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Concerned member, so glad you posted here because it is a place where you can question and doubt without being condemned or judged. As you get to know the group here, it will be like having good buddies in the trenches with you. They understand what you have gone through and the cognitive dissonance. Sometimes, it does feel like you are being torn apart from two sides and are going crazy. I know God led me to this place during a time I was most depressed attending church. It is not good to keep things bottled up for long. You can keep a beach ball under water for awhile but it will always pop again. You need a place where it OK to be YOU. It is also a place where you can get fresh perspectives when you are too close to a situation and problem. You may not always want to hear it, but as you think about it, you will find that it was actually God speaking to you through a person on this forum. My husband and I are presently not in the church (we were fortunate to have a crisis of faith at the same time). We are active in the United Church of Christ at the moment and feel God has led us there. It is a gay affirming church ( we have a gay son) and also relates the gospel to you life which we love. But, we will always have Mormonism as a part of us because we were so active in the church for so long. I served a mission and my husband and I both held alot of high callings in the church. We still think like Mormons in many ways and have had to clear up alot of misconceptions about Mormons to our Christian friends. It is hard to be in the church when you have a crisis of faith because to many Mormons things are so black and white, all false or all true. People and churches are a mixed bag though. I believe God works through all churches and loves all His children so I am sure he will guide you to what is best for you.
May I suggest “differently affected”? Welcome to the site.
hawkgrrrl wrote:May I suggest “differently affected”?
Brilliant! Like I said, I really don’t like the label “disaffected” (or other labels) either. However, it does make explaining “things” a lot easier & concise.
Old-Timer wrote:I think most of us here still have a great deal of “affection” for some aspect of the LDS Church and Mormonism, often the people we love who are more traditional and orthodox than we are; thus, we aren’t DIS-affected. The level of our affection, and the areas where we have that affection, vary widely – but all of us want to “stay LDS” in some way. even if that “way” also varies widely.
That’s why I like to read Ray’s posts….that describes the landscape of affection very well.
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