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There were 2 somewhat similar posts this week in response to the survey about why people leave the church. I thought both had some points worth considering. This one talks about the fact that exit stories (and testimonies) both start with the end in mind – the statement of belief or disbelief – and that they work their way backwards from there to the evidences of proofs of the belief or disbelief, which is why so many exit narratives are about history and doctrine, when in reality, those “reasons” affect people very differently and many who encounter them do not leave. There was also a list from another research of non-LDS Christian churches in general and why people quit going.
http://ifeellikeschrodingerscat.blogspot.com/2012/01/leaving-lds-cult-of-false-expectations.html This one talks about the impact of false expectations on why people leave the church and considers that perfectionism and unrealistic expectations to be the fundamental problem both inside the church and among those who have left. It sounded a lot like a statement by Sterling M. Mcmurrin: “I am not really disillusioned because I was never illusioned in the first place.”
Quote:“I am not really disillusioned because I was never illusioned in the first place.”
Okay, that’s terrible English but…
:clap: Quote:“I am not really disillusioned because I was never illusioned in the first place.”
I’ve mentioned that part of my peace is that I’ve been different (and been aware of it) in how I view religious things for as long as I can remember. I knew I was peculiar among the peculiar by the end of my 1st Grade year. I was seven. I’ve been “working out my own salvation” for so long that it doesn’t bother me in the slightest to have to be doing it.
Yeah, I’m not disillusioned, largely because I’ve never been illusioned. You can’t lose something you’ve never had.
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