Ex-Mormons Why Did You Leave the Church II

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Stephen168 said:
When were you confirmed Catholic?
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Easter of last year (2012). I’ve since fallen away from the Church due a demanding schedule and only recently began attending Mass a bit. Since my baptism and conversion I’ve oscillated back and forth through periods of belief and skepticism. To be perfectly frank, I just can’t seem to shake off my doubts about God’s existence. I’m still near-perfectly certain about the falseness of Mormonism though! 😃
 
TexanKnight said:
Thank you!

Then I am doing something right!
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Really? I find that odd since I have found that in my case, and the cases of other converts I have met, it was warm, charitable approaches that helped me along the way.
 
For the record, the only thing I’m criticizing is the criticizing of other members of the forum. I repeated several times that I think it takes all types to keep the wheels on this forum running. My “softer” approach isn’t complete without a more blunt approach, and vice versa. We are all necessary here, and in case it wasn’t clear enough, I do value every post made by every person here. Different people resonate with different approaches. However, I don’t appreciate ANY member being called out publicly over something that was apparently said privately. That’s just bad forum etiquette.

To any of our LDS members reading this circus, just remember that we care enough about ya’ll to hash this out among ourselves. It’s important to all of us to find a way to effectively dialogue with you, and although our approaches are markedly different, our goal is the same. We all give our whole selves to this not because we want to be right, but because finding the Church that Christ Himself established has been the most amazing, beautiful, and profoundly life-changing experience that I (as well as others on here, I’m sure) have had. I want to share that with you. We all do. Jesus NEVER abandoned us, not for one second. He promised he’d be with us always, and he has been. Jesus does not change His mind. He does not leave us. He does not withdraw the legacy he left us. The gift He left us in His Church will always be here, as strong and glorious as the day HE established it, over 2000 years ago. Now come home. Come back to His Church. The one He gave us, not Martin Luther, not Ellen White, and not Joseph Smith, but Jesus, our Lord and Savior. Come home to Him.
 
TexanKnight said:
Not at all. I just consider the sources of the bashing.

I have asked se someone to show me the error in what I post. They haven’t. I have asked to show me where I am so bad…they haven’t.

I do not call names. I have not bashed anyone to the extent Truthseeker did me…or preach to others as Marie has preached to me. I figure if someone does not like me, they can put me on ignore.

I was chagrined, at first, at what Marie was saying. I stopped posting awhile. Then, feeling like maybe I needed to confess, I showed my posts to my priest.

He said I was simply telling the truth and not wavering…as we have been taught. He said I have done nothing wrong. He said the folks who are “all-embracing” are a danger to the foundation of the Catholic Church. So, I came back.

I can’t please everyone. My posts are not directed at Mormons. Mormons are what they are. I respond with truth so non-Mormons on this board will not be fooled by what appears on the outside to be a great thing. It is easy to be fooled into the LDS Church. I know. I was.

Be Blessed
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I like your priest already.
 
You know, this thread is not about posting styles, and who’s you like the best or least.

It is about why a person has left mormonism.

I think we need to return to that don’t you?

My thought is this. If you don’t like (or like) a person’s posting style, ignore them, send them a PM, or start a new thread.

Let’s get back to the topic at hand. OK?:rolleyes:
 
Are you suggesting we put a stop to this highly successful hijack?!

Okay, fine…😛

Another reason I left the LDS Church is because I knew that I might go homicidal if I had to sing “I am a child of God” in sacrament meeting one.more.time.
 
I almost forgot… I gave you guys the pretext for why I left Mormonism, but who am I kidding!? I really left because I secretly enjoyed drinking and gambling and had no intention of giving up my sin. Or was it because somebody in my ward offended me? I can’t remember. Oh what the heck! It was both. A person in my ward with whom I’d gamble and drink offended me and so I left the Church. 🙂
 
St_Nephi said:
I almost forgot… I gave you guys the pretext for why I left Mormonism, but who am I kidding!? I really left because I secretly enjoyed drinking and gambling and had no intention of giving up my sin. Or was it because somebody in my ward offended me? I can’t remember. Oh what the heck! It was both. A person in my ward with whom I’d gamble and drink offended me and so I left the Church. 🙂
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LOL. Last week when the 2 missionaries came by I told them I couldnt or would not convert because im a sinner with addictions, smoking, chewing and on ocassion, a beer or two!!!
 
twopekinguys said:
You know, this thread is not about posting styles, and who’s you like the best or least.

It is about why a person has left mormonism.

I think we need to return to that don’t you?

