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Reasons you left the LDS church.

catratcho said:
...the people who are in charge can be absolutely bat-**** crazy and retarded at times.
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When my wife and I were newlyweds, we were in a ward with a bishop who would call you into his office, tell you how unworthy you were, then assign you a calling. Not ask if you would accept a calling, just tell you what you would be doing. He would say that he had prayed about it, and that's what God wanted, so there wasn't really any use for discussion. He also got up once in testimony meeting and told the ward (and I am neither making this up nor exaggerating it) that the only reason he hadn't been translated was because we, the lost and confused ward members, needed him to be there.

We moved out of that ward as fast as we could. I think that one of the reasons I have stuck with the church is the fact that I felt good about it, despite having run across my share of stupid or just plain horrible people that could have just as easily driven me away.

Also, there really are a lot of good people in there too.
 
NUMBERICA said:
I must know what's going on here. Although somehow I get the feeling the explanation won't be as juicy as I'm hoping.
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I think he is mad I returned his random neg rep with some random neg rep of my own.
 
I'm sure I'm quite late to the party as this is now on page 11, but I left because the whole idea of religion doesn't really make any sense to me. I think people label "god" as whatever they don't actually understand, so building a religion around that seems silly.

Some aspects of religion in general I'm sure have good causes, but I think it actually does more damage than good in many respects.
 
And yet in my life my "religion" is a strong foundation for me.
It makes sense to me, and adds to my life enormously.
The people are not what we all hope they will be, but I have also met some of the best people that can be found as well.

I don't think it's a belief in God, or something better that causes any sort of harm to anybody or anything.
I think it is people that do so for various reasons.
It gives me something better to shoot for, than just live, take what you want, and die.
The principles, and ideas (truths) I learn as part of the LDS church make perfect sense to me, and feel good at the same time.
I don't expect people, even many church members, to get it but I would feel empty without the church.
Not the church itself, but the principles, truths, purposes, ordinances, teachings, or the feelings.
Yes I feel good when I help other people. I feel good when I read the scriptures. I feel good when I attend church meetings not just to pass the hours, but to learn something, or help someone. I feel good when I pray, not only to ask for something, but in thanksgiving. I feel good when I listen to General Conference with the intent to get something positive out of it. I feel good when I stop on the side of the road to help someone in need, whether it be to change a tire, or to give them a ride somewhere. I feel good when I help someone on the street asking for something, whether I know they need it or not... even if they could do that every day for a living. I feel good when I truly live the things taught in the LDS church, not just for show, or because it's a sort of nice place to be... but when i live it when nobody else is watching. I feel good that I know for myself I can pray and God will hear my prayer, and I feel good to know for myself that I have a relationship with a Savior I have not yet met in person in this life.

Go ahead and say I can't prove it, or that it's make believe...... I don't have to prove it to you. I have already proven it to myself, and that's all that matters to me.
 
JazzSpazz said:
It gives me something better to shoot for, than just live, take what you want, and die.
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So instead you live, do what you have to do to secure your eternal reward and die? Both approaches seem amazingly selfish to me. There are other options.
 
I will tell you what i hate. Going to church and having the bishop bring an 8 year old to the stand that was recently baptized and then say how proud the bishop and his family are that he decided for himself to get baptized. Hes 8 f****** years old. The most gullible of ages. You raise any 8 year old in a religion and he will get baptized to that specific one.
 
GVC said:
So instead you live, do what you have to do to secure your eternal reward and die? Both approaches seem amazingly selfish to me. There are other options.
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No more selfish than basing your entire understanding of reality on what 'feels good'.
 
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