Why is is so hard to get out of the Mormon Church? is this because it is a cult?

Answer 1

Yes, it is difficult to get out of the Mormon church because it is a cult, but this cult also has it's people in spiritual bondage because of the occultic vows they make.

Any institution that tries to suspend rational thought may be deemed demonic in nature in a systematic theological sense.

In regards to the Mormon Church the following quotes show their stand in this regard:

“When our leaders speak, the thinking has been done."

"When the Prophet speaks the debate is over.”

Characteristics of CULTS:
1. "The group focuses on a living leader to whom its members appear to be extraordinarily committed."
The prophets are almost deified. They are said to be infallible. Many put Joseph Smith higher or of more importance than Jesus. Then there is the adjuration to obey the prophet and church leaders above all else. This is what cults do. Joseph Smith thought himself greater than Jesus.
2. "The group focuses heavily on recruiting new members."
The Mormon church has a well organized missionary program. Prospective members are not given a full disclosure of Mormon Doctrine. The meatier or more esoteric beliefs are completely left out and avoided. Also, there is a move to sanitize and rewrite Mormon church history
3. "The group focuses heavily on making money"
Tithe or you won’t make it to the Celestial Kingdom (the Mormon highest part of Heaven where God dwells). However you look at it, this is paying for indulgences and was one of the things that Christ spoke against when he was preaching against the Pharisees. “Under the guise of religious faith, destructive persuaders seek to promote a hidden agenda. This agenda which is usually economic or power seeking is carefully concealed behind illusions. The need for concealment arises because cults compete with traditional institutions for members and resources”.
4. "Members who question, doubt, or dissent with the group's beliefs are discouraged or punished."
It is common knowledge that a number of Mormon writers have been excommunicated for their writings
5. "The group uses techniques that numb the mind to suppress doubts about the group and its leaders."
Suppression of doubts and free thinking is readily apparent in the Mormon church. Frequent meetings for the lay clergy that keeps them from their families also helps to numb the members. The first Sunday of each month is called Fast and Testimony Sunday. Members are expected to go completely without food and drink for a 24 hour period starting the night before. During the Fast and Testimony meeting members are encouraged to get up and witness to each other about their beliefs. This type of activity can have numbing effects.
The Mormon Temple Ceremony also does this, the temple participant is not to talk out against church leaders according to Mormon Law. In the Temple Ceremony the participants are put under a covenant to give all to the church, not to God.
6. "The group's leaders tell members how they should act, think, and feel. For example, members must get their love life and jobs okayed. Leaders may tell them what kind of clothes to wear, where to live, how to raise their children, etc."
Church leadership looks into the personal lives of the members. Yearly worthiness interviews are held with members and at least for the youth very personal questions regarding masturbation, sex and other personal questions are asked. Adults go through at least yearly interviews as well, where questions of a very personal nature are asked.
7. "The group sees itself as especially and uniquely blessed; for example, the leader is believed to be a Messiah or avatar, or the leader and the group have special orders to save the world."
The Mormon church sets itself up as being better than everyone else. Church members are taught that the Mormon Church is the only true church of God on the face of the earth. That all other churches are founded on lies or are the church of the devil.
8. "The group has an us-versus-them outlook, which puts it in conflict with mainstream culture."
Since the move to Utah, and even before in Nauvoo, Il and Kirtland, OH, the Mormons have considered themselves to be a persecuted people. Even today, there is an us-vs-them mentality in the Mormon church.
9. "The group's leaders are accountable only to themselves and are not guided by or disciplined by any higher authorities as are, for example, military officers, and the ministers, priests, and rabbis of mainstream religions."
The church does not report church finances to the membership. I do not know of any reputable business or charitable organization that takes part in a similar practice. Also, the top Church leaders have no one to account to. They run the church with an iron hand and excommunicate anyone that questions them.
10. "The leaders manipulate the members into feeling guilty in order to maintain control."
No one is ever good enough in the Mormon church.
11. "Because members become subservient to the group, they cut ties to friends, families and the personal goals and activities they had before joining."
12. "The group expects its members to devote inordinate amounts of time to it."
The Mormon church expects its members to all take on church duties. They are assigned. People do not volunteer. The church meetings and duties take parents out of the home for inordinate amounts of time.
13. "The group encourages or requires its members to live or socialize only with each other."

