11-02-2008, 04:15 PM | #1 |
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Road to Apostasy/Inactivity?
I have very few friends or acquaintances that have fallen away from the Church and are self proclaimed apostates. Interesting to me, the majority first broke their covenants and then began to recognize the fallacies of the Church or its leaders and eventually fell away or turned away from the Church. I believe one can break their covenants yet still have no doubt the Church is true
For those of you willing to share that consider yourselves apostates, inactives, or on your way there, what came first, the breaking of covenants or your doubts about the Church? |
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I also know plenty of people who are very good people and have "apostasized". I guess I don't know them well enough to say that they didn't "break their covenants", but there's nothing to suggest that they did. |
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I should also say that since my covenants were made under duress, I don't consider them valid.
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Most people who aren't in Mormonism's thrall also don't see anything wrong with a glass of wine or intercourse between unmarried consenting adults. This facile conclusion--"they didn't want to keep the covenants so they invented a brief against Mormonism"--assumes Mormonism has a lot more going for it on the merits than it does and that anyone who opts out of the ultra-conservative Mormon way of life is immoral. It's a parochial and self-deluded view. By the way, I'd never tasted alcohol or had extra-marital sex when I announced my apostasy as a college student.
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11-02-2008, 11:24 PM | #8 |
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LOL. I can envision this announcement as having been made with a few college chums at a crappy bar on SLC's west side, and while it led to the elimination of the first barrier, I'm sure it was no help whatsoever with the second.
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SU holds a press conference at the Hunstman Center. Media and students flock in attendance. SU comes out and there are 2 hats on the table, indicating his final two choices. After a strategic bit of silence, SU eschews the zephyr "RULDS2?" cap and puts on the mesh John Deere trucker cap, indicating his full commitment to alcohol and sex. SU takes a few minutes to walk the press through the usual cliches..... 1. I have done all I can here at the U. I feel like I am ready to take my apostasy skills to the next level. 2. I need to consider my family. By chosing apostasy, I will be able to feed my wife and kids with an instant 10% more income a year, not even counting generous fast offerings. 3. It has always been a dream of mine to be apostate at the highest level. Even as a kid, I had posters of Ed Decker on my wall and I knew that if I was lazy enough, I could make my dream come true. The press conference disperses, with lots of excited Ute coeds rushing to buy condoms at the U pharmacy next to the Pie Pizzeria.
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