My thought is this. If you don’t like (or like) a person’s posting style, ignore them, send them a PM, or start a new thread.

Let’s get back to the topic at hand. OK?:rolleyes:
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I think a PM would be best if you want to advise or correct someone on their posting style, nobody likes being corrected in public whether they believe they deserve it or not.
 
Growing up, I really didn’t have a choice but to become LDS. My biological father and his family were extremely Mormon. My mother got remarried to an active LDS man shortly before I turned 8. I honestly didn’t believe in much of the Joseph Smith prophecy, but the only way I could hang out with some of my best friends, is if I was baptized. So I was baptized around 11 yrs old. It was a long process between the home teachers coming to visit every single day, and going to church weekly.

Thoughts I had from the time I was 8-15:

8-9 yrs old: Um, okay. Whatever. I dont understand anything.
10-11 yrs old: So my strict LDS friends’ parents wont let me hang out with my friends unless I’m Mormon? Fine, I’ll get baptized. I have no patience for 3 hours of sacrament!
12-14yrs old: Joseph Smith? Book of Mormon? Yeah right, I’m not reading this. I should be reading the bible, not the BOM.
15-16yrs old: Why can’t I wear the Cross? Jesus>Joseph Smith

I ended up not going to Church right after my Stepdad was jailed for Drugs. My mother never really cared for the Church, so I decided to reflect back on my childhood and how I always knew I should’ve been Catholic. Basically, I just never believed in Mormonism, or anything it taught. I was pressured into it, to make everyone else happy. I remember being in middle school, and then begging my mom to let me go to the Catholic Church. I was denied, since my both my dads and their families were strongly against it.
 
luckycross26 said:
Growing up, I really didn’t have a choice but to become LDS. My biological father and his family were extremely Mormon. My mother got remarried to an active LDS man shortly before I turned 8. I honestly didn’t believe in much of the Joseph Smith prophecy, but the only way I could hang out with some of my best friends, is if I was baptized. So I was baptized around 11 yrs old. It was a long process between the home teachers coming to visit every single day, and going to church weekly.

Thoughts I had from the time I was 8-15:

8-9 yrs old: Um, okay. Whatever. I dont understand anything.
10-11 yrs old: So my strict LDS friends’ parents wont let me hang out with my friends unless I’m Mormon? Fine, I’ll get baptized. I have no patience for 3 hours of sacrament!
12-14yrs old: Joseph Smith? Book of Mormon? Yeah right, I’m not reading this. I should be reading the bible, not the BOM.
15-16yrs old: Why can’t I wear the Cross? Jesus>Joseph Smith

I ended up not going to Church right after my Stepdad was jailed for Drugs. My mother never really cared for the Church, so I decided to reflect back on my childhood and how I always knew I should’ve been Catholic. Basically, I just never believed in Mormonism, or anything it taught. I was pressured into it, to make everyone else happy. I remember being in middle school, and then begging my mom to let me go to the Catholic Church. I was denied, since my both my dads and their families were strongly against it.
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It’s been awhile since I’ve been on here and just got caught up today. This ex-Mormon, who knows what worked for him, wants to thank Nita, TruthSeeker, St Nephi and especially SpeSalvi for your beautiful posts! Let us love and respect our Mormon friends regardless of how they may treat us, let us boldly proclaim the truth to them, and let us always pray for the conversion of all souls.
 
I left the mormon church for a few reasons. I didn’t believe that the book of mormon was true. I don’t believe that Joseph Smith was a prophet. I don’t believe that I need to be sealed to my children so I can be with them after I die. However, the thing that drove me completely away was when my 13 year old son passed away in October 2011 my other children were told that none of us would ever see him again because we hadn’t been sealed. My kids were told that because I was inactive and a sinner that none of us would be together after we died. To be honest I was already planning to leave but this just pushed me out the door. I was baptized in the Catholic Church at Easter Vigil. The only thing that would make me happier is if my children would see that I was so very wrong about the mormon church and they would join me at mass. They are old enough to make their own choices but I still throw a little information about both churches hoping they decide to come to mass with me one day. I still hear from the mormons in fact the bishop has told me that he won’t let me resign the mormon church because he thinks I will change my mind. I have told him that it’s not gonna happen, but whatever. I sent my resignation letter and that’s all I needed to do as far as I am concerned. My father hasn’t spoken to me since I told him I was being baptized Catholic but I know that he still loves me and will one day realize that he misses me and give me a call. 😃
 
