I haven't left yet, I have to wait till I turn 18 which is soon, but I have made up my mind to leave. However, I always find that if someone asks a question about the mormon religion or has a misunderstanding, I always try to clear it up or answer it. I don't get why I do it.
2006-10-15 10:19:49 · 28 answers · asked by TOGA TOGA 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't hate the mormon religion, nor do I believe it is a cult. I just don't believe it.
2006-10-15 10:39:04 · update #1
I went through that as well. My mom joined the church when I was 3 years old, and I left it when I turned 17.
I don't know if this will apply to you, but when I first left, I would answer questions posed to me about the Mormon religion. I realized that it was part of the programming and indoctrination of Mormonism. Even though I wasn't Mormon anymore, I was still functioning as one. It took me a long time to get past that stage, and it was difficult, but I did it. So can you. There are tons and tons of websites that deal with people who are leaving Mormonism. A really good website is:
http://www.exmormon.org
2006-10-15 10:50:30 · answer #1 · answered by Bastet's kitten 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All religions have a spirit on them and that is what you are responding to. In addition you have built up a world view around what you have been taught.
It is very difficult to establish a life totally separated from how we were trained up; or to free ourselves from the spirits and social influences we were exposed to or captured by early in life.
For example. I am very attached to music, sounds, symbols, shapes, fashions, foods and people associated with World War II. Yet I was a little baby or pre-schooler in that time and the war was over when I was in first grade. What I soaked up as a toddler has shaped me as much or more than the deliberate choices I was making ten or 20 or 30 years later.
To this point being a Mormon has been your life and something of it will always be with you. What you picked up from those religious teachings don't just drop off because you decide it should be so. Also there is nothing magic about passing 18 or even 21.
You respond to a question because in your life you have valid experience regarding that question. What could be more normal?
2006-10-15 19:33:53 · answer #2 · answered by Tommy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if you have been raised as a Mormon for almost 18 years, you will have first hand knowledge of whats its all about. Just because you don't believe, means nothing.
There's nothing wrong with helping people understand what it is actually about. You should be proud of the fact you want to educate people and try and stop the stereotypes.
Good Luck to you :)
2006-10-15 17:47:47 · answer #3 · answered by Not_a_toothless_pirate 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What are your reasons for leaving? Hopefully you are searching for the truth and want to leave a religion because you don't find it truthful. If you stand up for Mormonism, that tells me you are just feeling rebellious. Many people go through a rebellious stage when they are young and end up leaving their faith and then years later come back again. You probably don't want to hear that, but it is true. I hope you are in a searching mode though, and looking for truth rather than planning to give up on religion completely.
2006-10-15 17:42:02 · answer #4 · answered by SeraMcKay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I understand how you feel...I was born and raised a Catholic and practiced and believed in my religion 100% for many years.
I no longer believe in God now which has nothing at all to do with Catholicism.
However I find myself constantly correcting peoples misunderstandings about Catholics.
One which is really stupid is that Catholics aren't Christians....anybody that believes in the teachings of Jesus Christ is a Christian....hence the word.
2006-10-15 17:26:50 · answer #5 · answered by daljack -a girl 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because you know the religion and you just want to clear the misunderstanding. It does not mean that you are defending it though.
2006-10-15 17:24:55 · answer #6 · answered by ATK 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's all good. I ocassionally stand up for the Catholic religion too. It's the way we were raised, and probably what our family still is, so while you don't believe it, it's normal to want to defend the obvious untruths that some people throw at it.
2006-10-15 17:43:40 · answer #7 · answered by ♥Mira♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because you tend to talk most about what you know most about. Freeing yourself from religious superstition doesn't mean others won't have wrong ideas about what that belief is.
I'm an ex-Christian and have been an atheist for over 20 years, but I still find myself having to correct people about what Christianity is. In reality, in having deconverted from LDS, you probably have studied it enough to be more knowledgable about it than the average Mormon. I find I have to even correct Christians about their own belief.
2006-10-15 17:21:31 · answer #8 · answered by nondescript 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Because most of the people here think Mormons have twelve horns and 60 wives. true ignorance is very tempting.
If you hate Mormonizim so bad you might just want to pray about what you should do next if you show your parents you want to go to another church that you've prayed about I bet they'd be ok with that. try it. in any case it's better then kicking pricks.
2006-10-15 17:31:39 · answer #9 · answered by esoreinna 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe you're a natural teacher. You don't have to believe a thing to be able to explain it, and all you're doing is explaining things to people who ask. I don't get your problem. I explain religions that I do not belong to as well. It's not a crime.
2006-10-15 17:36:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