1 Cults have living leaders and the cult’s religious doctrine is based on the leader’s revelations and ideology.
2 A cult’s religious leader has absolute authority over his members.
3 Cults promise converts that through hard work and loyalty they can save humanity from sin and eventual destruction.
4 Cults require that members do “demeaning work” for the cause.
5 Cults promise everlasting salvation for faithful followers.
6 Converts must remove themselves from greater society – jobs, schools, families and friends – and devote full-time effort to the cult and its leader.
7 Cults indoctrinate through elaborate and extreme personality, attitude, belief, and behavioral change techniques.
8 Cults discourage critical thinking and suppress alternative views of social reality.
9 Cults create strong feelings of dependency on the group and demand absolute obedience to cult norms or standards for behavior.
10 Cults practice religious rituals or meditative techniques that are psychologically unwholesome to their members.

The Mormon church is a cult and not only is it hard to get out of, it takes a lot of effort to recover from the spiritual abuse, and it takes a miracle to to find the real Jesus Christ and Christianity after being brainwashed against Him and the truth.

Answer 2

It is not hard to leave the Church, just sad that anyone would want to.

You can make a written request to have your name removed from the records which means that you will no longer be a member of the church. You can also go to your nearest Chapel and speak with your Bishop who can take care of the issue for you.

We are certainly not a cult, in the sense that you would imply.

It may, at times, seem "hard" to leave the church because we are organized and genuinely care about our members. As long as you are an official member of the church, we will be there for you. We will try to visit you, offer to help you out in times of need, and just try to encourage you to live the gospel of Jesus Christ, even if you are struggling and may not longer wish to follow Christ.

If you don't mind my asking, why do you want to get out? You can reach me at [e-mail]

Answer 3

NO!! You can leave anytime you want they don't hold you against your will!! They are not a cult. They're to kind to make you do something you don't want to do. They just like people to see their point of views. If you think the missionaires are bugging you then tell them to stop your just not interested and they should all leave you alone. If that's not the case then go to the bishop and talk to him. The LDS church is the most organized church I've ever seen. They don't make you stay and they're definetly are not a cult. If you wan tto see a cult go to a church called Rainier Heights. Now that's a cult.

Answer 4

As with all cults they structure it so that every facet of life is tied up in the cult's activities... all family it bound by the cult for an individual who has seen the falseness of it and wants out, They have to concider that they will be giving up their family in most cases... it is hard for some to do thins even though they know the cult is wrong, they stay because of family...

Answer 5

Why do you want to get out of it? It is true! And i love it! and i seriously wouldn't leave it for the world....... i'd be so lost......... if you're thinking of quitting it's probably because you don't understand it. try studying it harder and striving to understand it. you'll be so relieved once you feel the incredible wonder of it all. i know it's true. don't give up yet. good luck. and it's not a cult, BTW. but remember no one's forcing you to do anything

Answer 6

a million. The LDS church isn't a cult.....whether you attempt to slander it by using calling it that. 2. If something, in ingredient to fact popping out. listed decrease than are most of the lies that folk have unfold relating to the LDS church that are actually extremely refuted: -Mormons have horns -Mormons are satanic -Mormons are not Christians -Mormonism is a cult -Mormons nonetheless prepare polygamy -Mormons have self assurance that God lives on Kolob -Mormon adult adult males administration mormon women -Mormons don't think in preparation. i ought to pass on and on and on. Now people who're interested in understanding the very fact approximately Mormons can hear it from Mormons and not purely from Mormon haters. As constantly, you could no longer substitute into LDS until you have self assurance (or lie and say which you do) that it is the only and easily authentic church, that Joseph Smith is a prophet, and that the e book of Mormon is scripture. there is not any tricking in contact. purely trustworthy conversion.

Answer 7

Not really. It's because, if you try to leave, they will bombard you. As in, they won't leave you alone with their religious rhetoric. They'll even have the equivelent of an "intervention" and take you for a meeting with the elders who will bombard you with bible pasages to make you realize you're wrong. And they've done it so much, they're rather good at it.

Answer 8

I reckon that you have it right. They feel that they are the only true church.

Answer 9

it isn't all that difficult. all you have to do is send a notorized letter to the church stating your resignation.
once they get that letter, you no longer have to have anything to do with them.
they might say you need an interview in order to prolong it, but the second they get your letter, then you're free.
don't let them have anymore power over you! take it back, and to hell with them.

Answer 10

why would you ask that if you already know the answer?