tamturi said:
I left the mormon church for a few reasons. I didn’t believe that the book of mormon was true. I don’t believe that Joseph Smith was a prophet. I don’t believe that I need to be sealed to my children so I can be with them after I die. However, the thing that drove me completely away was when my 13 year old son passed away in October 2011 my other children were told that none of us would ever see him again because we hadn’t been sealed. My kids were told that because I was inactive and a sinner that none of us would be together after we died. To be honest I was already planning to leave but this just pushed me out the door. I was baptized in the Catholic Church at Easter Vigil. The only thing that would make me happier is if my children would see that I was so very wrong about the mormon church and they would join me at mass. They are old enough to make their own choices but I still throw a little information about both churches hoping they decide to come to mass with me one day. I still hear from the mormons in fact the bishop has told me that he won’t let me resign the mormon church because he thinks I will change my mind. I have told him that it’s not gonna happen, but whatever. I sent my resignation letter and that’s all I needed to do as far as I am concerned. My father hasn’t spoken to me since I told him I was being baptized Catholic but I know that he still loves me and will one day realize that he misses me and give me a call. 😃
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First and foremost, let me offer my most heartfelt condolences on the loss of your son. I have no words beyond that.

The decision you made to leave was a difficult one, and to do it at the time you did is truly inspirational.

Sometimes the family thing gets better, sometimes it doesn’t. It sounds like you have a well founded resolve to get through this.

You have my prayers, and welcome to CAF.
 
Marie5890 said:
“Love without truth would be blind; truth without love would be like ‘a clanging cymbal’ (I Cor 13: 1).”
– Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Homily
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That is a touching homily, Marie. I love the homilies of Popes Francis and Benedict.
 
st. nephi,

having doubts about God’s existence is not uncommon. they come to me on occasion. but, i just keep praying and trying to learn more and to practice what the RCC teaches. i accept the teachings of the RCC. i often fall back on John Chapter 6 and the words of St. Peter, “… to whom would we go, You have the words of eternal life.”

one thing i believe strongly is that we are all sinners and suffer from the effects of the Orginal Sin. our intellects are clouded and only through faith in the Incarnation can they see clearly.

praying regularly and attending the sacraments are guaranteed to put those doubts in their place. that being at the bottom of your consciousness. my practice is to reject them as soon as they appear and to pray in praise of God, thanking Him for my life and seeking His mercy. this often results in the doubts subsiding to unimportance.

the doubts are temptations. their sources may be our own weaknesses and sinful desires. they may be the devil himself.

seeking to destroy the doubts is wholesome and righteous and like i said, regular prayer and the sacraments are our strongest weapons against them.

finally, there are good books that speak to the existence of God. reading them may give you intellectual fodder with which to battle these doubts.

something has always is and has always been since only nothing can come from nothing.

something is unlimited.

those are attributes of our God, eternal and infinite.

anyway, i pray daily for the salvation of souls because to me the greatest human tragedy is a soul condemned to eternal misery.

God bless you and know that all God’s saints and angels, as well as His Divine Son are on your side and praying for you constantly.
 
Growing up in Utah those that live there understand. You have no choice you have to do everything they tell you to do and never question anyting. I knew that I had a brain and I could think for myself so I stated to serch on my own. Once I left the land of ZION(Utah) and wnet to Boot Camp thats where I realized the whole world is not mormon. I meet alot of real Christians and started to learn about other faiths out there. I found what a true christian belives. I became good friends with a Catholic and started to go to mass with him. I love the way I felt when I was at mass and knew I was home. I later being RCIA class and have been home ever since Praise the Lord.
 
armyross said:
Growing up in Utah those that live there understand. You have no choice you have to do everything they tell you to do and never question anyting. I knew that I had a brain and I could think for myself so I stated to serch on my own. Once I left the land of ZION(Utah) and wnet to Boot Camp thats where I realized the whole world is not mormon. I meet alot of real Christians and started to learn about other faiths out there. I found what a true christian belives. I became good friends with a Catholic and started to go to mass with him. I love the way I felt when I was at mass and knew I was home. I later being RCIA class and have been home ever since Praise the Lord.
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Awesome!
 
armyross said:
Growing up in Utah those that live there understand. You have no choice you have to do everything they tell you to do and never question anyting. I knew that I had a brain and I could think for myself so I stated to serch on my own. Once I left the land of ZION(Utah) and wnet to Boot Camp thats where I realized the whole world is not mormon. I meet alot of real Christians and started to learn about other faiths out there. I found what a true christian belives. I became good friends with a Catholic and started to go to mass with him. I love the way I felt when I was at mass and knew I was home. I later being RCIA class and have been home ever since Praise the Lord.
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Welcome Home!!
 
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