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I am a BIC church member in my late twenties and have pioneer ancestry/church heritage on both sides. I was born and raised in Utah, served a mission, graduated from BYU, and am currently living in Utah county. I have for a long time now been liberal on a lot of social and political issues, and have had a lot of problems with church history and doctrine, but always felt that I had a spiritual confirmation (testimony) to offset the doubt. I think that I used to be what many who participate in this blog are—completely devoted to many of the guiding principles of the church, although not in agreement with a few of the practices or doctrines. Recently, my husband started researching the church on his own and brought up all of my old issues and some new ones of his own. After researching the church, he has decided he doesn’t believe it’s true and is no longer interested in participating.
If I’m being honest, I don’t actually believe it, but I still kind of desperately want to. I remember the time when I did believe, but the idea of actually continuing to go to church now makes me sick to my stomach. I haven’t been attending church regularly for a year now, though I go to Sacrament meeting in a different ward at least once a month, sometimes more, because I do enjoy the sacrament, most of the hymns, and some of the talks.
I’m here on this blog even though I’m not sure I can find enough reason to stay in the church because I really, really enjoy reading all of the postings. So I just decided introduce myself; even if I don’t decide to stay LDS, I want to say thanks to all of you for participating in this blog which helps so many disaffected members.
Thanks for your intro, CCW. I think as Mormons we get so caught up in “true/not true” that we forget that these are questions that are essentially irrelevant to our own personal spiritual life. Those questions are important to “the church” (an entity that we’ve made up by being members of it)–they are questions designed to preserve the organization, not for individual edification; yet, for those who are church-centric (not necessarily God or Christ-centric or like me, self-centric 
Hi CCW! It’s always nice to know someone else “gets” us! We sure enjoy ourselves!
😆 Welcome, CCW. I don’t have much to add, but I’m glad you are with us. Yes welcome! I hope you can find a level of activity you are comfortable with. Welcome, and I’m glad you’re here and to hear parts of your story. We do attract a “fun” crowd, don’t we? Whether you decide to stay LDS or not, I hope you feel welcome to stay here and share your feelings. I think the benefit I get from this site is just learning from what others go through…and your experiences and decisions are neither “right” nor “wrong” for me personally, but they are experiences and things I can learn from. This is my current view of the church as well…neither “right” nor “wrong” … just a deeply unique and personal experience for me.
Welcome to the family! I look forward to hearing your views/questions/experiences!
Welcome, crazycatwoman!! Great to hear from you!
Welcome! I hope you have read through the introductions, even the old ones. (especially mine! (down, ego!))
😮 HiJolly
Welcome, It sounds like you still enjoy parts of the LDS Church experience. That’s one nice aspect of going through this process. I actually enjoy being at Church now, taking what I want, giving what I can, and leaving the heavy baggage behind.
I replaced ideas like True/False with other words: beautiful, different/interesting, useful, valuable, enlightening, uplifting, practical. I still think many aspects of Mormonism are profound and “true,” but not really in the same way anymore.
Welcome to our community. I’d love to hear more from you.
Thanks to everyone for your comments! Even the short ones are useful, cause it’s nice to know someone is listening…er…reading. 
Mostly just rambling, but I figured this was a good Sunday afternoon activity, and I wanted to say thanks to those who took the time to respond to me. I’m off to catch up on some other posts here.
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