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I resent the church. My goal is to develop total, utter apathy to all things mormon.
I have a long ways to go.
For the most part the church leaves me alone, and I leave it alone.
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I am in the camp of angry from having made MAJOR life desicions based on what I was told a “good Mormon girl” should do only to discover major parts of the history and culture had been hidden or downplayed. Changed my faith course forever! I made choices that can NOT be undone EVER based solely on the church’s teachings and culture. Imagine my surprise to find how shady and whitewashed everything was/is, this brings a resentment that eats at your soul. I am trying to let that go and focus on the positive in the church but it seems to be impossible some days. I don’t have the venom that many ex-Mormons have because I have had some positive things occur in my life because of my lds faith. I wonder though if there will come a day when the church pushes me out. cwald wrote:I resent the church.
My goal is to develop total, utter apathy to all things mormon.
I have a long ways to go.
For the most part the church leaves me alone, and I leave it alone.
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Cwald and have been developing this healthy apathy for some time. It is much better than anger.Indeed. Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk
cwald wrote:Indeed.
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Ya, there is a time and place for anger. Let it pass by whatever way works for you. Apathy is probably the best choose for people who experienced related stress in the situation for to long. It’s not something anyone should or really can
“Endure”.
this is awesome! (sorry just found this site, and this is the main thing i struggle with!) i have come to realize that anger is stronger with regards to the LDS church because 1. the church claims to be so much more than other churches.
2. when you believe that claim, you feel like you’ve been handed the golden ticket to eternity
3. when you realize the church isn’t true, you feel like you’ve been handed a fake golden ticket
4. you grieve, and one of the stages of grief is ANGER
(the others are denial, bargaining, depression, and acceptance)
when i found out about the deep dark secrets of the history of the church, and the implications it had on what the church really was, i felt like i had lost my best friend. I spent nearly a year in denial, bargaining and depression. but lately, the anger has kicked in, with a vengeance. When you believe something so strongly, then realize it is not what you thought it was, it’s very hard to walk away in a peaceful content manner.
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