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We were interested in looking at how religiousness changes over time and what impact that has on health. And in the sample of sexual minority Mormons, we found religiousness went down over time across all indicators of religiousness, including attending services, religious commitment and orthodoxy. That feels like a substantial finding in its own. And then when we also looked at how changes in religiousness impacted health, we found that as people became less religious, they reported less meaning in life and more depression.
What is your point? I want to make sure I understand, since the article is much more balanced and nuanced than that one quote. That one quite, in isolation, misrepresents the full article.
Do I have to have a point when I link an article? Melvin Jones wrote:
Do I have to have a point when I link an article?
Pretty much, yes. This isn’t a place to just post links to other sites without discussion. It goes back to the mission of our site. Please see the rules and polices section above, particularly “rules of etiquette” and “use of links”.
I think I can extrapolate separate ideas from the quoted portion. 1) That religiousness went down over time for sexual minority Mormons.
That seems pretty obvious to me. What we offer to LGBTQ+ members is pretty terrible and once they decide for themselves that the LDS path made pretenses that were not backed up then it would be quite hard for them to feel trust/faith again in a different organized religion. They already feel duped once.
However, I am thankful that these declining “indicators of religiousness” do not mean that these individuals have given up on God or spirituality.
2) That people that are stepping away from the LDS faith might report less meaning in life and more depression.
I think that having a definite and certain “rod of iron” purpose in life and then having that crumble metaphorically in your hands would understandably lead to individuals feeling rudderless.
3) I’m not a researcher but I understand that sexual minority individuals tend to have more challenges than those in the sexual majority. I feel that those of us that find our own identity and sexuality reaffirmed by the broader societies where we live should make extra effort to help and support those individuals that have been marginalized. In short, those of us that enjoy an abundance of acceptance should be more willing to share acceptance with those that have been denied it.
As DarkJedi said, we don’t do link only posts, and rarely just quotes with a link. Each post needs to have a purpose that aligns with our mission, in some way – and we prefer that purpose be as obvious as possible. Clarity leads to descreased confusion and potential, unnecessary misunderstanding and conflict. To say it bluntly, we also don’t like excerpted quotes that mischaracterize the overall message of the linked source, which is true of the quote you shared. We try hard here not to cherry-pick such quotes. As an admin, It was clear to me that the article was not represented by the quote, so I asked for your point – why you shared it. I usually am not that direct, but it is nowhere near the first time I have asked such a question.
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