS church. It hurt just to think about it. One of the worst sayings promoted by the church is "no success can compensate for failure in the home." All that does is set millions of people up for feeling like failures over something they can't control.

[_Res Ipsa]

Why not instead encourage members to use the shelf strategy?[/quote
Some do, but things just kind of pile up after a while.

LOL! The thing is, this particular item weighs a ton when kept in the mind, but is light as a feather on the shelf...

[_Sam Harris]

Brad Hudson, that is by far the most reasonable response I have ever heard from someone who is LDS, over why someone would leave. And is, in my opinion, far more in line with the "milk" (before meat) aspect of the LDS Gospel. Some people in this church still need to be nursing, but they're gnawing on steaks with no teeth in their heads whatsoever.

When you find yourself no longer able to see the goodness and humanity of someone because they left the LDS church, then you are in far worse shape than you could ever imagine them to be.

Thanks. I'm all for reducing the damage that too often results when a member of a family decides to leave the fold. I heard of an old friend who was feeling like a failure because one or two of her kids had rejected the LDS church. It hurt just to think about it. One of the worst sayings promoted by the church is "no success can compensate for failure in the home." All that does is set millions of people up for feeling like failures over something they can't control.

Yeah. My God is an understanding god, not so I can go splay my legs willy-nilly, but because I just know there has been a witness to the abuse I have endured in my life. I know when I've been kept. I know why I am here in Utah. I am blessed, and I believe that this is an answer to prayer. I wish I could post a video of my son, before and after the move. Night and day. I don't have a smartphone (my phone is a little delayed, LOL), but if I did, I'd show everyone exactly why I'm here. He's my everything.

[_Polygamy-Porter]

IF there is a GOD, he's likely GREEN and not human. So it will be fun to watch all of your racist's heads explode.

Tobin's world view: